Thai Beef Wraps

Ingredients

• DRESSING
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice (not the bottled kind)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon garlic and red chile paste (more or less, as needed) or 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (more or less, as needed)
• THE WRAPS
• 3 cups vegetable oil
• 3 ounces rice sticks (mai fun)
• INSIDE WRAP
• 2 cups roast beef, thinly sliced, julienned (from deli)
• 1 cup bean sprouts
• 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 cucumber, seeded, bias sliced
• 1 yellow peppers or 1 red bell pepper, julienned
• 10 leaves red leaf lettuce (leaves make cups) or 10 large bibb lettuce (leaves make cups)