This recipe is from How to Feed a Family of Six for Under $20 which began as a Facebook page after mother-of-five Jas McPhee shared a delicious lamb curry recipe that her children “devoured”. The book is a collection of Jas’s most popular recipes with tips on shopping smart, cooking creatively while saving money.
Chicken Rice Paper Rolls
This recipe is great for lunch or dinner. It’s light and tasty and is one of my family’s favourite meals. This recipe makes three rolls each. Serve with Asian Dipping Sauce (see below).
Makes 18
Ingredients
400g boneless chicken breast, sliced
1 tsp honey
1 tbsp oil
18 rice paper wrappers
1 lettuce, chopped
2 carrots, grated
2 avocados, sliced
1 tomato, sliced handful of chopped nuts
1/2 spring onion, sliced small handful of coriander, chopped
1. Season chicken with salt and pepper and drizzle with honey. Heat oil in pan. Fry chicken
for 5–6 minutes until lightly browned and cooked through.
2. Place half a cup hot water in a large bowl. Put one rice paper wrapper at a time in water
until soft, then remove. Place chicken, lettuce, carrot, avocado, tomato, nuts, spring onion
and coriander as filling. Fold in the sides and then roll up. Continue until you have made all
your rolls.
3. Serve with dipping sauce on the side.
What I spent
chicken.................... $5.30
honey....................... $0.20
oil............................. $0.20
rice paper
wrappers ..................$0.80
lettuce..................... $1.29
carrots..................... $0.20
avocados.................. $0.99
tomato..................... $0.50
nuts.......................... $0.89
spring onion............ $0.50
coriander................. $0.50
TOTAL................$11.37
Asian Dipping Sauce
This sauce should be sweet, salty and spicy. You can adapt it by adding more or less of certain ingredients to suit your desired taste.
Mix together 1 tablespoon sugar, 1¹⁄³ cups warm water, 1 teaspoon finely
chopped garlic, 3 teaspoons fish sauce, ½ fresh chilli, deseeded and
finely chopped (optional), 1 finely chopped spring onion, 1 grated carrot
(optional). Taste and adjust as required. Makes 1½ cups.
Reproduced with permission from Feed a Family of Six for under $20 by Jas McPhee. Published by Penguin Group NZ. RRP $19.99. Copyright © text Jasmine McPhee, 2014 Copyright © food images Vance McPhee, 2014. Available nationwide.
