Recipe: Vietnamese Crabmeat and Chicken Rolls with Nuoc Cham Sauce

VIETNAMESE CRABMEAT AND CHICKEN ROLLS
Yield: 36

8 oz minced chicken breast
4 oz flaked, cooked crabmeat
1/2 c minced green onions
1 c cooked rice vermicelli, chopped
1 carrot grated
1 egg, beaten
salt
pepper
Banh Trang wrappers (available in Chinese/Vietnamese grocery stores.
If not available, use spring roll or lumpia wrappers. However
then you must fry these rolls)
3 T light corn syrup
1 c fresh basil leaves
1 c fresh coriander
lettuce leaves
nuoc cham sauce

Mix chicken, vermicelli, crabmeat, green onions, carrot and egg. Soften wrappers by dipping into cold water; drain well. Brush one side of each wrapper with sugar syrup. Place a portion of filling in each wrapper. Deep fry until crisp and golden. To serve, wrap each roll in a lettuce leaf with a sprig of each of the herbs. Dip into nouc cham sauce.

Cold Variation: Proceed as above, only fry the filling in 1 T. oil until the chicken is no longer pink and the egg is cooked. Remove from wok and let cool. Proceed with recipe from that point on, only do not deep fry the entire roll.

NUOC CHAM SAUCE (1)
Yield: 1/2 cup

1 fresh red chili, seeded and shredded
2 t lime juice
1/4 c fish sauce (nuoc mam)
1 T finely sliced carrots
1 -2 t rice vinegar
water
sugar

Mix ingredients together with 1/4 cup water and sugar to taste. Make fresh each time, as this doesn't keep well.