1 tb Soy sauce
1 tb Coconut milk
1 3/4 ts Curry powder
3/4 ts Salt
4 ts Vinegar, cider
2 ts Gingerroot, minced
5 Chilies, mild green
3 Garlic clove
1 1/2 ts Garlic, minced
1 c Celery, diced
3/4 c Carrot, grated
16 Spring roll wrappers
3/4 c Pickled ginger juice or:
2 tb Oil, peanut
2 ts Soy sauce
1 ts Vinegar, white
1/2 lb Chicken, ground
3/4 ts Sugar
1 tb Cornstarch
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2 Chilies, yellow wax
1 Cilantro, bunch, minced
2 Jalapeno chilies, minced
2 c Napa cabbage, diced
1 c Cellophane noodles
1 Egg yolk, beaten
3/4 c Unseasoned rice vinegar
Salt to taste
Soften cellophane noodles and cut into 2-inch lengths.
Dissolve cornstarch in 1 T water. Cut chilies in
halves. Marinate chicken for 1 or 2 days in bag with 1
T. soy sauce, coconut milk, white vinegar, and 3/4 t.
curry powder. Heat 1 to 2 T. oil in wok and stir fry
chicken until mostly white. Remove, set aside, and
then clean wok. Combine salt, sugar, remaining soy
sauce and cider vinegar. Place in wok with chicken.
Heat through, add cornstarch, and cook 2 to 3 minutes
until glossy. Spread on large plate and cool in
refrigerator. Combine ginger, garlic, remaining curry
powder, and chilies. Heat 3 T. oil and cook chili
mixture 1 to 2 minutes. Should foam without browing.
Add celery then cabbage. When translucent, add carrots
and noodles. Combine chicken and noodle mixtures. Use
2 T. filling per spring wrapper. Tuck in ends and
include sprig of cilantro in last turn (to show
through when fried). Seal with egg yolk. Deep fry
about 3 minutes at 350 degrees and drain. To make
dipping sauce, blend chilies and garlic until pureed.
Add ginger juice and oil until blended. Season with
salt. Add cilantro just before serving. (If serving
right away, cilantro may be pureed with chilies.)
Makes one cup.
