These Fresh Vietnamese spring rolls are packed with juicy shrimp, tender pork, and crisp vegetables wrapped in soft rice paper. Each bite is fresh and light, and even better dipped in a rich, creamy peanut sauce.
Servings 12rolls
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine Asian, Vietnamese
Ingredients
Rice paper wrappers
Vermicelli rice noodlescooked
Leaf lettuce
Fresh mint
Carrot sticks
Cucumber sticks
Pork and Shrimp
½poundpork belly or pork shoulderthinly sliced
12 to 16large shrimppeeled and deveined
1small onionhalved
4clovesgarlic
3tablespoonsfish sauce
½teaspoonpeppercorns
1teaspoonsugar
Peanut Hoisin Sauce
½cupcreamy peanut butter
4tablespoonshoisin sauce
1tablespoonsoy sauce
1 to 2teaspoonssugar
1small garlic clovegrated
1tablespoonlime juice
Hot wateras needed
Instructions
Bring a pot of water to a boil, then add the onion, garlic, fish sauce, peppercorns, and sugar. Add the pork and simmer gently for about 30 minutes, or until fully cooked and tender.
Remove the pork and let it rest slightly, then slice thinly.
In the same pot, add the shrimp and cook for 3 to 4 minutes until pink and just cooked through. Remove and let cool, then slice in half lengthwise.
Bring a pot of water to a boil, then turn off the heat. Add the vermicelli noodles and soak for 3 to 5 minutes, or until tender but not mushy. Drain right away, rinse under cold water, and let the noodles sit in the strainer.
To make the sauce, whisk together peanut butter, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, sugar, garlic, and lime juice. Add hot water a little at a time until the sauce reaches your desired smooth, dippable consistency.
To assemble, dip a rice paper wrapper in warm water for a few seconds until soft. Lay it flat and add vermicelli noodles, lettuce, mint, carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, sliced pork, and shrimp.
Fold the bottom over the filling, tuck in the sides, and roll tightly.