{"id":6863,"date":"2011-02-12T13:52:48","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T18:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=6863"},"modified":"2019-08-12T17:23:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T21:23:22","slug":"thai-chicken-summer-roll-not-fried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/thai-chicken-summer-roll-not-fried\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Chicken Summer Roll &#8211; Not Fried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6888\" title=\"Thai summer roll\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Thai-summer-roll2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Thai-summer-roll2.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Thai-summer-roll2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Thai-summer-roll2-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Refreshed! This is how I felt after having this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Every time I had these rolls for appetizer at a Thai restaurant, I used to think of recreating that at home. After all the procrastination, it was yesterday that I finally decided to give it a whirl. It was my plan to make it a few weeks ago when I bought the rice papers, but it&#8217;s been sitting in my pantry almost forgotten.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To begin it all, I tired to recollect the taste of the summer rolls that I had eaten. I recalled the mild and fresh flavors. The dipping sauce was a key which complemented the rolls very well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So, to add flavor to the chicken, I cooked it along with soy sauce and a few other ingredients. The rest of the ingredients for the filling were mainly fresh veggies which gave the rolls a colorful look and a refreshing flavor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These rolls would captivate your taste buds with its subtle and wonderful flavors! Try them sometime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Thai Summer Rolls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6889\" title=\"Thai summer roll\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Thai-summer-roll3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Thai-summer-roll3.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Thai-summer-roll3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Thai-summer-roll3-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For cooking the chicken:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chicken breast, boneless- 2 breasts<\/li>\n<li>Soy sauce- 3 tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Rice wine vinegar- 1 1\/2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Ginger-Garlic paste- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Chili paste or Sambal- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Water- 1\/3 cup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For making the filling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carrot, cut thin small- 1<\/li>\n<li>Red Pepper, cut thin small- 1<\/li>\n<li>Bok Choy or lettuce, chopped- 3 leaves<\/li>\n<li>Cooked\u00a0Vermicelli noodles, cut small- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li>Roasted Sesame seeds- 1\/4 cup<\/li>\n<li>Cilantro, chopped- 1 handful<\/li>\n<li>Soy Sauce- 1 tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Lime juice &#8211; 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Ground pepper- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Salt &#8211; to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To make the dipping sauce: Adapted from <a href=\"www.tylerflorence.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Florence<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Soy sauce- 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Rice wine vinegar &#8211; 1\/4 cup<\/li>\n<li>Fish sauce &#8211; 1tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Sambal or Chili paste- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Garlic, minced &#8211; 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Lime juice &#8211; 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Water- 1\/3 cup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To make the Roll:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rice Paper<\/li>\n<li>Warm water, to soak the rice paper &#8211; \u00a0taken in a deep flat pan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instruction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In a saucepan combine the chicken, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger-garlic paste, chili paste and water.<\/li>\n<li>Cook the chicken covering the pan with its lid until it has cooked well and all the water has dried up, dice the chicken small and keep aside.<\/li>\n<li>Cook the vermicelli noodles according to package instruction, drain water and chop small.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, combine the above mentioned for<strong> &#8220;making the filling&#8221;<\/strong> ingredients and keep aside.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6890\" title=\"thai summer salad\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thai-summer-salad1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thai-summer-salad1.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thai-summer-salad1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thai-summer-salad1-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>For making the dipping: <\/strong>In a blender puree all the above mentioned &#8220;to make dipping&#8221; ingredients till smooth. Pour into a small bowl. This sauce is slightly spicy, if you want it less spicy adjust the amount of chili paste.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6897\" title=\"dipping sauce\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dipping-sauce1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dipping-sauce1.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dipping-sauce1-224x200.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Soaking the Rice Paper. <\/strong>Fill a deep flat pan with warm water.<\/li>\n<li>Take one rice paper and dip into the warm water for a few seconds till it gets soft.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6892\" title=\"soaking rice paper\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/soaking-rice-paper1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/soaking-rice-paper1.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/soaking-rice-paper1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/soaking-rice-paper1-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t over soak the rice paper as it will fall apart.<\/li>\n<li>Take the paper out of the water, hold it for a few seconds to let the water drain, gently place it on a plate.<\/li>\n<li>Place 1-2 tbsp of filling onto one end of the soaked rice paper.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6893\" title=\"making thai summer roll\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/making-thai-summer-roll1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/making-thai-summer-roll1.