Kim Chee Poke in a Rice Paper Taco with Avocado Sauce

Kim Chee Poke in a Rice Paper Taco with Avocado Sauce

Ingredients

Kim chee

• ¼ cup Hawaiian salt
• 8 cups water
• 2 lbs Won Bok cabbage (Napa), roughly cut
• 4½ tsp chili paste
• 4½ tsp fresh garlic, minced
• 1⅓ cup oyster sauce
• 1 cup carrots, finely julienned
• 2 tsp raw sugar
• ⅓ cup scallions, roughly cut
• ¼ cup fresh chives, roughly cut
• 2 tbsp shrimp sauce
• 2 tsp fresh ginger, grated

Poke

• 2 cup kim chee -- (above)
• 12 oz raw ahi (Yellowfin tuna); chopped large
• 1 medium Maui onion; diced
• ⅓ cup shoyu (soy sauce)
• 1 Tbsp sesame oil
• oil, for deep frying
• 6 sheets rice paper

Avocado sauce

• 2 avocados, Hass, ripe, dark-skinned; peeled and sliced
• ¾ cup chicken stock
• ½ cup sour cream
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp cilantro, chopped
• salt and white pepper, to taste

Directions

Kim chee

1. Add the salt to water.
2. Add the won bok and soak for 2 hours.
3. Drain the mixture and add the remaining kim chee ingredients.
4. Let stand for 2 hours.

Poke

1. Chop 2 cups of [[.
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3. Make the 'taco' shells.
4. Pour 4 inches of oil into a deep skillet or pot and heat until bubbling.
5. Toss in a rice paper sheet.
6. Use a large metal whisk push the sheet down in the oil.
7. The rice paper will form itself into a taco shell around the whisk.
8. Fry 45 to 60 seconds — the rice paper should be translucent and bubbled.
9. Remove and drain.
10. Proceed with the rest of the rice paper.

Avocado sauce

1. Combine 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).
2. Fill the shells with the kim chee mixture and serve with avocado sauce.