Fried Stuffed Chicken Legs - Andrew Zimmern

Ingredients

• 2 ounces dried mung bean noodles
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 pound ground pork
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 3 minced garlic cloves
• 1 golf ball sized piece of ginger, grated
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 2 medium carrots, grated
• 1/3 cup wood ear mushrooms
• 1/4 cup minced shallots
• 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons Thai red chile paste
• 4 chicken dark quarters
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 2 minced or grated garlic cloves
• Vegetable oil, for frying
• 1 cup rice flour
• 1 cup corn starch
• Nam Jim dipping sauce (recipe follows)
• Sticky rice
• Pickled mustard greens, daikon radish or other pickles of choice
• Butter lettuce leaves