Kim chee poke in a rice paper taco with avocado sauce

Yield: 6 servings

Measure Ingredient
¼ cup Hawaiian Salt
8 cups Water
2 pounds Won Bok Cabbage (Napa)
\N \N Roughly cut
4½ teaspoon Chili Paste
4½ teaspoon Fresh Garlic, minced
1⅓ cup Oyster Sauce
2 cups Kim Chee, (above)
12 ounces Raw Ahi (Yellowfin Tuna)
\N \N Chopped large
1 medium Maui Onion, diced
2 \N Avocados, Haas, Ripe,
\N \N Dark-Skinned, peeled and
\N \N Sliced
¾ cup Chicken Stock
½ cup Sour Cream
1 cup Carrots, finely julienned
2 teaspoons Raw Sugar
⅓ cup Scallions, roughly cut
¼ cup Fresh Chives, roughly cut
2 tablespoons Shrimp Sauce
2 teaspoons Fresh Ginger, grated
⅓ cup Shoyu (Soy Sauce)
1 tablespoon Sesame Oil
\N \N Oil, for deep frying
6 \N Sheets Rice Paper
2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
1 tablespoon Cilantro, chopped
\N \N Salt And White Pepper
\N \N To taste

FOR THE KIM CHEE

FOR THE POKE

FOR THE AVOCADO SAUCE

1. Make the kim chee by adding the salt to water. Add the won bok and soak for 2 hours. Drain the mixture and add the remaining kim chee ingredients. Let stand for 2 hrs.

2. To make the poke: Chop 2 cups of kim chee into fine pieces and mix with ahi, onion, shoyu and sesame oil.

3. Make the 'taco' shells. Pour 4 inches of oil into a deep skillet or pot and heat until bubbling.Toss in a rice paper sheet. Use a large metal whisk push the sheet down in the oil. The rice paper will form itself into a taco shell around the whisk. Fry 45 to 60 secs.; the rice paper should be translucent and bubbled. Remove and drain.

Proceed with the rest of the rice paper.

4. Make the avocado sauce by combining all the ingredients and whirl in a blender or processor until smooth. (To keep the sauce from darkening, place a sheet of plastic wrap directly on the sauce until needed.)

5. Fill the shells with the kim chee mixture and serve with avocado sauce.

From the MAUI COUNTY FAIR of Kahului, Maui, Hawaii. Fair dates: Oct, the weekend before Columbus Day, for 4 days.

Recipe By : The County Fair Cookbook - ISBN 0-7868-6014-6 From: Dan Klepach Date: 04-05-95 (159) Fido: Cooking

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