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Vietnamese Spring Rolls Recipe

Healthy, light, and delicious Vietnamese Spring Rolls
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time6 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Servings: 10 Spring Rolls
Calories: 94kcal

Ingredients

  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 10 oz cooked shrimp
  • 6.75 oz rice sticks noodles (½ a package)
  • 5 Romaine lettuce leaves (ribs removed, cut in quarters)
  • 1 Persian cucumbers (julienned)
  • 10 mini carrots (julienned)
  • 3 serrano peppers (optional)
  • handful mint or basil leaves
  • 10 spring rolls rice paper

Instructions

  •  Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil and stir in salt. Add shrimp and cook for one minute, then remove shrimp with a slotted spoon.
  • Bring water back to a boil and add noodles. Cook for five minutes. Remove noodles and rinse under cold running water, and drain. Cut into managable size (approx. 8" sections).
  • Julienne carrots and cucumbers, remove ribs from lettuce and cut into fourths. Slice serranos, if using.
  • Set up a work area with noodles, shrimp, veggies, and herbs. 
  • Rinse rice paper under running water on both sides, for a few seconds. You can also dip in a pot of cold water for a few seconds. Place wet rice paper on a cutting board, plate, or damp washcloth.
  • Add lettuce leaves, followed by carrots, and/or cucumbers to the bottom of the rice paper. Leave space on each sides to fold over the filling.
  • Top with a handful of noodles, shrimp, and a few mint or basil leave. Add serranos, if using.
  • Carefully pull the bottom of the wrapper up and over the filling until you're half way up the wrapper. Fold both sides in (similar to rolling a burrito). Continue rolling up until fully rolled. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.

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Notes

  • Protein in the form of shrimp, chicken, steak, or tofu
  • Lettuce (butter lettuce if possible, which is soft and easy to roll up) or Romaine
  • Baby spinach
  • Vegetables, including carrots, cucumbers, avocado, bell pepper, celery, and scallions.
  • Herbs (mint, basil, cilantro, and dill)
  • Heat (Serranos, jalapeños, or habaneros if you dare)!
  • This recipe is super flexible! If you want to leave out the shrimp, it's easy to do! If you are a vegetarian, replace the shrimp with additional vegetables (purple cabbage, avocados, green onions, and julienned bell peppers).
  • Additionally, consider adding more herbs, noodles, and seasoned, sautéed, and cooled tofu. Sesame oil would be a great option for sautéing the tofu.

Nutrition

Serving: 1roll | Calories: 94kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 300mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g