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This Shrimp Spring Rolls recipe is a great way to eat fresh and healthy. These spring rolls are crunchy, tasty and go really well with a peanut dipping sauce.
If you are looking for more healthy appetizer recipes, try our 5 minute Avocado Toast, Keto Pizza, Avocado Shrimp Ceviche and Chili lime sweet potato wedges.
Shrimp Spring Rolls
Vietnamese Shrimp spring rolls are that good looking kind of appetizer that everyone will reach out for. Even the ones who are die hard cheese and junk food fans. They look pretty, have a definite crunch from all the veggies and taste really fresh and amazing!
They are usually vegetables and protein wrapped in rice paper and are served with a dipping sauce.
What are Vietnamese rolls made of?
These shrimp spring rolls are covered in rice paper and are filled with:
- lettuce
- mint
- cucumber
- carrots
- shrimp
You can add any filling you like. I love adding avocados, poached chicken, rice noodles, bell peppers, mangoes and if I’m in the mood, strawberries for a dessert spring roll recipe.
Wrapping Shrimp Spring Rolls:
Wrapping spring rolls is fairly easy, and once you wrap a few you can go pretty fast. The rice paper is first dipped in water for 10 seconds and then laid out on a chopping board. Let it rest for 3-5 seconds and then place the filling towards the bottom. And then wrap it like a burrito. Here’s a handy tutorial to help you wrap these.
I love serving these shrimp spring rolls with a peanut dipping sauce. You can also use a different sauce if you are allergic to peanuts.
Peanut Dipping Sauce:
The peanut dipping sauce for these spring rolls is really easy to make. Just combine peanut spread with soy sauce, rice vinegar, fish sauce, sugar, ginger and garlic and some water over low heat and simmer till everything thickens. Let this cool for a few minutes and then you can serve this with the spring rolls. For me, this is almost the best part of eating fresh shrimp spring rolls. The sauce is just amazing and so addictive! I love double dipping these spring rolls.
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Shrimp Spring Rolls
Ingredients
- 10 rice paper roll sheets
- 1 pound shelled and deveined medium shrimp
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 10 leaves washed and dried romaine
- 1 cup julienned cucumber
- 1 cup julienned carrots
- 1 cup fresh mint leaves
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to a boil and add 1 teaspoon of salt to it, along with the cleaned shrimp. Boil for 2-3 minutes, then drain the shrimp. Once cooled, slice each shrimp in half lengthwise. Set aside.
- Fill a shallow, round dish with water. Take a rice paper sheet and submerge it completely in the water for 10 seconds, then remove it and place it flat on a clean cutting board or kitchen towel.
- Working quickly while the rice paper is still wet, place one lettuce leaf toward the bottom of the rice paper. Place a few sliced cucumber and carrots and a few mint leaves on the lettuce.
- Wrap the bottom edge of the rice paper over the filling (refer to the pictures above), and then place both sides over it (like a burrito). Roll it up once more and then place three pieces of sliced shrimp in the middle, side-by-side. Continue rolling the rice paper over the shrimp until the whole roll has been tightly rolled up.
- Repeat steps 2-4 with the remaining rice paper until the rice paper and filling have been used up. Serve immediately with your chosen dipping sauce on the side.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
i am interested in the peanut sauce can you give a little more detail like amounts of the ingredients
Hi Jimmy, follow this link for my peanut sauce recipe!
Can you provide measurements for the peanut dipping sauce please?
For the Thai Peanut Sauce try this: 3/4 c peanut butter, 1/4 c rice vinegar, 1/4 c fish sauce, 1 T Sugar, 1/2 tsp ground ginger, 1 clove garlic (or 1/2 teaspoon minced), 2 T water.
Hello, this recipe looks yummy. Can’t wait to try it out, however can you give me the quantities of the peanut sauce recipe. Not sure how much of the ingredients to use.
Kind regards Diannah
Here is the link to the peanut sauce: https://therecipecritic.com/peanut-sauce/
Hi! Where is the recipe for the peanut dipping sauce?
The peanut dipping sauce for these spring rolls is really easy to make. Just combine peanut spread with soy sauce, rice vinegar, fish sauce, sugar, ginger and garlic and some water over low heat and simmer till everything thickens. Let this cool for a few minutes and then you can serve this with the spring rolls. For me, this is almost the best part of eating fresh shrimp spring rolls. The sauce is just amazing and so addictive! I love double dipping these spring rolls.