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Vietnamese Summer Rolls for Summertime

by Joan Robinett Wilson on August 15, 2013

Vietnamese Summer Rolls
Vietnamese Summer Rolls

Well, I’ll never be accused of making the prettiest Vietnamese Summer Rolls aka Salad Rolls, but they sure taste good. I serve this appetizer as a refreshing summer time meal when I don’t feel like slaving over a hot stove.  They’re super easy to make and gluten-free eaters – you can eat these! I like to serve them with both peanut sauce and sweet fish sauce.

Also, sometimes I will make these with just shrimp. Sometimes, I will just use leftover chicken breast….It’s all good. The wrapping is really not difficult; think burrito and you’ll do fine.

Peanut Sauce

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
  • 1 T. tamarind juice
  • 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter

Cooking Directions:

  1. Thoroughly mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl. Done.

Sweet Fish Sauce

Ingredients:

  • 2- 3 finger length chilies, deseeded & sliced (I skip these)
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3 T. fresh lime juice
  • 1 T. vinegar
  • 3 T. fish sauce
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 t. salt

Cooking Directions:

  1. Grind the chilies and garlic to a coarse paste in a mortar or food processor and then combine with all of the other ingredients. Mix until the sugar is dissolved.

Vietnamese Summer Rolls aka Salad Rolls

adapted from Vietnamese Cooking Made Easy

Ingredients:

  • 12 (8 in. dia.) dried rice paper wrappers
  • 1 4oz. package rice vermicelli, blanced for 1-2 minutes until soft and then rinsed in cold water
  • 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and thinly sliced
  • 1 carrot, grated or equivalent of prepackaged matchstick carrots
  • 1 bunch cilantro
  • 1 bunch thai basil
  • fresh cooked medium/ large shrimp
  • chinese style barbeque pork, cut into thin strips
  • 1 small butter lettuce, leaves washed and separated

Cooking Directions:

  1. To make one summer roll:
  2. Fill a bowl (a pie pan is perfect) with lukewarm water. Place a rice paper wrapper in it until it is soft. Remove and place flat on a dry surface.
  3. Place a lettuce leaf onto the wrapper, closer to one edge, and top with some pork strips, rice vermicelli, cucumber, carrot and basil. Fold the closest edge of the wrapper over the filling, then fold in the sides and roll up half way. Place 2 or 3 shrimp side by side, along the roll and top with some cilantro. Then continue to roll up tightly to complete the folding.
  4. Repeat for the next one.
  5. Serve with the peanut sauce and sweet fish sauce.
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Filed Under: Appetizer, eat, Entrees Tagged With: eat, fish sauce, food, gluten-free, peanut sauce, recipes, rice paper, Salad Roll, shrimp, vermicelli, vietnamese, vietnamese food, Vietnamese Summer Roll

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  1. Beth says

    August 15, 2013 at 8:16 pm

    Hi Joan! We just returned from China and we actually had these as an appetizer at a restaurant in Shanghai. They typically deep fry EVERYTHING in China – – but the spring rolls we had were done Vietnamese style very similar to this. Delicious! I’m excited to try this recipe – – the dipping sauces look fabulous!

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