Thai Spring Rolls

• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 12 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 12 tablespoons lime juice
• 14 teaspoon lime zest
• 1 teaspoon table salt
• 3 ounces rice vermicelli
• 12 tablespoon sesame oil, Toasted asian variety
• 1 large carrot, peeled and grated on large holes of box grater (about 1/2 cup)
• 13 cup peanuts, roasted unsalted & chopped
• 1 medium jalapeno chile or 2 Thai chiles, stemmed, seeded, and minced
• 1 large cucumber, seeded and cut into 1/4-inch x 3 inch lengths
• 8 rice paper sheets, 8 inch round
• 12 cup fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 (3 ounce) package alfalfa sprouts

1. Combine sugar, fish sauce, lime juice and zest in small bowl; set aside.
2. Bring 2 quarts water to boil in medium saucepan.
3. Stir in salt and rice vermicelli.
4. Cook until noodles are tender but not mushy, 3 to 4 minutes.
5. Drain noodles and rinse under cold running water until cool.
6. Drain again and transfer to medium bowl; toss 2 tablespoons fish sauce mixture and sesame oil with noodles and set aside.
7. Combine carrot, peanuts, and jalapeno in small bowl.
8. Add 1 tablespoon fish sauce mixture; toss to combine.
9. Toss cucumber in remaining 1 tablespoon fish sauce mixture.
10. Spread clean, damp kitchen towel on work surface.
11. Fill 9-inch pie plate with 1 inch room-temperature water.
12. Working one at a time, immerse each wrapper in water until just pliable, about 10 seconds; lay softened wrapper on towel.
13. Scatter 6 cilantro leaves over wrapper.
14. Arrange 5 cucumber sticks horizontally on wrapper top with 1 tablespoon carrot mixture, arrange about 2 1/2 tablespoons noodles on top of carrot mixture then add 2 tablespoons of sprouts.
15. Wrap spring roll like a burruito(fold up bottom, fold in sides and contiue roling until reaching the top).
16. Cover with second damp kitchen towel; repeat with remaining wrappers and filling.

sugar, fish sauce, lime juice, lime zest, salt, rice vermicelli, sesame oil, carrot, peanuts, jalapeno chile, cucumber, rice, cilantro, alfalfa sprouts

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/thai-spring-rolls-176565 (may not work)