Easy Spring Rolls
- 1 packages rice paper
- 12 large cooked shrimp (peeled and deveined)
- 1 bunch fresh mint
- 1 bunch fresh Thai basil
- 6 slice thinly cut slices of rare eye of round beef or thinly sliced tofu
- 2 cup bean sprouts
- 1 packages rice noodles
- 1 oz Peanut sauce(can buy commercially) optional
- 1 oz siracha sauce
- 1 oz chili garlic sauce (optional)
- 1 dash freshly grated carrot (for peanut sauce) optional
- In a medium sized sauce pan bring three cups of water to boil (add a couple dashes of salt)
- With a sharp knife slice shrimp down the middle to create two slices.
- Set aside
- Separate basil leaves and mint from stems.
- Wash basil, mint, and sprouts.
- Set aside.
- Add rice noodles to water.
- Cook according to directions.
- Remove and set aside.
- (To prevent sticking add a dash of olive oil to the noodles)
- The next steps go very fast so make sure ingredients are ready to be assembled quickly.
- Soak one sheet of rice paper in the heated water.
- Cook according to directions.
- Set rice paper on cutting board.
- Spread out carefully because paper will tear easily.
- You will layer the next ingedients.
- Add 3 shrimp halves (in a row), strip of eye of round or soy, several mint and basil leaves, rice noodles (fingerful or more), beans sprouts (fingerful or more)
- Bring in the two sides of the rice paper and roll tightly
- Repeat steps 6-8 for each spring roll you create.
- Cut rolls in half (if you like).
- Serve with choices of sauce.
rice paper, shrimp, mint, basil, beef, bean sprouts, rice noodles, siracha sauce, garlic sauce, carrot
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/346117-easy-spring-rolls (may not work)