Summer is here and this is the perfect dish to serve for your guests! Something delicious, but light is just what everyone is looking for in the hot summer months. Loaded with veggies and flavor, this dish is quick and easy to make for any occasion. Pairing these summer rolls with a light peanut dipping sauce will have guests saving every bite!
Ingredients
- 4 ounces vermicelli rice noodles – SGC# 602910
- 12 sheets Vietnamese rice paper
- 4 red Thai chilis, seeded and julienned (if more heat is desired, leave seeds in)
- 2 large carrots, peeled and julienned (about 3/4 cup)
- 2 Persian cucumbers, julienned
- 1 mango, julienned
- 1 cup roasted unsalted peanuts, chopped
- 1 small head butter lettuce, leaves separated, washed and dried
- ½ head purple cabbage, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup tightly packed basil leaves, torn
- ¼ cup tightly packed mint leaves, torn
- ¼ cup tightly packed cilantro leaves
For the Dipping Sauce
- 2 tablespoons hoisin
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
Directions
Bring a medium pot of water to a boil, remove pot from the heat, and add noodles. Let noodles soak until they are tender, about 5 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water, then set aside in colander until ready to use.
- Next, make the dipping sauce. In a small bowl, combine hoisin, peanut butter, vinegar and soy sauce and whisk well. Set aside.
- Fill a shallow, medium bowl with water. Dip rice paper into water for 1 or 2 seconds, ensuring the entire sheet is submerged. Lay rice paper down on a clean surface, and place fillings on bottom third, leaving 1 to 2 inches of space on either side.
- Suggested filling amount is: 1 piece of butter lettuce, 3 to 4 pieces of cabbage, carrot, cucumber, and mango each, 2 pieces of chili, 2 teaspoons of chopped peanuts, ¼ cup vermicelli noodles, and 1 to 2 leaves of each herb.
- Once fillings are in place, lift bottom of the rice paper up and over the fillings. Next, fold both sides into the center, then continue rolling to make a tight summer roll. Continue filling and rolling until all ingredients are used.
- Serve summer rolls immediately with sauce for dipping.
