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Learn how to make our shrimp spring roll recipe a tasty appetizer or a delectable entree! Find out how to prepare this light and flavorful dish.
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If there are Shrimp Spring Rolls on the appetizer menu, then I am ordering them. I love the fresh, bright flavors and the crispy crunch of the veggies. Of course, I also love the peanut dipping sauce. I always saw them as a special treat to only have when I was eating out. But, I never realized how easy it was to make them at home! Now that I know how to make these, they are honestly on my weekly lunch rotation at home. They come together so quickly and they taste amazing.
Shrimp spring rolls, also known as Vietnamese spring rolls or fresh spring rolls, are a refreshing and healthy appetizer or snack. They are made by wrapping shrimp, fresh vegetables, and herbs in rice paper sheets.
The Best Spring Roll Ingredients
Fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls are typically made with rice paper wrappers and filled with vegetables, rice noodles, meat or seafood, and fresh herbs. Our shrimp spring roll recipe uses these ingredients:
- Spring Roll Rice Paper Wrappers
- Shrimp – Large shrimp
- Rice Vermicelli Noodles
- Carrots, Peppers, Baby Cucumbers, and Green Onions
- Cilantro, Basil, and Mint Leaves
- Butter Lettuce
Additionally, there are a lot of other filling ingredients in Vietnamese spring roll recipes. Add any of these to our simple recipe!
- Red Cabbage
- Avocado
- Bean Sprouts
- Jalapeños
- Tofu
- Beef, Pork, or Chicken thinly sliced
How to Make Shrimp Spring Rolls
- Prepare the peanut sauce by mixing together all the ingredients in a bowl. Let chill in the fridge while you prepare the spring rolls.
- Fill a shallow dish, like a pie dish, with water. Quickly dunk the spring roll wrapper into the water and place on your work surface. Add shrimp to the middle of the wrapper.
- Layer rice noodles, cilantro, mint, basil, and veggies on top of the shrimp.
- Add lettuce on top of the veggies. Roll the spring roll like you would roll a burrito, tucking the ends in. Serve immediately with peanut dipping sauce.
Peanut Dipping Sauce
This dipping sauce is so good, that I could literally eat it with a spoon. It also makes these spring rolls 100x better. It comes together so quickly and you likely have a lot of the ingredients on hand. This sauce is made with peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, garlic, sriracha, water, and chopped peanuts. Add everything to a bowl and then whisk everything together and you are good to go!
If you make it ahead of time, store it in the refrigerator covered with plastic wrap until you are ready to serve. When you take it out of the fridge, you may have to water it down. Stir it well and then use a little bit of milk, water, fresh lime juice, or hoisin sauce to thin it out.
Working with Rice Paper Wrappers
The rice paper wrappers come dried. You have to submerge them in water to soften them enough to wrap. Fill a shallow dish like a pie plate with lukewarm water. Then, quickly dip the whole wrapper in the water and then put it down where you are going to fill it.
It will soften as you place your fillings down. If you leave it in the water too long, then it will become too soggy and it will fold back on itself.
“Love spring rolls and this recipe was easy and so tasty! Can’t wait to make again!”
-Brandy
Questions
The nomenclature of spring rolls is a little confusing because it means different things in different Asian cuisines. This recipe can be classified as fresh spring rolls or even as summer rolls. Spring rolls can also sometimes be fried. Fresh spring rolls are not fried.
Spring rolls are wrapped in a thinner wrapper and are filled with fresh veggies. Egg rolls are made with a thicker wrapper and have more savory and cooked meat and veggies.
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How to Make Shrimp Spring Roll Recipe
Shrimp Spring Roll Recipe
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Ingredients
- 10 spring roll wrappers
- 8 ounces rice noodles cooked according to package directions
- 1/2 pound shrimp cooked, peeled, deveined, tail off
- 2 carrots julienne cut
- 1 red bell pepper julienne cut
- 2 cucumbers julienne cut
- 4 green onions cut into strips
- 10 leaves butter lettuce
- mint leaves, cilantro leaves, and basil leaves
For the Peanut Sauce
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 6 tablespoons soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon sriracha
- 1/2 cup water
- chopped peanuts to taste
Instructions
- Prepare the peanut sauce by mixing together all the ingredients in a bowl. Let chill in the fridge while you prepare the spring rolls.
- Fill a shallow dish, like a pie dish, with water. Quickly dunk the spring roll wrapper into the water and place on your work surface. Add shrimp to the middle of the wrapper.
- Layer rice noodles, cilantro, mint, basil, and veggies on top of the shrimp.
- Add lettuce on top of the veggies. Roll the spring roll like you would roll a burrito, tucking the ends in. Serve immediately with peanut dipping sauce.
Love spring rolls and this recipe was easy and so tasty! Can’t wait to make again!
These are easier to make than I thought! Thanks for the recipe!
Thank you for the spring roll recipe. Looks easy and yummy.