Ingredients
Peanut Sauce
- 1/2 cup peanut butter natural style, creamy
- 1/4 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 clove garlic clove mashed to paste
- 1 tsp hot pepper sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 lime juice
- 1/4 cup water
Pork
- 1 lb pork fillet
- 2 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp white rice
- 1/4 cup chicken broth low sodium
- 1/2 cup green onions chopped
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice approx 2 limes
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cucumber medium-sized, peeled, chopped
- 3 tbsp mint roughly chopped
- 3 tbsp cilantro roughly chopped
Servings: rolls
Instructions
Peanut Sauce
- Combine all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. Stir until well combined, adding more water to thin the sauce if necessary.
Pork
- Cut pork into large chunks and grind in meat grinder or food processor
- Stir 1 tbsp fish sauce into meat and marinate in fridge for 15 minutes
- Heat rice in large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until rice turns a deep golden brown. Transfer to small bowl and let cool for 5 minutes.
- Crush with mortar and pestle until resembles a fine meal.
- Bring broth to simmer in skillet over medium-sized heat.
- Add pork and cook, stirring frequently, until about half the port is no longer pink.
- Sprinkle 1 tsp of rice powder over the pork; continue to cook, stirring constantly, until remaining pork is no longer pink.
- Transfer pork to a large bowl and let cool for 10 minutes.
- Add remaining 1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce, remaining rice powder, green onions, lime juice, red pepper flakes, cucumber, mint and cilantro. Toss to combine.
Shrimp
- Bring medium saucepan of water to boil over high heat
- Add shrimp and cook for about 1.5 minutes, or until they are bright orange and just cooked
- Drain shrimp in colander and run under cold water until they are cool
- Peel and halve shrimp lengthwise down center. Cover and refrigerate.
Wraps
- Shred lettuce
- Soak rice wrap
- Add pork mixture, lettuce and shrimp halves to wrap
Recipe Notes
Source:
Adaptation from Cooks Illustrated Sept/Oct 2009
Peanut sauce from http://www.chow.com/recipes/10658-peanut-sauce