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Thai Salad Rolls with Spicy Sweet Sour Sauce
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Thai Salad Rolls with Spicy Sweet & Sour Sauce
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Look for rice stick noodles in the Asian section of larger supermarkets.
Ingredients:
Spicy Sweet & Sour Sauce (recipe follows)
3
ounces thin rice noodles (rice vermicelli)
4
ounces large raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
1
medium cucumber, peeled, seeded and cut into matchstick pieces
1/2
cup fresh cilantro leaves
1/2
cup fresh mint leaves
1
large bunch green leaf lettuce or Boston bibb lettuce
Preparation:
1.
Prepare Spicy Sweet & Sour Sauce; set aside. Soak noodles in hot water 10 minutes to soften. Rinse under cold running water to cool; drain.
2.
Meanwhile, bring water to a boil in medium saucepan. Add shrimp; return to a boil. Cook 3 to 5 minutes or until shrimp turn pink and opaque; drain. When cool, cut each shrimp lengthwise in half.
3.
To assemble rolls, arrange shrimp, noodles, cucumber, cilantro and mint in center of lettuce leaves and roll up. Serve with Spicy Sweet & Sour Sauce.
Nutritional Information:
| Serving Size: 2 rolls | |
| Sodium | 54 mg |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Fiber | <1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 25 g |
| Cholesterol | 37 mg |
| Saturated Fat | <1 g |
| Total Fat | < 1 g |
| Calories from Fat | 3 % |
| Calories | 122 |
Dietary Exchange:
| Starch | 1-1/2 |
| Meat | 1/2 |
This recipe appears in: Thai
