Healthy Low Carb Vietnamese Chicken Spring Rolls

by Claire Preen | Aug 25, 2016 | Recipes

…with Coriander Dipping Sauce

Scrumptious, simple, healthy, incredibly satisfying and bursting with flavours AND low carb – what more do you want?…… Oh yes…portable and lunch box savvy!  A perfect lunch choice really!!

Serving size: 1 spring roll

Total Calories: 27.75
Total Carbs: 0.92g
Fat: 1.21g
Protein: 3.35g

Ingredients
Vietnamese Chicken Spring Rolls

8oz chicken tenders (or 1 chicken breast sliced up)

Chicken stock for poaching chicken

1/4. Chinese cabbage

1/4 cucumber

2 hot chilies

2 tbsp roasted unsalted peanuts – chopped small

16 rice papers

1 small bunch each of mint and coriander

3 spring onions

Coriander Dipping  Sauce

1 bunch coriander

1 cup olive oil

2 tbsp sesame oil

2 chilies

2 cloves of garlic

1 tsp salt

Method
Vietnamese Chicken Spring Rolls

1. Salt and pepper the chicken. Then poach it in barely simmering chicken stock until cooked through (about 10 minutes) Allow to cool then chop into small pieces. Reserve stock and use it as a soup or stock for future recipes.

2. Prepare the veggies. Wash and shred the Chinese cabbage. Mince the chilies. Chop the mint and coriander. Chop the spring onions.  Mix together in a large bowl with the chopped peanuts. Add the cooled chicken.

3. Cut the cucumber up into 2 inch matchsticks

4. Prepare a bowl of warm water

5. Dip 1 rice paper in the warm water and submerge completely. Leave for 30 seconds. Lift the rice paper carefully onto a clean board and smooth out (it can be quite easy to tear the rice paper so be careful) The rice paper should have gone see through now and be very malleable.

6. Place a matchstick of cucumber and add about 1tbsp of the chicken salad onto the rice paper, towards the edge closest to you.

7. Tightly wrap the end over the salad and cucumber then tuck in the sides and continue to roll into a tight cigar shaped roll.

8. Repeat with the rest of the salad

Coriander Dipping Sauce

Add all ingredients to a blender and whiz on full till smooth

To Serve

Serve on a bed of Chinese cabbage with the dipping sauce and enjoy!

Tip: Don't forget to reserve your broth. You can add a little of the dipping sauce to the broth add some chicken and veggies and you have a delicious soup ready made for dinner! Yay – we love a win win situation!

By Claire Preen

By Claire Preen

Claire Preen is an award winning food writer and chef, and has appeared on numerous tv shows as a food expert. She has studied nutritional health extensively and focuses all her recipes on healthy nutritional eating. As a mother she realises how hard it can be keeping a healthy diet and juggling a family’s wants, which is why all her healthy recipes are designed to be family friendly. Visit Claire's blog for more healthy tips and recipes.

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