I'm having a dinner party, what goes well with spring rolls?!
I'm having a dinner party, what goes well with spring rolls?
All I have planned are some veggie spring rolls, any suggestions for food to acompany them and appreciated. Thanks!
Answers:
Chicken Satay with Peanut Dipping Sauce
Marinade:
1 cup plain yogurt
1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips
20 wooden skewers, soaked in water 30 minutes
Vegetable oil, for grilling
Butter lettuce leaves
Fresh cilantro leaves
Peanut sauce, recipe follows
Combine the yogurt, ginger, garlic, and curry powder in a shallow mixing bowl, stir to combine. Place the chicken strips in the yogurt marinade and gently toss until well coated. Cover and let the chicken marinate in the refrigerator for at up to 2 hours.
Thread the chicken pieces onto the soaked skewers working the skewer in and out of the meat, down the middle of the piece, so that it stays in place during grilling. Place a grill pan over medium heat and brush it with oil to prevent the meat from sticking. Grill the chicken satays for 3 to 5 minutes on each side, until nicely seared and cooked through. Serve the satays on a platter lined with lettuce leaves and cilantro; accompanied by a small bowl of peanut sauce on the side.
Peanut Sauce:
1 cup smooth peanut butter
1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
2 teaspoons red chili paste, such as sambal
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
2 limes, juiced
1/2 cup hot water
1/4 cup chopped peanuts, for garnish
Combine the peanut butter, soy sauce, red chili paste, brown sugar, and lime juice in a food processor or blender. Puree to combine. While the motor is running, drizzle in the hot water to thin out the sauce, you may not need all of it. Pour the sauce into a nice serving bowl and garnish with the chopped peanuts. Serve with chicken satay.
Yield: 3 cups
--Tyler Florence, FoodTV
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Fried Rice with Ham
Serves 4.
3 large eggs, lightly beaten w/ 2 tsp. waer
2 Tbsp vegetable oil, divided
? tsp. toasted sesame oil
Coarse salt to taste
4 green onions, thinly sliced diagonally (both white and green parts)
4 garlic cloves, minced
5 oz. ham, thinly sliced and chopped (can use cooked chicken, pork, or shrimp as well)
4 cups cold cooked rice
3 Tbsp. rice vinegar
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
In a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 Tbsp. oil, swirling to coat. Beat eggs, with 2 tsp. water and ? tsp. coarse salt. Cook in skillet, moving cooked eggs aside gently to allow raw eggs to run in their place, about 2 minutes. Transfer to plate; when cool enough to handle, cut into strips.
In same skillet, heat remaining Tbsp. vegetable oil and sesame oil. Add garlic and scallions, heat and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add ham and rice, season with salt, and cook until very hot, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Add vinegar, peas, and eggs, cook until very hot, about 2 minutes.
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Creamy Coconut Rice Pudding with Rum Whipped Cream
2 c. milk
1 can Taste of Thai Coconut Milk
1-1/2 c. water
1-1/2 c. raw A Taste of Thai Soft Jasmine Rice
2 cinnamon sticks
Dash freshly ground nutmeg
1 c. sugar
2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
5 tabl. shredded coconut
Combine all the ingredients except the pure vanilla extract in a medium size pot. Bring to a boil over medium head mixing constantly. Lower to a simmer and cook for approximately 1 to 1-1/2 hours mixing frequently until the pudding thickens. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and coconut.
Topping:
1 pint fresh whipping cream
2 tbls. sugar
Splash of light rum.
Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix on high until stiff peaks form. Place warm coconut pudding in serving bowl and top with rum flavored whipped cream.
--Gary Solomon
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Some noodles maybe and some dimsum. Perhaps some of that wind dried Chinese duck cut into strips with thin slivers of ginger and spring onions.
pot stickers always go well with spring rolls along with rice...if you dont want to just serve plain rice you could always make rice pattys or something....and my favorite...cream cheese rolls....(crab ragoon)...anything of the chinese food standerd goes well with spring rolls.
