Crepes de Riz (Chicken packages)
- 3/4 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast
- 1 cup peeled, cored, finely diced apple
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons curry powder
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 3 rounds of rice paper (see note)
- Put the chicken on a flat surface and cut it into very small cubes.
- Add the apple and onion and, using a very sharp, heavy knife, chop the mixture into a fine mass.
- Heat the butter in a heavy skillet and add the chicken mixture, stirring to blend.
- Add the curry powder,tomato paste, salt and pepper, stirring to blend well.
- Continue cooking, stirring contantly to prevent sticking on the bottom.
- Cook five minutes and remove from the heat.
- Turn the mixture out onto a flat platter and smooth it over.
- Let cool.
- Line a flat surface with a damp, thoroughly wrung-out clean cloth.
- Place one round of rice paper on this.
- Cover with another damp cloth.
- Stack the remaining pieces of rice paper and towels on top, ending with a damp cloth.
- Let stand until rice paper rounds are softened.
- Cut each round of rice paper into eight pie-shaped wedges of more or less equal size.
- Spoon about two teaspoons of the chicken mixture onto each pieshaped wedge, placing it away from the point of each piece.
- Wrap the filling neatly to enclose.
- Brush the bottom of a skillet lightly with butter and add the filled packages.
- Cook about 30 seconds on one side and turn.
- Cook about 30 seconds on the second side and serve.
skinless, apple, onion, butter, curry powder, tomato paste, salt, rice paper
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/5382 (may not work)