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Shrimp and mango summer rolls, Sauteed steak in Asian style

Who doesn't like Summer rolls in a hot summer night? It can be served as a quick main dish, or, if you want something extra fancy, try pairing with a delicate piece of Asian sauteed steak! Asian inspired healthy meal ready in 30 mins!




Servings: 1
Preperation time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Summer rolls
3 pieces Rice paper(you can get pre-packaged dried ones from international supermarkets)
A few lettuce (shredded)
1 Mango (cut into pieces)
1 Cucumber (cut into slices)
A few Shrimps (cooked)
1 Avocado (cut into pieces)
Rice Vermicelli (cooked according to package instructions)

Fishsauce
3 cloves Garlic (finely minced)
1 Chili ( finely minced)
2 tsbp Sugar
6 tbsp Fish sauce
4 tbsp Hot boiled water

Steak
1 Steak
4 tbsp Soysauce
1/2 tbsp Sugar
1 tbsp light flavoured vegetable oil
1 tsp sesame oil


1. Marinate the steak with soysauce, sugar, vegetable oil and seasame oil. Set aside.
2. Prepare the fish sauce. In a bowl, add in garlic, chili, and sugar. Then pour in the hot water and stir until the sugar is well dissolved.
3. Add fish sauce. Adjust the amount according to taste.
4. In a seperate bowl, put in lettuce, mango, avaccado, cucumber, vermicelli, and shrimps. Add 2-3 tbsp of the ready made fishsauce. Toss well. Save the rest of the sauce for dipping.
5. In a shallow round plate similar to the size of the rice paper, pour in a little bit of boiled water (room temperature). Soak a piece of rice paper in the water for 3-4 seconds, take it out and place it on a paper towel to gently pat dry.
6. In the center of the softened rice paper, assemble lettuce, mango, avaccado, cucumber, vermicelli, and shrimps. Fold in the bottom part of the rice paper, then the left and right part, and finally wrap the rice paper to form a roll. Repeat the process to form more rolls.
7. Preheat a skilet in high heat, drizzle a little bit of light flavoured oil. Sautee the steak for 2-3 minutes per side, depends on the thickness of the steak.
8. Remove the steak from the pan, cover the steak with alluminium foil and leave it to rest for 2-3 minutes. After that slice the steak in pieces.
9. Assemble everything on a nice plate and enjoy!

Tips:
1. When making the fishsauce, always taste to adjust the amount of ingredients used.
2. When soaking the rice paper, be gentle and do not over soak the paper as it will become soggy.
3. When assembling the roll, do not over do the fillings or paper will break apart.