Asian Spring Rolls

Asian Spring Rolls is a Vietnamese hor d'oeuvre. One portion of this dish contains around 6g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 222 calories. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up rice papers, carrot, creamy peanut butter, and a few other things to make it today. Spring will be even more special with this recipe. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 50 minutes. Asian Beef "Spring Rolls, Asian Slaw Spring Rolls, and Spring & egg rolls with trio of Asian dipping sauces are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

In a small bowl, combine the lime juice, hoisin sauce and sugar; set aside. In a large saucepan, bring 2 qts. water and salt to a boil.

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Hoisin Sauce

Lime Juice

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

Add noodles; cook for 2-3 minutes or until tender.

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Pasta

Drain and rinse with cold water.

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Water

Transfer to a large bowl and toss with 2 tablespoons reserved lime juice mixture; set aside. In another bowl, combine the carrot, cucumber, jalapeno and peanuts. Toss with the remaining lime juice mixture; set aside.

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Lime Juice

Cucumber

Jalapeno Pepper

Peanuts

Carrot

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Bowl

Soak spring roll wrappers in cool water for 5 minutes. Carefully separate and place on a flat surface. Top each with several cilantro leaves.

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Spring Roll Wrappers

Fresh Cilantro

Water

Place 1/4 cup carrot mixture and 1/4 cup noodles down the center of each wrapper to within 1-1/2 in. of ends.

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Pasta

Carrot

Fold both ends over filling; fold one long side over the filling, then carefully roll up tightly.

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Roll

Place seam side down on serving plate. Cover with damp paper towels until serving.

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Paper Towels

In a small saucepan, cook garlic and pepper flakes in oil for 2 minutes.

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Garlic

Pepper

Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add the remaining sauce ingredients; cook and stir until combined and thickened.

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Sauce

Serve with spring rolls.

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Roll

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Bowl

Paper Towels

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Servings:

2teaspoons

canola oil 1large

carrot, grated 65grams

creamy peanut butter 1medium

cucumber, peeled, seeded and julienned 50grams

chopped dry roasted peanuts 8grams

loosely packed fresh cilantro 2

garlic cloves, minced 69milliliters

hoisin sauce 1medium

jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped 3Tbsps

lime juice 1teaspoons

crushed red pepper flakes 85grams

uncooked thin rice noodles 85grams

uncooked thin rice noodles 8

spring roll wrappers or rice papers (8 inches)1teaspoon

salt 1teaspoon

sugar 2Tbsps

tomato paste 118milliliters

hot water

Recommended wine: Sparkling Wine, Sparkling Rose

Sparkling Wine and Sparkling rosé are great choices for Spring Rolls. If you're serving a selection of appetizers, you can't go wrong with these. Both are very food friendly and complement a variety of flavors. One wine you could try is Wilson Creek Coconut. It has 5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 17 dollars.