These fresh spring rolls with hoisin dipping sauce have been a huge hit with me for many years now. I actually got the technique and recipe for the spring rolls themselves from a former boss. We used to make tons of these and eat them for lunch all the time! I introduced them to my Hubs a while back and he loves them! He actually requested them for dinner the other night and there was no way I was going to pass that up! These will make the perfect appetizer for spring/summer or just eat more of them for a light lunch or dinner!
There are many different steps in preparing and rolling these spring rolls. I will break down each step as much as I can and if you have any questions NEVER hesitate to e-mail me at ThisSillyGirlsLife(at)aol{dot}com or just leave a comment below!
Ingredients for Hoisin Dipping Sauce
1/2 Cup Hoisin Sauce (found in the Asian section of grocery store)
1/4 tsp Each: Onion powder, Garlic Powder
1 Tbl Peanut Butter (smooth not chunky)
1/2 tsp Each: Sesame Oil, Soy Sauce, Vinegar (white or rice wine)
a few cracks fresh pepper
Directions
Place all ingredients in bowl and whisk together until smooth in consistency. Place in fridge covered in plastic wrap until ready to serve.
Ingredients for Spring Rolls
14 each Spring Roll Wrappers (rice paper wrappers found usually in Asian markets, egg roll wrappers will NOT work for this)
12 oz Shrimp (cleaned and shells removed)
2 Cups Bean Sprouts, washed
1 pkg Rice noodles (found in Asian aisle, if no rice noodles get glass noodles or bean thread noodles)
2 Cups Lettuce (iceberg or romaine is good)
1/2 Cup Cilantro, chopped
2 each Mint Sprigs
Directions
Cook shrimp in boiling water. Place cooked shrimp in cold water with ice to stop the cooking process. When completely cold (5-10 minutes) take shrimp out of water and drain thoroughly, place in bowl and set aside. Cook noodles in boiling water until just softened (I know the packaging says to just soak these but that doesn’t work right! They will only cook for a few minutes) Drain and place in water with ice until cold, drain and set in bowl. Shred the lettuce or buy it pre-cut. Chop cilantro and mint leaves.
Toss together and place in a bowl. Now, we are ready to roll! Get you station set up. You will need in order: the wrappers, a large container (that the wrapper will fit in) with warm water, the noodles, the bean sprouts, the lettuce mix, the shrimp and a platter to hold the rolls. Also, a cutting board to place the wrapper while rolling. Will look like this:
Now for the tricky part, rolling! This will take a little practice but I have broken it down as easily as possible in the diagram below. You will need to soak the wrapper one at a time in the warm water until it is pliable but not falling apart or sticky this will take 30 seconds to a minute. Then proceed like this:
Serve with the dipping sauce and I love to add a little sriracha with each bite! YUMMY! These are great to make ahead as well, just make sure you wrap them well with plastic wrap. I wouldn’t wait over 12 hours to serve them though because the lettuce inside will start to turn brown. If you have any questions like I said please ask! Thanks for reading!
- Ingredients for Hoisin Dipping Sauce
- 1/2 Cup Hoisin Sauce (found in the Asian section of grocery store)
- 1/4 tsp Each: Onion powder, Garlic Powder
- 1 Tbl Peanut Butter (smooth not chunky)
- 1/2 tsp Each: Sesame Oil, Soy Sauce, Vinegar (white or rice wine)
- a few cracks fresh pepper
- Ingredients for Spring Rolls
- 14 each Spring Roll Wrappers (rice paper wrappers found usually in Asian markets, egg roll wrappers will NOT work for this)
- 12 oz Shrimp (cleaned and shells removed)
- 2 Cups Bean Sprouts, washed
- 1 pkg Rice noodles (found in Asian aisle, if no rice noodles get glass noodles or bean thread noodles)
- 2 Cups Lettuce (iceberg or romaine is good)
- 1/2 Cup Cilantro, chopped
- 2 each Mint Sprigs
- For the Dipping Sauce:
- Place all ingredients in bowl and whisk together until smooth in consistency. Place in fridge covered in plastic wrap until ready to serve.
- For the Rolls:
- Cook shrimp in boiling water. Place cooked shrimp in cold water with ice to stop the cooking process. When completely cold (5-10 minutes) take shrimp out of water and drain thoroughly, place in bowl and set aside.
- Cook noodles in boiling water until just softened (I know the packaging says to just soak these but that doesn’t work right! They will only cook for a few minutes) Drain and place in water with ice until cold, drain and set in bowl.
- Shred the lettuce or buy it pre-cut.
- Chop cilantro and mint leaves. Toss together and place in a bowl.
- Now, we are ready to roll! Get you station set up.
- You will need in order: the wrappers, a large container (that the wrapper will fit in) with warm water, the noodles, the bean sprouts, the lettuce mix, the shrimp and a platter to hold the rolls. Also, a cutting board to place the wrapper while rolling.
- Now for the tricky part, rolling! You will need to soak the wrapper one at a time in the warm water until it is pliable but not falling apart or sticky this will take 30 seconds to a minute.
- Check my blog post for this recipe to see how to roll these!
- Serve with the dipping sauce and I love to add a little sriracha with each bite!
- Enjoy!
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I love that you posted this today. I just put spring rolls on my list of things to attempt making myself so this will come in really handy. They look and sound so fresh and delicious. I’m excited to give them a try. Do you think Safeway would carry the Hoisin sauce and the rice paper wrappers?
YAY, so glad I might be able to help hehe! There are no safe ways around here but I would think they would have the hoisin but probably not the rice paper wrappers.
Yay, I’m so glad thank you!
This looks so good!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Pinned to make soon! Spring Rolls is a big favorite in our house and I love Hoisin sauce 🙂 Thank you for sharing at our ALL MY BLOGGY FRIENDS party !
Thanks so much!! These are definitely addicting lol
These look so delicious. I love the lightness of summer rolls {what those are called here because spring rolls are fried}. Definitely going to give making them myself a try.
Thank you!
These look amazingly good!!
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Thanks so much!
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Woo hoo, thanks so much!
Looks very yummy! Thanks for sharing this at my Pin Me Party!
Thank you and thanks for hosting!
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Thanks for hosting!
That sounds yummy, and your steps for rolling it seem so simple! Thanks for sharing!
Glad you liked it, thanks so much!
Thanks for stopping by and thank you!
Dana. Pinning this one too. I wanted to make spring rolls once but could not find the rice wraps.
Leslie 🙂
Try your local asian market, they definitely have them!!
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