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/making-thai-summer-roll1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/making-thai-summer-roll1-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Roll it over holding tight two times, fold in the left and right sides, then tuck and roll it over to close the till the other end.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6894\" title=\"wrapping thai summer roll\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/wrapping-thai-summer-roll11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/wrapping-thai-summer-roll11.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/wrapping-thai-summer-roll11-330x200.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Place it on a platter and cover with a damp towel to prevent it from drying out.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6895\" title=\"wrapping thai summer roll\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/wrapping-thai-summer-roll2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"195\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Serve the rolls immediately along with the dipping sauce.<\/li>\n<li>If there is any leftover filling, you could have that as a <strong>fresh salad after drizzling it with some dipping sauce.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For a vegetarian version: Just skip the chicken from the filling and fish sauce from the dipping sauce.<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have rice paper, just make the filling and have it as a salad ( after adding more cooked vermicelli noodles), it&#8217;s a very refreshing salad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipeWrapper\" style=\"display: inline !important;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"easyrecipeWrapper\">\n<div class=\"easyrecipeWrapper\">\n<div class=\"easyrecipeWrapper\">\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\" data-rating=\"0\"> \t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Thai-summer-roll2.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Thai Summer Roll &#8211; Not Fried<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ERSeparator\">[b]For cooking the chicken[\/b]<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Chicken breast, boneless- 2 breasts<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Soy sauce- 3 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Rice wine vinegar- 1 1\/2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Ginger-Garlic paste- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Chili paste or Sambal- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Water- 1\/3 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ERSeparator\">[b]For making the filling[\/b]<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Carrot, cut thin small- 1<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Red Pepper, cut thin small- 1<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Bok Choy or lettuce, chopped- 3 leaves<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cooked Vermicelli noodles, cut small- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Roasted Sesame seeds- 1\/4 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cilantro, chopped- 1 handful<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Soy Sauce- 1 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Lime juice &#8211; 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Ground pepper- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Salt &#8211; to taste<\/li>\n<li class=\"ERSeparator\">[b]To make the dipping sauce[\/b]: Adapted from Tyler Florence<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Soy sauce- 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Rice wine vinegar &#8211; 1\/4 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Fish sauce &#8211; 1tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Sambal or Chili paste- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Garlic, minced &#8211; 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Lime juice &#8211; 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Water- 1\/3 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ERSeparator\">[b]To make the Roll[\/b]<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Rice Paper<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Warm water, to soak the rice paper &#8211; taken in a deep flat pan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In a saucepan combine the chicken, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger-garlic paste, chili paste and water.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Cook the chicken covering the pan with its lid until it has cooked well and all the water has dried up, dice the chicken small and keep aside.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Cook the vermicelli noodles according to package instruction, drain water and chop small.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In a large bowl, combine the above mentioned for [b]&#8221;making the filling&#8221;[\/b] ingredients and keep aside.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">[b]For making the dipping[\/b]: In a blender puree all the above mentioned &#8220;to make dipping&#8221; ingredients till smooth. Pour into a small bowl. This sauce is slightly spicy, if you want it less spicy adjust the amount of chili paste.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">[b]Soaking the Rice Paper[\/b]. Fill a deep flat pan with warm water.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Take one rice paper and dip into the warm water for a few seconds till it gets soft.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Don&#8217;t over soak the rice paper as it will fall apart.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Take the paper out of the water, hold it for a few seconds to let the water drain, gently place it on a plate.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Place 1-2 tbsp of filling onto one end of the soaked rice paper.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Roll it over holding tight two times, fold in the left and right sides, then tuck and roll it over to close the till the other end.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Place it on a platter and cover with a damp towel to prevent it from drying out.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Serve the rolls immediately along with the dipping sauce.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">If there is any leftover filling, you could have that as a [b]fresh salad after drizzling it with some dipping sauce.[\/b]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.2.2925<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Refreshed! This is how I felt after having this&#8230; Every time I had these rolls for appetizer at a Thai restaurant, I used to think of recreating that at home. After all the procrastination, it was yesterday that I finally decided to give it a whirl. It was my plan to make it a few &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,28,1198,471],"tags":[974,113,1035],"class_list":["post-6863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appetizer","category-salad","category-summer-rolls","category-thai","tag-appetizer","tag-rolls","tag-thai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}