This is a very healthy dish. You can make this meal totally vegetarian without a significant loss of taste. The prepartation is fun if you have an assembling team. It takes a little bit of time but is totally worth it. I dare you try this dish. Giant Noodle Rolls Thai called "Goi Tiew Lohd" is usually eaten as a snack but makes a good lunch.
Ingredients:
- 1 package tofu - extra firm
- 1 tablespoon salty Chinese cabbage
- ground pepper
- 1 green onion
- fried garlic
- ½ package fresh flat rice noodles
- 6 sprigs cilantro
- 1/4lb bean sprouts
- ½ cup shrimp
- If you use fresh shrimp, peel and devein shrimp.
- If you are using dried shrimp, remember to use salted Chinese cabbage sparingly because there is quite a bit of salt in dried shrimp.
- You can find the extra firm tofu at oriental grocery. It comes in a package, without water. Some are brown because they are marinated in soy sauce. For this recipe, either the brown or white firm tofu will be OK.
- The tofu should have the texture of mozzarella cheese.
- Use two pieces, 4 inch x 4 inch x 1 inch. If you love tofu, add more.
- Slice the tofu into thin pieces.
- Cut the rice noodles into 5 inch x 8 inch rectangles.
- If your noodles were refrigerated, steam them for a few minutes or microwave them, so that they become softer and easier to peel.
- Otherwise, they can be very difficult to handle and mey break.
- Lay the noodles sheet on a plate or large cutting board.
- Add tofu, shrimp, bean sprout, sliced onion and cilantro and Salted chinese cabbage on the noodles.
- Sprinkle some black pepper on top.
- Wrap the noodles around the filling.
- The ends should be open.
- There are two ways of cooking the noodles; the traditional way and the microwave way.
- To steam the noodles: If you have a big steamer that can accommodate a bowl or plate, put the noodles in the dish and steam the whole thing for 5 -7 minutes.
- You can also put the roll directly in the steamer, but is may be a little challenging to get it out after it is steamed.
- To microwave the noodles, which I find faster and easier without any loss of taste or texture: Place the noodle rolls in a plate and cover the plate and microwave for 6-8 minutes (depending on you microwave.) The noodles should be hot and steamy.
- Sprinkle green onion and cilantro on top of the noodles.
- Add a teaspoon of garlic oil on top.
- Serve hot with sauce.
- Prepare plenty of sauce.
- The noodles should be soaked in sauce for maximum taste.
- Enjoy this delicious healthy dish!
- This sauce will hit your major taste buds; sour, sweet, salty and hot!
- The sauce is a wonderful compliment to the noodles.
- 3 tablespoons vinegar
- 4 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1-3 tablespoon ground fresh chili paste
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce
Mixing:
Mix all ingredients together and heat up the mixture in a microwave for 1-2 minutes to dissolve the sugar and warm the sauce.Tip:
- If you would like a vegetarian dish, omit the shrim.
- Otherwise, fresh shrimp can be substituted with dry shrimp or cooked ground meat.
- You can save time by cooking directly in the blowls or plates you will serve in.
- With this meal, I present each person a bowl with 1-2 noodles rolls, instead of having them scoop from a common plate.
- Once a noodle roll is cooked, it is tough to pick one up without having if fall apart.
