Super Yummy Summer Rolls

Submitted by loveleesmile

"Easy, yummy and good for you too!From Food Network. These are a little time consuming, but only the chopping)so do not be discouraged, it is SO worth it! These are delicious."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• For Rolls

• 1⁄4 lb rice stick noodles
• 1⁄2 lb peeled and deveined shrimp
• 2 cups shredded carrots
• 2 cups shredded napa cabbage
• 1⁄2 cup mint leaf
• 1⁄2 cup cilantro leaf
• 1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded, and grated
• 12 -16 sheets rice paper

• Ginger Lime Dipping Sauce

• 1⁄2 cup fish sauce
• 1⁄2 cup fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vietnamese chili paste
• 1⁄2 cup loosely packed roughly chopped cilantro leaf
• 1⁄2 cup loosely packed roughly chopped mint leaf

directions

1. Place rice noodles in a large pot of boiling water, stir. Add shrimp. Cook until noodles are al dente and shrimp is just cooked, about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Lift out the shrimp, set aside to cool. Drain and rinse noodles.
2. When shrimp is cool enough to handle, cut into small pieces. Place in a non-reactive salad bowl with noodles, carrots, cabbage, mint and cilantro. Toss to combine, Or what i prefer to do is make little piles of each ingredient and assemble( they look prettier this way!).
3. To prepare rice paper wrappers: Fill a large pan or bowl with hot tap water. Dip 1 rice paper wrapper into water, lift out, and drain briefly. Set on a flat surface.
4. To assemble salad rolls: Place 1/2 cup filling in the center of each wrapper. To roll salad rolls, think diapering a baby the old fashioned way - with cloth diapers minus the diaper pins! Pressing down on filling, fold the bottom of each wrapper over filling, then fold in sides; roll tightly. Press edges to seal; if rice paper is too dry to form a proper seal, moisten unsealed edges with a little water. Set rolls on a platter and cover with a damp towel.
5. To serve, cut rolls crosswise in 1/2; stand pieces upright. Dip in Ginger Lime Dipping Sauce.
6. For the sauce: Whisk together all ingredients in small non-reactive bowl. Taste and adjust seasonings.