Crisp Orange-Chicken Spring Rolls
Crisp orange-chicken spring rolls are served with sweet-and-sour chili sauce.
Ingredients
Makes 12 rolls.
- FOR THE SPRING ROLLS
- 1 small fresh red chili pepper, minced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon cooking wine
- 3 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 pound skinless chicken breast, sliced into thin strips
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 large apple, peeled, cored, and cut into thin strips
- 4 green onions, green part only, cut into short, thin slivers
- 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and cut into thin strips
- 1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 12 8-inch round dried rice-paper wrappers
- 1 head Boston or Bibb lettuce, leaves separated and washed
- FOR THE SWEET-AND-SOUR CHILI SAUCE
- 1 stalk lemongrass
- 1 fresh red chili, seeded and minced
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
Directions
- Combine chili pepper, garlic, ginger, wine, orange juice, and soy sauce in a medium bowl. Add chicken and toss to coat. Cover and marinate for 15 minutes. Drain excess liquid.
- In a small pan, heat canola oil and saute chicken until light brown outside and no longer pink inside, about 2 minutes. Combine apple, green onions, bell pepper, rice vinegar, and sesame oil in a medium bowl; toss to coat. Mix in cooked chicken.
- Fill a medium bowl with warm water. Dip one of the wrappers in the water for 15 seconds, or until softened. Carefully transfer it to a dry work surface.
- Arrange 2 to 3 tablespoons of the filling in an even horizontal mound just below the center of the wrapper. Roll up the rice paper to form a tight cylinder, folding in the sides about halfway. Assemble the remaining spring rolls the same way.
- Coat the large baking sheet with cooking oil. Arrange spring rolls in a single layer, leaving a little space between them. Brush rolls with oil. Broil the rolls until lightly browned and crisp, 8 to 10 minutes; check frequently to avoid burning. Use a spatula to turn the rolls over and continue to broil another 8 to 10 minutes. Serve each roll wrapped in lettuce leaf, with Sweet and Sour Chili Sauce (see instructions below).
- To make the sauce, remove tough outer layers and green parts of lemongrass. Mince tender base stalk. Combine ingredients in bowl. Cover and chill. Keeps up to three days.
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