In addition to the video i have 2 little tips that can make your vietnamese rice paper roll making life so much easier.
Rice paper spring rolls ingredients.
Fill a large bowl with warm water.
20 x 22cm diameter dried rice paper wrappers.
Mint leaves to serve.
Fold the sides of the spring roll in over the ingredients.
The shrimp will lay on the outside of the spring roll when you are finished rolling.
200g 7 oz peeled deveined and finely chopped prawns.
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.
1 tbsp fish.
Cook and stir for 2 4 minutes or until thickened.
3 asian shallots finely chopped.
Lettuce leaves to serve.
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.
80g 2 8 oz dried glass noodles.
Vegetable oil for deep frying.
So since these rice paper spring rolls have avocado in them they are best served immediately otherwise you will be eating brown avocado.
Tips to make vietnamese rice paper rolls.
Dip one wrapper into the hot water for 1 second to soften.
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.
Optional if rolling shrimp spring rolls.
I like making these with bean sprouts and vermicelli noodles other filling suggestions in the recipe notes.
Then pull the side closest to you up and over the ingredients sealing everything together tightly and rolling it up like a burrito.
Remove one rice paper wrapper from the package and place it in the water to soak.
1 package spring roll rice wrappers.
Pork prawn filling.
Bundle up fly away bits inside a piece of lettuce.
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.
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.
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.
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.