This is another Laotian dish my mom taught me. It's fried tilapia (you can use different fish), veggies and noodles with a sweet and spicy sauce. I like tilapia because it's not as fishy and the bones are not super small. I always get scared I'm going to choke on one! We made 3 fish for 4 people, in Laos it was 1 fish for a family of 12 to share. It really makes me feel sad about how hard my parents lives were. I know things are not perfect here in America, but it's a whole heck of a lot better than where they grew up. I am so grateful for their fight to provide me and my brothers a better life.
Ingredients:
Tilapia
Salt
MSG
Vegetable Oil
Vermicelli Noodles
Green Onion, sliced
Mint
Cilantro
Cucumbers, sliced
Lettuce
Sweet and Spicy Sauce:
1/2 cup Sugar
2 cups Water
1 tbsp Fish Sauce
1/2 tsp Salt
3/4 Juice of Lime
3 Garlic Cloves
10 Thai Chili
Peanuts chopped
Instructions:
Rub salt and msg on whole fish, and fry in a large skillet with enough oil to fry, do not cover the fish. Fry until it is fully cooked and golden brown.
Cook the vermicelli noodles according to the package and set aside
Wash and prepare your veggies and set aside.
Make your sauce buy adding the sugar and 1 cup of water into a small sauce pan. Cook on medium heat until the water starts to brown and the sugar melts. Add in the additional cup of water, fish sauce, salt and juice of lime and remove from heat.
Using a mortar and pestle, grind up the Thai chili's and garlic and place into a separate bowl. If you don't have a mortar and pestle using a small blender works.
Mix the sauce, with the desired amount of the Thai chili and garlic paste and peanuts in a separate bowl and dip your wrap into your sauce and enjoy!
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