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Spring Rolls (Go?i Cuo^'n)
(Yield: 8 Servings)
From: Bites Of Asia

Ingredient:
2 stalks lemon grass (chopped)
2 cloves garlic (mince)
1/2 cup onion (chopped
2 tbsps oyster sauce
2 tbsps hoisin sauce
3 cups sweet and sour fish sauce (see recipe in sauce section)
1 tsp pepper
1 1/2 lbs pork loin
1 package dried rice vermicelli (rice noodle)
1 head leaf lettuce (cut 1/4 inch wide cross leaf)
1/2 lb bean sprouts (rinsed and drained)
12 mint sprigs
12 cilantro sprigs
1/2 cup roasted peanuts (crushed)

Preparation: 
1. Soak 6-12 thin wood skewers in water for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, trim off and discard tough tops ends of lemon grass. Remove and discard tough other layers of stalks. Keep and cut tender inner parts into 1/2 inch pieces.

2. Using a blender, combine lemon grass, garlic, onion, oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, and pepper to make mariating mix. Marinate pork pieces in mix for 30 minutes. When ready, skew pork pieces onto wood skewers.

3. Cook rice vermicelli in pan with 4 qtz of boiling water for 5 minutes. Add 1/4 cup of cooking oil to pan and mix for 30 seconds. Drain rinse virmicelli from pan and immerse in cold water. Let virmicelli cool, then drain.

4. Place pork on a hot grill (electric, gas, or coal). Cook pork for 8-10 minutes. Meanwhile, place lettuce, bean sprouts, vermicelli, mints and cilantro sprigs into bowl (quanity as desire).

5. When pork is ready, remove pork from skewers and place on top of rice vermicelli. Sprinkle some crushed peanuts over meat. Add 1/4 cup of sweet and sour fish sauce and mix. Start eat and adding more sweet and sour fish sauce if necessary