Spring Rolls

Okay, so this is my go-to recipe for potlucks. Otherwise I end up spending way too much time and money thinking up fantastic ways that I can awe my co-workers. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Need:
rice paper
rice noodles
shrimp
lettuce
Thai basil
plenty of boiling hot water

sauce:
hoisin sauce
Sriracha rooster hot sauce
some apple juice

 

Boil the noodles according to the directions on the packet. The best noodles have the directions in Vietnamese. Good luck with that one.

 

Bring a pot of water to a slow simmer and add shrimp. Do NOT overcook the shrimp. Then remove them, rinse in cool water and slice in half lengthwise.

 

Wash the veggies and take the basil off the stems.

 

You can barely see it, but I took the rice paper and dipped it into a large pot of simmering water. Do not let it hang out in there. Just dip and lay out on your work surface. I always double them up (like a Venn diagram) so that they're sturdier.

 

This is what the rice paper package looks like.

 

Pile on the rice noodles, the lettuce and basil, and the shrimp.

 

Roll tightly forward.

 

About halfway rolled, stop and fold in the sides. Then roll it the rest of the way.

 

They look like this when they're done. Always a hit at the potlucks.