Crawfish Spring Rolls With Three - Chili Dipping Sauce

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded, de-ribbed and cut into 1/4-inch strips
• 1 lb crawfish (tail meat)
• 1 small carrot, peeled and julienned
• 1/2 cup napa cabbage, julienned
• 1/4 cup spinach leaves, julienned
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
• 1 celery, julienned
• 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped
• 1/4 cup red onion, minced
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 lb spring roll wrappers (6-inch to 8-inch rice paper rounds preferred)
• 4 egg whites, beaten
• 6 garlic cloves
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 anaheim chilies
• 2 jalapenos, seeded
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 limes, juice of
• 1/2 cup fish sauce (vietnamese fish sauce preferred)
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• peanut oil, for frying
• carrot, strips julienned (for garnish)
• red leaf lettuce (optional) or butter lettuce (optional)
• linguine, cooked, drained and cooled (about 8 ounces) (optional)
• fresh mint, stemmed (optional)

Recipe

• 1 to make the spring rolls: toss the first 9 ingredients together; season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 2 place a wrapper on work surface, brush with egg white and let stand a few seconds to soften.
• 3 place a spoonful of the mixture about a quarter of the way in from the top edge of the wrapper.
• 4 spread filling into a 3/4" x 5" rectangle; fold top of wrapper over and roll one turn.
• 5 fold in sides and complete rolling.
• 6 repeat until all the filling is used.
• 7 to make the dipping sauce: whirl the first six ingredients in a blender or food processor until finely minced.
• 8 add next three ingredients and mix well; set aside.
• 9 to cook the spring rolls: preheat the oil to 375f in a large sauce pan or fryer.
• 10 drop the spring rolls into hot oil and fry until golden.
• 11 remove to absorbent paper to drain well.
• 12 cut each roll into 3 pieces.
• 13 to serve: divide the sauce into individual bowls.
• 14 place spring rolls on sauce and garnish with carrot strips.