CHILL FRESH NOODLES

Serves: 4, Calories: 125, Fat:4.03g

Ingredients:
/4 cup Tamari
1/4 cup Sesame Oil
1 Tbsp Rice Vinegar
1 Tbsp Apple Juice Concentrate
1/2 Tsp Chili Sauce
1 whole Red Bell Pepper, Thinly Sliced
1 cup Spring Onion, Chopped
2 whole Carrot, Julienned
20 g Ginger, Chopped Fine
100 g Dried Buckwheat Noodle
100 g Shrimp, Peeled, Cooked
8 Sheet Rice Paper

Ingredients for Archard
200 g Iceberg Lettuce, Chopped
100 g Carrot, Julienned
100 g Bean Sprout, Cooked
10 g Red Bell Pepper, Julienned
10 g Yellow Bell pepper, Julienned
10 g Green Bell Pepper, Julienned
5 g Chili Powder
1/4 cup Honey
1/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar


Method:

Preparation for noodle
In a large stock pot, cook noodles in boiling water until al dente. Rinse with cool water; drain well. In a small bowl mix together tamari, sesame oil, vinegar, apple juice concentrate and chili sauce. Toss noodles with sauce to coat well. Marinate in a covered bowl for 15 minutes. Add bell pepper, onion, carrot, ginger and shrimp; toss well.


Soak rice paper in water working only with two rice paper sheets at a time, dip one sheet, edge first, in the water and turn it to soak completely, about 10 seconds. Lay the sheet down on the cheesecloth and stretch the sheet slightly to remove any wrinkles. Wet the other rice paper the same way and place it along side the first.

Line the bottom third of the wet rice sheet with prepared ingredients. Make sure the ingredients are evenly distributed from one end to the other. Using second, third and fourth fingers, press down on the ingredients while using the other hand to fold over both sides of the rice paper. (Pressing down on the ingredients is particularly important because it tightens the roll.) With fingers still pressing down, use two thumbs to fold the bottom edge over the filling and roll into a cylinder about an inch and a half wide by five inches long. Finish making all the remaining rolls.
Cut the rolls into two or four equal pieces and place the cut rolls upright on an appetizer plate. Serve with Archard.




Preparation for Archard
Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and allow 20 minutes for marinating before serving.