Friday, July 20, 2007

Rice Vermicelli Lettuce Wraps



My mom used to (maybe still does) make something like this for Chinese New Year's. Haven't had it in years but I thought I'd try my hand at it. It's rice vermicelli noodles stirfried with tofu, nappa cabbage, bok choy, shiitake mushrooms and baby corn for lettuce wraps. It was pretty good!

6 comments:

  1. They were made with glass (bean thread) noodles rather than rice noodles. Did you remember to add sesame oil?

    Yours still looks yummy. I want some now!

    Did you know that PC sells prepackaged lettuce wraps?? Check it out here!

    http://www.presidentschoice.ca/FoodAndRecipes/GreatFood/ProductDetails.aspx/id/17864/name/PCCrispyLettuceWraps/catid/186

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  2. Ooops, sorry the link didn't work.

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  3. Yeah, I know it was with glass noodles but I didn't have any, just rice vermicelli which was close enough. I did remember to add sesame oil. I stirfried it with soy sauce, mushroom sauce, sesame seed oil, some hot chili flakes a tiny bit of sugar and some cooking sherry.

    Okay, that's kind of weird about PC have prepacked lettuce... I mean, it's lettuce pieces that they are marketing as "wraps". Just buy a freaking head of lettuce! :p

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  4. They're all about the convenience. I believe the wraps are pre-washed so it does save time on washing and spinning.

    It's also supposed to be a cross between romaine and iceberg so they're shaped like romaine leaves but have the iceberg crunch. I seriously considered buying it! Then again, I am a lazy git :)

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  5. Oh wow does that look scrumptious!!

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