pot luck ideas!

[DevO]

I'm going to a pot luck and I am gapping out on what the hell to bring! Anyone have any tried tested and true pot luck ideas to share??

[DevO]

I'm thinking about going with good ol' Vietnamese style cold spring rolls (aka Goi Cuon). Here are some recipes I'm finding:

http://www.recipezaar.com/20445

http://grabyourfork.blogspot.com/2005/01/homemake-goi-cuon.html

I'm doing vegetarian though.

Edited December 30, 2007 by Guest

[bouche]

tha'ts a great thing to bring. could be time consuming to make if you're doing more than a dozen.

make sure you bring a tasty peanuty dipping sauce!

[DevO]

Here's the sauce I made:

hoisin-chili dipping sauce

1 shallot or 1-2 cloves garlic

1/2 cup hoisin sauce

1 Tbsp. rice vinegar

1/4 cup water

2 tsps. Asian red chili paste (I use sambal oelek, but any chili paste will do)

2 Tbsp. chopped peanuts for garnish

Stir-fry the minced garlic or shallot for a minute or two, until the garlic is softened. Add the hoisin sauce, rice vinegar and water, and bring to a boil. Add chili paste to taste (about 2 tsps. generally does it for me). Remove from heat, pour in dipping bowl(s), and garnish with chopped

peanut.

Instead of garnishing with 2 tbsp chopped peanuts, I mixed in about 6 tbsp of chopped peanuts. It was good!

[bouche]

I love taking 2 and making it 6. When a recipe calls for 2 cloves of garlic, I always triple it.