Spring Roll breakdown:
credit: We made it ourselves ^__^
Spring Roll Components:
1. Base: 1 piece of translucent rice paper wrapper
2. crisp veggie base: 1/4 of carrot(cut into thin strips or sticks)
3. leaves: handful of lettuce(shredded), 1 stalk cilantro(washed and peeled)
4. "creamy" veggie: 1/2 of cucumber(cut into thin strips)
5. "protein": 2 shrimps
6. carbs: vermicelli or rice noodle
7. optional: mango(cut into thin strips)
Dipping Sauce Options:
Sweet-Chili Sauce (from Asian Market, or can make your own)
Hoisin Sauce + Crushed Peanuts
Whatever sauce you like, seriously
Directions:
1. Activate rice paper by submerging completely in warm water. Take out immediately.
2. Carefully lay wet rice paper on flat plate or board.
[Warning: Contact with each other causes it to stick like chewed up bubblegum.
Wait for it to soften. It becomes chewy]
3. Assemble all solid components lengthwise.
4. Roll up similar to sushi, and some ingredients may spill out of the ends.
Extra-credit: Cut ends off to make neat.
5. Dip and eat.
Tips: can use double wrapping of rice paper if too small to hold components.
Any of the components are optional. We just show how we made ours. Feel free to add whatever you like!
And of course, we save the best for last: Photo Gallery!
-dd&mimi
credit: We made it ourselves ^__^
Spring Roll Components:
1. Base: 1 piece of translucent rice paper wrapper
2. crisp veggie base: 1/4 of carrot(cut into thin strips or sticks)
3. leaves: handful of lettuce(shredded), 1 stalk cilantro(washed and peeled)
4. "creamy" veggie: 1/2 of cucumber(cut into thin strips)
5. "protein": 2 shrimps
6. carbs: vermicelli or rice noodle
7. optional: mango(cut into thin strips)
Dipping Sauce Options:
Sweet-Chili Sauce (from Asian Market, or can make your own)
Hoisin Sauce + Crushed Peanuts
Whatever sauce you like, seriously
Directions:
1. Activate rice paper by submerging completely in warm water. Take out immediately.
2. Carefully lay wet rice paper on flat plate or board.
[Warning: Contact with each other causes it to stick like chewed up bubblegum.
Wait for it to soften. It becomes chewy]
3. Assemble all solid components lengthwise.
4. Roll up similar to sushi, and some ingredients may spill out of the ends.
Extra-credit: Cut ends off to make neat.
5. Dip and eat.
Tips: can use double wrapping of rice paper if too small to hold components.
Any of the components are optional. We just show how we made ours. Feel free to add whatever you like!
And of course, we save the best for last: Photo Gallery!
-dd&mimi