Instructions: (2-4 Oz Cellophane noodles, Boil water in tea kettle or pot. place noodles in bowl and poor boiled water to cover ..let sit while preparing other ingredients.

When ready to use ..drain and place
back in bowl .cut many times with scissors.)

DIPPING SAUCE
1/4 C water and fish sauce
1/2 juice from small lemon
1 tbs sugar
1/2 tsp flaked red chili peppers
1 TBSP chopped garlic (less if you dont like garlic)

3 green onions chopped fine

The sauce is personal so you have to play with it until you get the taste you like.

PREPARATIONS FOR ASSEMBLING
20 Sheets dried rice papers -(banh trang)

2 Eggs, well beaten
2 c Peanut oil

ACCOMPANIMENTS FOR SERVING
fish sauce mixture
Large lettuce leaves
Mint leaves
fresh cilantro

Combine the filling ingredients in a bowl and set aside. squish it all together like you were preparing meatloaf. Use the small round rice papers. I use a big A dish towel and leave it pretty wet and stretch it out on the kitchen counter. I then place a bowl of warm sugar water big enough to accommodate a whole rice paper. (the sugar in the water makes the Nems crispier when frying.) Use 1tbsp to 1 cup of water make sure it is dissolved. Next to it, I place my bowl of chicken mixture , and next to that my bowl with 2 beaten eggs. I have a cookie sheet lined with wax paper and sprinkled with cornstarch or a plate prepared the same way depending on how many I make. I also keep a bowl of water in the sink so I can rinse the goo of my fingers (its sticky)

I can usually fit 6 rice papers on my dish towel Dip each on in the bowl of sugar water for 30 sec flip it over wait 30sec. place on wet dish towel continue this product until you have as many rice papers as you can fit on your towel. With a pastry brush, or fingers, paint the beaten egg over the top edges of each of the pieces.

When the wrapper looks soft and transparent, place about 1 heaping tbsp of filling near the bottom, Fold bottom up just to cover filling.

Fold the sides towards middle keeping mixture firmly tucked into place continue to roll. place on cookie sheet or plate. At this point you can cover with saran wrap and use later. Put 2 " of peanut oil in a large pan bring to a med high heat and fry Nems until golden. this will take about 20 minutes.

To serve the spring rolls, proceed as follows: Arrange the ingredients for the vegetable platter of large lettuce leaves and mint leaves, Using fingers Place Nem in lettuce leaf cover with a couple mint leaves dip in sauce and try to eat just one! The sauce and mint make or break the nems

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