❤️ Why You’ll Love Rice Paper Rolls
Quick: Make this rice paper recipe in only 35-minutes Fresh: I love all the fresh veggies combined with the rice paper roll, dipping sauce, and cilantro Versatile: Fill these spring rolls with whatever ingredients you or your family prefer
🍲 Ingredients
Rice Paper Wraps: Rice paper is delicate and usually comes dried. It can become flexible to use once submerged in water. You can usually find these for cheap in the international food aisle of your grocery store. Peanut Sauce: I have an easy recipe to make your own peanut sauce here for these rice paper wraps. These are also great with a Thai chili sauce you can usually find pre-made in the international food aisle at your local store. Veggies: The world is your oyster in terms of what you can pull in rice paper rolls. What I included below are the typical veggies you’ll see in these – carrots, bell peppers, and fresh herbs like cilantro. Adding fruit like mango can make a delicious sweet and savory edition. You can also add cucumbers, cabbage, or literally any crunchy veggies you have on hand or need to use up.
👩🍳 How to Make Rice Paper Rolls
One of the hardest things about making fresh rice paper rolls is rolling them up so they’re tight, beautiful, and won’t fall apart the second you take a bite. For this recipe, the ingredients are all fresh and simple. Once you have them all cut up, and the noodles (if using) cooked and cooled, then you’re ready to start the assembly line and start rolling. Step One: Set up a bowl of warm water by your station, set a sheet of rice paper in it, and submerge it completely. When the paper feels pliable, lay it on your cutting board or counter
🪄 Tips and Tricks
Rolling your rolls: Rice paper is surprisingly a lot stronger than you think, so don’t be afraid to lightly pull on the paper while rolling them up to get tight, perfect little rolls Get creative: Don’t feel limited to the ingredients in this recipe, you can swap out the herbs for whatever you have, or the veggies like beets, and lettuce, the options are endless. You can also add in protein like tofu or chicken, or use a different dipping sauce like sweet chili sauce
🗒 Variations
There are definitely some different approaches you can take with rice paper rolls. I’ve thrown out a few ideas for fillings above, but here are some great combinations if you have trouble deciding what could taste good together.
Shrimp: Add cooked shrimp, shredded carrots, cucumber strips, and spring mix greens Smoked Salmon: Smoked salmon, rice noodles, cucumber, and avocado Tofu: Vermicelli noodles, tofu, Thai basil, red pepper, shredded carrot, and cilantro
🗒 Substitutions
Here are some easy substitutions that can make this recipe versatile for whoever you’re cooking for:
Peanut-Free: Serve these with a sweet chili sauce instead of peanut sauce or you can swap almond or cashew butter in the sauce Cilantro: If you’re not a fan of cilantro, you can easily swap it for another fresh herb like mint or basil Mango: Not everyone is a fan of sweet and savory so you can omit the mango completely here or throw in a different veggie (or even a protein) in its place
🗒 Best served with
Thai Noodle Soup Thai Drunken Noodles Easy Pad Thai
👝 How to Store Leftovers
Store the salad rolls in an airtight container (lined with parchment paper) in the fridge for 3 – 4 days.
🤔 Common Questions
