Ingredients
- Salt
- 2 packages ButcherBox Cold Cracked Lobster Meat defrosted and pat dry
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tbsp chili oil
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp finely chopped shallot
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander
- 12 8¼-inch-round rice paper sheets
- 1 small head lettuce leaves torn into 2-inch pieces
- ½ cup fresh mint leaves or basil leaves or a combination
- 1 cup cooked rice vermicelli
- 1 cup julienned carrots
- 1 cup julienned Persian cucumbers
- 1 large ripe avocado halved and pitted
Instructions
- Bring a small pot of water to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, season generously with salt, add the lobster and poach the lobster until opaque and cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain, then rinse the lobster under cold water, pat dry, and transfer to a plate. Once chilled, cut into ½- to 1-inch pieces.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the vinegar, lime juice, sugar, chili oil, sesame oil, shallot, fish sauce and coriander.
- Build the rolls one at a time. Fill a medium bowl with room temperature water. Dip and roll a rice paper sheet in the water, then lift it out, allowing any excess water drip to off. Place the sheet on a plate.
- Across the bottom third of the rice paper sheet, toward you, place a couple tablespoons of lettuce and herbs, followed by a small amount of vermicelli, carrot and cucumber. Fold the lip of rice paper closest to you over the filling, then tightly fold in the sides over that flap. Place a slice of avocado in the lip, followed by 3 to 4 pieces of lobster. Roll the package of filling away from you tightly, encasing the filling and creating a roll. Cover the completed roll with a damp kitchen towel so it doesn't dry out.
- Repeat with the remaining rice papers and filling. Serve the rolls with the dipping sauce.
Notes
- If Thai basil is available, use that (if not, regular basil is fine).
- You'll find rice vermicelli in the Asian section of your supermarket. Before making the rolls, cook the vermicelli and chill it according to the package label instructions.
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