Family Favourite

Hi Everyone,

A family favourite of mine is this  traditional Vietnamese dish called cuộn (cold rolls). What I love about this dish is it can be very versatile in terms of what you want in the cold roll.

For my family we enjoy making this particular beef cold rolls. For this you need the following:

Ingredients

• 1kg sliced up beef marinated (family of 4-5)
• Butter
• 2 large onions sliced up 
• Lettuce
• 1 bag bean sprouts
•  Rice Paper
• Dipping sauce.
• 1 Large cucumber cut long ways 
• Rice vermicelli follow packet instructions on cooking directions

Method:

1. Prepare a deep bowl filled up with hot water. Place one side of the rice paper in the bowl and move in clockwise direction until rice paper is soft and place on a flat plate.
2. Place a teaspoon of butter on the hot grill plate add onions to cook them off and then add the beef. Cook to ones desire. With the cooked meat keep the lid on if not being used yet to keep it moist. 
3. Place lettuce leaf horizontally on the edge of rice paper closest to you. Place Rice vermicelli onto of the lettuce with cucumber, couple of beef pieces, onion and handful of bean sprout.
4. Don't over stuff or the rice paper will rip.
5. Fold in the two side flaps, starting at the end closest to you bring the rice paper over to the opposite side and roll up. 
6. Repeat the process for the amount you want.   

Fish Sauce

1. 60 ml fish sauce
2. 60ml rice vinegar
3. 2 tbsp white sugar
4. 125ml water
5. 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
6. 1 chili (optional)finely chopped
7. 2 tsp lime juice