Name: Vietnamese Shrimp Spring Rolls
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons fish sauce; 4 tablespoons calamansi juice ((or lime or lemon juice)); 4 tablespoons white sugar; 4 generous pinches chopped garlic; 4 generous pinches chopped chilies; 20 medium to large shrimps; 1 handful fresh cilantro; 4 tablespoons calamansi juice ((or lime or lemon juice)); 4 tablespoons fish sauce; 2 tablespoons white sugar; 1 teaspoon chopped garlic; 1/2 teaspoon chopped chilies; 20 small spring roll wrappers ((or 10 wrappers cut into halves)); cooking oil (for deep frying); mustard leaves; lettuce leaves; Thai basil; mint leaves ((we used spearmint))

Vietnamese Shrimp Spring Rolls

Connie Veneracion

Shelled and deveined shrimps are mixed with cilantro and seasoned, enveloped in spring rolls wrappers, fried and served with Vietnamese dipping sauce.

Vietnamese Shrimp Spring Rolls with Dipping Sauce

Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 5 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Vietnamese

Servings people

Ingredients

For the dipping sauce

4 tablespoons fish sauce
4 tablespoons calamansi juice (or lime or lemon juice)
4 tablespoons white sugar
4 generous pinches chopped garlic
4 generous pinches chopped chilies

For the spring rolls

20 medium to large shrimps
1 handful fresh cilantro
4 tablespoons calamansi juice (or lime or lemon juice)
4 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
1/2 teaspoon chopped chilies
20 small spring roll wrappers (or 10 wrappers cut into halves)
cooking oil for deep frying

To serve

mustard leaves
lettuce leaves
Thai basil
mint leaves (we used spearmint)

Instructions

Make the dipping sauce

In a bowl, mix together all the ingredients until the sugar is fully dissolved. Stir in 4 tablespoons water. Set aside to infuse.

Make the spring rolls

Shell and devein the shrimps; leave the tails on.
Cut off the root ends of the cilantro and discard (you may use them for some other recipe but not for this one). Roughly chop the cilantro and add place in a mixing bowl with the cleaned shrimps.
Add the calamansi juice, fish sauce, sugar, garlic and chilies to the shrimps and cilantro. Mix thoroughly.
Take a piece of spring wrapper and lay flat. Place a shrimp on top; allow the tail to protrude on one side. Top with a few sprigs of cilantro.
Wet the edges of wrapper. Fold the edge nearest you over the filling. Fold in the side opposite the tail then roll until the filling is fully enclosed. Repeat with the rest of the filling and wrappers.
Heat enough cooking oil to reach a depth of about two inches.
Fry the spring rolls, in batches if your frying pan is on the small side, until golden and crisp. Drain on paper towels.

Serve the shrimp spring rolls

Arrange the fried shrimp spring rolls on one side of a serving platter. Pile on the mustard leaves, lettuce, Thai basil and mint on the other side.
Serve the shrimp spring rolls and vegetables with the dipping sauce.

Notes

Here’s how to enjoy your spring rolls.

How to Eat Vietnamese Shrimp Spring Rolls Correctly

Lay a mustard or lettuce leaf (or both) flat, pile on some basil and mint then place a spring roll on top. Roll up, dip in the sauce and take a bite. Enjoy!

Keyword Shrimps, spring rolls

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