ChefsBuzz - Healthy Recipes & World Cuisines

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Ingredients

Warm water, for soaking rice paper wrappers
1 package rice paper wrappers, see Cook’s Note*
1/4 cup cilantro leaves
1/2 cup julienned red bell pepper
1/2 cup julienned yellow bell pepper
1 cup snow peas, stringed and julienned
3 1/2-ounce package enoki mushrooms
1 cup bean sprouts
1 recipe seasoned Buckwheat or Soba Noodles, recipe follows
1/4 cup pickled ginger
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons black sesame seeds

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For the bananas:
2 large bananas, ripe
1 cup ice water
1 1/4 cups tempura batter mix (recommended: Shir-Akika)
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 pinch cayenne pepper
Vegetable oil, for frying
Powdered sugar, for dustingFor the Coconut-Green Tea Sauce:1 cup heavy cream
4 green tea bags
1 scoop coconut sorbet (recommended: Ciao Bella)Fresh raspberries, for garnish
Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish

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For the Asian Smoked Salmon:
1 (2-pound) salmon fillet, center cut, skin removed
1/2 cup rice wine
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 cup julienned ginger,
1 teaspoon toasted Szechwan peppercorns

For the smoking mix:
1 cup long-grain rice
1 cup oolong tea or black lychee tea
1 cup orange peels

For long bean saute:
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 pound ground pork
2 tablespoons garlic
1/2 cup finely chopped white onion
2 pounds Chinese long beans
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger

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