posted by Simone van den Berg on Mar 2, 2014 (last updated Oct 4, 2018) 10 comments »
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My second Donna Hay recipe is one of my favorite recipes in general; springrolls… Not the fried variety but the fresh ones made from ricepaper. It’s so easy to make and so incredibly delicious. I made these before with a homemade sate sauce (which would also work really well here I think) and one with crispy prawns in a coating of coconut.
This one is different again as it features rice inside and chicken and ofcourse cucumber (don’t they look pretty?) I used red rice because that’s what I had lying around but you could easily use quinoa, regular rice or bulghur .
Thaise basil is one of my favorites!
I did use the Thai basil for this recipe as I feel it is essential for the right flavors. You can use the italian basil as well, but I find the taste very different. The Thai variety has a bit of a minty flavor while the Italian one is a bit sweeter. The homemade sweet chili sauce is delicious and I’ll definitely be making this more often with recipes like this. The taste is a bit more spicy than the variety you buy in the store. Less sweet too. Try it for yourself!
Chicken springrolls with chili dressing
5 from 2 votes
I poached the chicken filet I used slowly in coconut milk. Most of the flavor is lost because of the spicy sauce but I thought I mention it anyway.
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Prep time 25 minutes mins
Cooking time 10 minutes mins
Total time 35 minutes mins
8
Ingredients
- 65 gr brown rice
- 250 ml water
- 8 ricepaper sheets
- 3 lebanese cucumbers sliced thinly lengthways
- 160 gr cooked chicken shredded
- 1 cup coriander leaves
- 1 cup Thai basil leaves
- micro basil leaves optional, als garnish
Chili dressing
- 60 ml fish sauce
- 60 ml rice wine vinegar
- 55 gr brown sugar
- 125 ml water
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 2 long red chili peppers seeds removed and finely chopped
- 2 tbsp of lime juice
Cook the rice according to package instructions and leave to cool.
While the rice is cooking make the chili dressing. Put vinegar, fishsauce, garlic, water and the brown suigar in a small saucepan and dissolve the sugar while stirring
Turn the heat up and leave to cook for 6-8 minutes or until it is reduced a bit and has become sirupy. Ad the chili and the lime and set aside to cool.
Soften the ricepaper by dipping it in a large bowl of lukewarm water for about ten seconds. Lay down on a clean surface and put the cucumberslices on top slightly overlapping each other. Put two teaspoons of rice on one side of the cucumber, add the chicken slices, two thai basil leaves and two coriander leaves and roll tightly.
Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Serve the springrolls with the chili dressing
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Simone van den Berg
Food blogger from the Netherlands. Loves good food. Likes to create healthy and easy recipes for daily use, but also loves the occasional sweet dish.Lives in the Netherlands with her two cats; Humphrey and Buffy.Profession: Food photographer, food blogger, recipe developer and nutritionist
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originally published on Mar 2, 2014 (last updated Oct 4, 2018)
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Maureen | org*smic Chef —Reply
I love something like this for a meal. It’s different and it’s fun to put together.Simone van den Berg —Reply
Thanks Maureen and it’s totally delicious and quite versatile too!
John@Kitchen Riffs —Reply
I love spring rolls too! And although I usually have mine fried, I really do like this lighter version. I’ll bet the flavor is better — it sure sounds like it is. Thanks for this.
Simone van den Berg —Reply
Thanks John. I don’t really know why I never make the fried versions. Maybe I should give them a try more often too as I do like the crispyness a lot as well.
Giovanna —Reply
Hi Simone,
even if light, they might be very tasty. The perfect choice for this period. Wonderfull!
GiovannaSimone van den Berg —Reply
O they are definitely tasty! 😉
Vicky —Reply
These sound delicious! The look beautiful! I just made spring rolls myself today with shrimp, cucumber and fresh herbs, but I couldn’t quite get mine to look as pretty as yours do! Will have to try making these next
Simone van den Berg —Reply
Wrapping the cucumber that way is actually quite easy to do and it does make them look really neat and organized without any hassle at all!
Gina —Reply
These are sooo pretty with the cucumber!
Simone van den Berg —Reply
Thanks so much Gina!
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