Fried rice, or Thai curry. Pho (Vietnamese soup - easy to make) Chow mein, chop suey or stir fry. Just about any Asian dish will go with spring rolls.
With spring rolls I think " summer wine"" :)
Cream cheese won tons
Um...summer squash?
Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Seriously, one of my favorite meals on the planet is spring rolls served with wonton soup. I make my own wontons--usually with pork, but I know of at least one great vegetarian version. Wontons are a little fussy to make, but not at all difficult, and kind of fun if you have a friend help you, assembly-line style, preferably with a glass of wine. If you're interested in the recipe, email me back and I'll send it to you.
Summer squash, if your trying to keep up the theme of seasons!! HA HA. I know lame!!!!
WOW, I said summer squash before I saw that someone else said it, weird!!! Oh well still funny!!
Fried rice of any variety will go very well with spring rolls. My kind of favorite thing to eat! bettyk
I would have some fried rice that you make yourself. Maybe some ham, maybe some curry? Sounds good!
WEED
First Course: miso soup or a ginger/soy broth with scallions
and a bit of tofu
Second Course: spring rolls
vegetarian fried rice
sauteed long green beans with garlic
Third Course: mango sherbet
HOT WINGS!!!
Serve it as part of the Thai Salad Bar Supreme (Rachel Ray's recipe)- looks awesome. I like the other user's idea of sorbet for dessert too.
Enjoy!
Salad Bar:
3 hearts Romaine lettuce, chopped
1 sack (10 ounces) mixed baby greens
2 cups fresh bean sprouts, any variety
1 cup thinly sliced daikon or red radishes
2 cups shredded carrots, available prepped in plastic bags in produce case
8 scallions, sliced on the bias
1/2 seedless cucumber, sliced in 1/2 lengthwise, thinly sliced
1 pint yellow or red grape tomatoes
1 red onion, quartered and thinly sliced
1 bunch fresh mint leaves, trimmed
1 bunch fresh basil leaves, trimmed
2 (2-ounce) packages chopped nuts, found on baking aisle
8 slices almond toast or anisette toast, (recommended: Stella D'Oro) cut into 1-inch pieces
1/4 cup tamari dark soy sauce
2 tablespoons vegetable oil, eyeball it
4 to 8 thin cut chicken cutlets, depending on size
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 pound mahi mahi
1 ripe lime
Peanut Dressing:
3 tablespoons white vinegar or rice wine vinegar
1/2 cup white grape juice concentrate or apple juice concentrate
3 tablespoons peanut butter
2 inches fresh ginger root, grated
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon chopped nuts (from salad bar)
Chili Garlic Sweet Hot Dressing:
3 tablespoons white vinegar or rice wine vinegar
1/3 cup pepper jelly, available on condiment aisle
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons hot chili oil
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Arrange salad bar ingredients in serving dishes and bowls as you prep them: romaine, baby mixed greens, bean sprouts, daikon radishes, carrots, scallions, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, mint leaves, basil leaves, nuts and sweet almond or anise "croutons".
Heat a grill pan over medium high heat.
Combine soy and oil in a shallow dish. Add chicken and turn to coat. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Drizzle fish with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill chicken 3 minutes on each side. Cut chicken into strips on an angle and pile onto a serving plate. Grill fish 4 to 5 minutes on each side, until opaque. Squeeze lime over the fish and break into chunks as you transfer it to a serving plate.
Combine all ingredients, except oil, for peanut dressing in a blender. Blend for 30 seconds, then open lid and continue dressing by streaming in oil. Transfer dressing to a serving dish and sprinkle the dressing with a spoonful of nuts from your salad bar to garnish the dish.
For garlic dressing, whisk vinegar, jelly, garlic, black pepper and chili oil together. Stream in vegetable oil while continuing to whisk. When the oil is incorporated, transfer dressing to a small dish to serve.
Pork fried rice and sweet and sour chicken.Also put out a fresh fruit tray (slice the fruit) and dip,as well as a veggie tray and dip.Have a wonderful dinner party.