Fresh Spring Rolls With Dipping Sauce

• Dipping Sauce
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon chili paste with garlic
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• Spring Rolls
• 12 sheets rice paper (8 inch round)
• 3 leaves green leaf lettuce, quartered
• 3 cups fresh broccoli sprouts or 3 cups alfalfa sprouts
• 3 carrots, juilienned
• 2 cucumbers, juilienned
• 2 yellow bell peppers, juilienned
• 24 medium shrimp, cooked, peeled, and halved lengthwise
• 36 fresh mint leaves

1. To prepare sauce, combine first 7 ingredients, stirring with a whisk until sugar dissolves; set aside.
2. To prepare spring rolls, add hot water to a large, shallow dish to a depth of 1 inch. Place 1 rice paper sheet in dish; let stand 30 seconds or just until soft. Place rice paper sheet on a flat surface.
3. Arrange 1 lettuce piece in center of sheet. Top with 1/4 cup sprouts, 3 carrot strips, 3 cucumber strips, 3 bell pepper strips, 4 shrimp halves, and 3 mint leaves.
4. Fold sides of sheet over filling; roll up jelly-roll fashion. Gently press seam to seal. Place spring roll, seam side down, on a serving platter (cover to prevent drying).
5. Repeat procedure with remaining rice paper, lettuce, sprouts, carrot, cucumber, bell pepper, shrimp, and mint. Serve with dipping sauce.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/fresh-spring-rolls-with-dipping-sauce-337939 (may not work)