Recipe - Cha Gio

2 Tb tree ear mushrooms
1 cup Soaked, roughly chopped
bean thread noodles
1 pound Ground pork
One half pound Chopped shrimp or crabmeat
1 Tb fish sauce
1 teaspoon Each salt & pepper(white)
2 Garlic cloves, chopped
One fourth cup Each chopped red onion &
chives
8 Rounds Rice paper
Beer
Mint, basil & coriander
leaves
Lettuce leaves
Cucumber slices

DIPPING SAUCE
One fourth cup Minced garlic
One half cup Fish sauce
1/3 cup Lime juice
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Sate oil

Soak tree ears, set aside bean thread noodles. Chop pork to a finer
consistency, put it in a bowl and add shrimp or crab, fish sauce,
salt, pepper, garlic, onions and chives. Drain and dry the tree ears
and add them. Add the bean thread noodles and blend thoroughly
kneading with the hands.

Brush the rice paper on each side with the beer and set aside.

Cover with a cloth as you work. They take a minute or two to soften.

Put a heaping spoonful of the filling across the bottom third of the
rice skin. Tuck away from you twice. Fold the sides over, then
continue to roll. Seal with beaten egg and cornstarch. Fry in oil
heated to about 350F until golden. Serve with lettuce leaves,
garnishes and dip sauce.

This is from the "Art of Asian Cooking" by Bruce Cost. I was
fortunate to have taken classes from him in Berkeley.

Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; April 14 1991.

File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/cberg2.zip