Vietnamese

Far Flung

From

Far Flung

season

1

episode

3

Vietnamese Rice Paper Tacos

With

Gary Mehigan

SERVES

4

Vietnamese Rice Paper Tacos

Ingredients

  • Peanut oil for cooking

  • 200g ground pork

  • 1 shallot, finely chopped

  • 1 small piece of ginger, minced

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed

  • pinch salt

  • pinch pepper

  • 50ml fish sauce

  • 1 tbsp annatto oil (a red peppery oil)

  • 8 thick rice paper sheets

  • ½ cup water chestnuts, chopped

  • 4 spring onions, thinly sliced

  • ½ tbsp dried (shrimp)

  • 8 quail eggs

  • 1 tbsp soft butter

  • 2 tbsp hot Vietnamese chilli sauce or Sriracha

  • handful of shisho, coriander, water spinach, Vietnamese mint leaves, picked and washed

Method

  1. Pre heat the BBQ on high for 10 minutes (or use a portable charcoal clay grill).

  2. Heat a good non-stick frying pan over a high heat and add a dash of peanut oil. Add the mince to the pan and fry the pork for 3-4 minutes until lightly caramelized. Turn the heat down and add the shallot, ginger and garlic and stir fry for 30 seconds to release the flavours. Add a pinch of salt and a twist of pepper, a dash of fish sauce and the annatto oil. Stir and remove from the heat, place into a small bowl and set aside.

  3. Place a tablespoon of the pork mixture onto the centre of the rice sheet, spread thinly out towards the edge and sprinkle with a few water chestnuts and spring onions and dried shrimp.

  4. Crack two quail eggs onto the pork mince and stir to combine, it is not necessary to be too thorough. Place the rice paper sheet onto the bars of the BBQ and cook for 20 seconds or so, turn gently and continue to cook until the rice paper sheets begin to blister, puff and char a little.

  5. Turn again and smear a little butter down the centre of the taco. Squeeze a thin concentric circle or two of the chilli sauce over the taco, sprinkle liberally with the herbs. Gently fold the taco along the same line you spread the butter and serve.

Gary Mehigan

Gary Mehigan spent eleven seasons as a judge on MasterChef Australia before turning his attention to the road. He hosts Around the World on Two Plates and Good Food Everyday, cooking through markets and family kitchens from Spain to Sri Lanka. His own kitchen instinct sits in classical French technique with a forensic eye for produce.

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