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Recipe Summary

prep: 15 mins

total: 1 hr 30 mins

Yield: Serves 12

Ingredients

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For the dipping sauce:

1/4 cup Asian fish sauce

1/4 cup water

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (from 2 limes)

2 teaspoons sugar

1 teaspoon rice-wine vinegar (not seasoned)

2 garlic cloves, crushed

1 teaspoon finely chopped Thai chile

For the kebabs:

Vegetable oil cooking spray

1/2 recipe Ground-Meat Mix (about 1 3/4 pounds)

3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh lemongrass, pale-green parts only

3 tablespoons chopped fresh Thai or regular basil

3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

1 teaspoon finely chopped Thai chile

12 skewers (5 inches each) fresh sugarcane

1 head Boston lettuce, leaves separated

Garnish: fresh mint, Thai or regular basil, and cilantro

      Cook's Notes

Uncooked kebabs can be frozen for up to 1 month (freeze on parchment-lined baking sheets until firm, then transfer to resealable plastic bags). Thaw in refrigerator overnight, then proceed with step 3. Dipping sauce can be refrigerated for up to 5 days.

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Vietnamese Kebabs with Sugarcane Skewers, Dipping Sauce, and Lettuce Cups

Recipe Summary

prep: 15 mins

total: 1 hr 30 mins

Yield: Serves 12

Vietnamese Kebabs with Sugarcane Skewers, Dipping Sauce, and Lettuce Cups

Vietnamese Kebabs with Sugarcane Skewers, Dipping Sauce, and Lettuce Cups

Vietnamese Kebabs with Sugarcane Skewers, Dipping Sauce, and Lettuce Cups

Recipe Summary

prep: 15 mins

total: 1 hr 30 mins

Yield: Serves 12

Recipe Summary

prep: 15 mins

total: 1 hr 30 mins

Yield: Serves 12

prep: 15 mins

total: 1 hr 30 mins

prep:

15 mins

total:

1 hr 30 mins

Yield: Serves 12

Serves 12

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • For the dipping sauce:
  • 1/4 cup Asian fish sauce
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (from 2 limes)
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon rice-wine vinegar (not seasoned)
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 teaspoon finely chopped Thai chile
  • For the kebabs:
  • Vegetable oil cooking spray
  • 1/2 recipe Ground-Meat Mix (about 1 3/4 pounds)
  • 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh lemongrass, pale-green parts only
  • 3 tablespoons chopped fresh Thai or regular basil
  • 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 teaspoon finely chopped Thai chile
  • 12 skewers (5 inches each) fresh sugarcane
  • 1 head Boston lettuce, leaves separated
  • Garnish: fresh mint, Thai or regular basil, and cilantro

Directions

Make the dipping sauce: Mix together all ingredients in a bowl. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees, with rack in topthird of oven. Make the kebabs: Coat abaking sheet with cooking spray. Gentlymix together meat, lemongrass, basil,cilantro, and chile. Form meat into 12 narrowloaves (about 1/4 cup each), shapingeach around a sugarcane skewer, leaving1 inch exposed; transfer to baking sheet.

Bake for 11 minutes. Heat broiler. Broiluntil deep golden brown, about 3 minutes.Discard garlic from sauce. Placekebabs in lettuce leaves. Garnish withherbs. Serve with dipping sauce.

      Cook's Notes

Uncooked kebabs can be frozen for up to 1 month (freeze on parchment-lined baking sheets until firm, then transfer to resealable plastic bags). Thaw in refrigerator overnight, then proceed with step 3. Dipping sauce can be refrigerated for up to 5 days.

Cook’s Notes

Uncooked kebabs can be frozen for up to 1 month (freeze on parchment-lined baking sheets until firm, then transfer to resealable plastic bags). Thaw in refrigerator overnight, then proceed with step 3. Dipping sauce can be refrigerated for up to 5 days.

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