{"id":148,"date":"2007-09-14T08:42:40","date_gmt":"2007-09-14T08:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howieat.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/14\/fresh-spring-rolls\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T14:51:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T14:51:05","slug":"fresh-spring-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/fresh-spring-rolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Spring Rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a huge fan of Vietnamese food. It is generally quick, simple and full of complex flavors. Yesterday was my first attempt at making spring rolls, not the fried kind (which I LOVE) but the fresh kind with the soft, translucent wrappers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

These are wonderful if you are trying to eat healthy. There\u2019s nothing bad in them, just veggies and shrimp. <\/span>We took extra shrimp noodles and vegatbles and made a salad including fresh radish sprouts. Yummy!<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span>Ingredients
\n<\/span><\/strong>For sauce
\n<\/span><\/em>1 green onion, thinly sliced
\n<\/span>\u00bc cup fish sauce
\n<\/span>Juice of one lime
\n<\/span>\u00bd cayenne pepper, thinly sliced
\n<\/span>2 tsp sugar
\n<\/span>\u00bc cup water<\/span><\/p>\n

For spring rolls
\n<\/span><\/em>12 shrimp cut in half lengthwise
\n<\/span>1 tsp chili paste
\n<\/span>Juice of one lime
\n<\/span>2 tbsp minced fresh ginger
\n<\/span>1\/4 cup chopped cilantro
\n<\/span>1 tbsp olive oil
\n<\/span>2 green onions
\n<\/span>2 carrots
\n<\/span>1 cucumber
\n<\/span>2 cayenne peppers
\n<\/span>1 cup chopped mixed herbs (cilantro, mint, and basil)
\n<\/span>Bean thread cellophane noodles
\n<\/span>8 leaves of baby lettuce
\n<\/span>Spring roll wrappers
\n<\/span>4 cups of water<\/span><\/p>\n

Directions
\n<\/span><\/strong>1. Combine sauce ingredients in a small bowl, stir and set aside.
\n<\/span>\"image0891.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Combine shrimp, chili paste and lime juice in a bowl and let marinate for at least 30 minutes.<\/span>\"image084.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Julienne the onions, carrots, cucumbers, and peppers into very thin strips.<\/span>\"image085.jpg\"<\/a> \"image086.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

4. Saut\u00e9 shrimp in olive oil with ginger and cilantro until done through, about 1 minute.<\/span>\"image087.jpg\"<\/a> \"image1011.jpg\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

5. Heat 4 cups of water a pour into a large bowl.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Cook noodles for 30 seconds, no more, drain and set aside.
\n<\/span>\"image0911.jpg\"<\/a> \"image0921.jpg\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

7. Soak one wrapper at a time in the water for about 5 seconds, place the wrapper on a damp towel for 30 seconds until soft easy to work with.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"image094.jpg\"<\/a> \"image0951.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

8. Place one leaf of lettuce, 4 pieces of shrimp, some noodles, vegetables and herbs onto the wrapper.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"image0961.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

9. Roll wrapper by tucking the first bit over and around the stuffing, fold over the sides and roll to seal.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"image0991.jpg\"<\/a> \"image098.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

10. Cut the spring rolls in half. Dip in the sauce and enjoy.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"image1021.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

References<\/strong><\/p>\n

This recipe is adapted from Vietnames Style Spring Rolls<\/em> on Epicurious.com.<\/p>\n

\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a huge fan of Vietnamese food. It is generally quick, simple and full of complex flavors. Yesterday was my first attempt at making spring rolls, not the fried kind (which I LOVE) but the fresh kind with the soft, translucent wrappers. These are wonderful if you are trying to eat healthy. There\u2019s nothing …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":9,"tinysalt_single_post_intro_label":"","tinysalt_single_post_intro_description":"","tinysalt_hide_post_featured_image":"","tinysalt_post_featured_media_position":"","tinysalt_single_site_header_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header_style":"sticky-scroll-up","tinysalt_single_site_footer_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_footer":"0","footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appetiser","tag-shrimp"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/image1001.jpg?fit=200%2C150&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}