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Vietnamese Spring Rolls Recipe
Passive Time | 30 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1 packet clear edible rice paper sheets
- 200 gm cooked small shrimp (peeled deveined, halved)
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro leaves
- 1 bunch fresh mint leaves
- 1 head lettuce washed and separated into leaves
- 100 gm cucumber peeled and cut into very, very thin strips
- 100 gm carrot peeled and cut into thin strips
- 50 gm spring onion julienne
- 100 gm fresh bean sprouts optional
- 1 package vermicelli rice noodles prepared according to package directions
- Hoisin sauce and sweet chilly sauce to taste
- chopped peanuts
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Instructions
- Cook the noodle as per the packet instruction and keep aside.
- Make sure all veggies and herbs are cleaned, dried, and set out before you start. Dip a sheet of rice paper wrapper into water very quickly, no longer than a second or two (or they will get too soggy) and lay flat on a work surface.
- On one edge, lay a small handful of noodles, some shrimp, some coriander and mint leaves, a lettuce leaf, some cucumber strips carrot and spring onion and bean sprouts, all to taste but don't over stuff.
- Carefully start to roll up, burrito style, tucking in the sides, then continue to roll up but not too tightly or the spring roll will split.
- These rolls will be thicker than the typical Chinese-style fried spring rolls.
- Combine a few spoon full of Hoisin sauce and chilly sauce with some chopped peanuts to use as a dipping sauce. I like to put a few drops of sauce even inside the stuffing, but that entirely is up to you.
- Serve immediately - these do not keep and will harden up in the fridge, so it is best to make just as many as you plan to serve.
Recipe Notes
Note: Please be sure to get the correct spring roll rice papers - these are not the same as wonton/spring roll wrappers, which must be cooked.