VIETNAMESE ROLLS WITH PEANUT DIPPING SAUCE

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Categories Chicken

Number Of Ingredients 14

1/2 cup seasoned rice vinegar
1/4 cup honey
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup roasted peanuts, finely chopped
1 tablespoon peanut oil
4 teaspoon fresh ginger, minced
1 pound chicken breast, 1/4" strips
1/3 cup hoisin sauce
1 teaspoon hot chili sauce (sriracha)
12 rice paper, 8"
3 cups romaine lettuce, thinly sliced
36 cucumber, peeled, seeded, 2" length
36 red bell pepper, julienne 2" length
36 mint leaves

Steps:

Combine first 3 ingredients in small bowl, stir until honey dissolves, then stir in peanuts.
Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat, add ginger, garlic, and chicken, saute 5 minutes.
Combine chicken mixture with hoisin and chili sauce, chill.
Add hot water to large shallow dish up to 1" depth, place 1 rice paper in dish and let stand 30 seconds or just soft.
Place paper on flat surface, arrange 1/4 cup lettuce over half of sheet leaving 1" border. Top lettuce with 1/4 cup chicken mixture, 3 cucumber strips, 3 pepper strips and 3 mint leaves.
Fold sides of sheet over filling. Start with filled side, roll up jelly roll fashion. Press seam to seal. Place roll seam side down on serving platter cover with plastic wrap.
Repeat steps with rest of rice papers. Serve with sauce.