Remove one rice paper wrapper from the package and place it in the water to soak.
Rice paper spring rolls ingredients.
Bundle up fly away bits inside a piece of lettuce.
The way i like to make these in advance is by preparing all of my ingredients cooking the noodles slicing the veggies and making the sauce and keep everything refrigerated until ready to roll.
200g 7 oz peeled deveined and finely chopped prawns.
250g 9 oz pork mince.
Spring rolls are simply a mixture of ingredients such as raw or cooked vegetables cooked meats or seafood rice noodles and herbs rolled up in rice paper wrappers and served with dipping sauces.
Fold the sides of the spring roll in over the ingredients.
1 package spring roll rice wrappers.
The shrimp will lay on the outside of the spring roll when you are finished rolling.
Pork prawn filling.
In a row across the center place 2 shrimp halves a handful of vermicelli basil mint cilantro and lettuce leaving about 2 inches uncovered on each side.
Roll spring roll until you have about 1 3 of rice paper left then lay about 2 3 pieces of shrimp cut side up in a row and finish rolling.
In addition to the video i have 2 little tips that can make your vietnamese rice paper roll making life so much easier.
Lettuce leaves to serve.
I like making these with bean sprouts and vermicelli noodles other filling suggestions in the recipe notes.
1 tbsp fish.
Then pull the side closest to you up and over the ingredients sealing everything together tightly and rolling it up like a burrito.
Dip one wrapper into the hot water for 1 second to soften.
In a small saucepan saute the garlic and pepper flakes in oil for 1 2 minutes or until garlic is tender.
Add the water peanut butter hoisin sauce and tomato paste.
Vegetable oil for deep frying.
Mint leaves to serve.
Since all they require is a quick dip in water rice paper wraps are wonderful for making no cook meals and they also happen to be gluten free and vegan.
Optional if rolling shrimp spring rolls.
Fill a large bowl with warm water.
Tips to make vietnamese rice paper rolls.
Rice paper wrappers garlic fresh lime juice mint leaves hoisin sauce and 7 more tuna spring rolls it s yummi carrots spring roll wrappers albacore tuna seedless cucumber and 2 more.
Cook and stir for 2 4 minutes or until thickened.
20 x 22cm diameter dried rice paper wrappers.
Add tap water to the large dish dip the rice paper in water in the large dish for 10 seconds only long enough to completely wet it hold up and drain lay the still brittle rice paper but wet on smooth surface you have about 1 minute to get all the ingredients laid out on the rice paper before it gets too soft to work with.