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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Southeast Asian >> Vietnamese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Mix together ingredients for the nuoc cham sauce in a small bowl and set aside. | 2. Mix together all ingredients for Hoisin dipping sauce EXCEPT chopped peanuts in a small saucepan. | 3. Bring mixture to a boil; then reduce heat and simmer for five minutes. | 4. Cool Hoisin dipping sauce to room temperature, garnish with chopped peanuts, and set aside. | 5. Het oil in a large skillet, add asparagus and cook for one minute. | 6. Add water and cook, covered, for three minutes more; remove from heat. | 7. Note: crab is meant to be chilled and asparagus is meant to be cooled down to room temperature when building rolls. | 8. Fill a large bowl with warm water (deep enough to submerge a rice paper). | 9. Dip one rice paper at a time while building soft rolls, just till it becomes pliable; remove from water and blot on paper toweling. | 10. To build roll, on softened rice paper, place a lettuce leaf with margins on all sides (except top is ok). | 11. Top lettuce with one ounce of crab, one piece of asparagus, a couple of pinches of alfalfa sprouts and shredded carrots, a fresh basil leaf, and a couple of cilantro sprigs. | 12. Fold bottom edge of rice paper up over filling, then wrap right side over filling and roll up tightly into a bundle. | 13. Place on serving platter covered with a damp paper towel while preparing remaining rolls. | 14. Serve at once with dipping sauces and hot chile paste (sambal oelek), if desired. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
crabmeat crab may	1	lb	cooked used	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
asparagus	1	lb	snapped	90.7186	17.5994	9.979	0.5443
cooking oil	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
water	1/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
red leaf lettuce	1			0.41600000000000004	0.0588	0.0346	0.0057
alfalfa sprout	1	cup		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
carrot	1	cup	shredded	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
basil leaf	1	cup		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
cilantro stem	1	cup		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
rice paper	1	package		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
paper towel				403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
hoisin sauce	1/2	cup		281.6	56.4224	4.2368	4.3392
garlic	2	cloves	minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
soy sauce	3	tablespoons		25.44	2.3664	3.9072	0.2736
sugar	2	teaspoons		36.708	9.1816	0.0	0.0
sesame oil				-	-	-	-
peanut	1	tablespoon	chopped	51.7388	1.4719	2.3542	4.4932
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
fish sauce	1/4	cup		25.2	2.6208	3.6432	0.0072
sugar	1	tablespoon		36.708	9.1816	0.0	0.0
garlic	1	clove	minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
cayenne pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.431	0.2548	0.054000000000000006	0.0777
lime	1/2			-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.