Vietnamese
Shrimp Summer Rolls
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Shrimp Summer Rolls is Vietnamese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Poach the shrimp in simmering water until pink, about 2 minutes, then cool and slice each in half lengthwise.
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Soak the rice vermicelli in hot water until tender, then drain and cool.
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Whisk the peanut butter, coconut milk, fish sauce, lime juice, and grated garlic into a smooth dipping sauce.
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Dip a rice paper wrapper in warm water for a few seconds until pliable and lay it flat.
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Layer lettuce, noodles, cucumber, herbs, and shrimp near the bottom, fold in the sides, and roll up tightly.
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Repeat with the remaining wrappers and serve with the peanut dipping sauce.
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Serve it with
A Vietnamese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Shrimp Summer Rolls, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Shrimp Summer Rolls carries peanuts, shellfish, fish, and coconut. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | Yes | Banh Mi Op La (Baguette with Fried Eggs) |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Banh Mi Op La (Baguette with Fried Eggs) |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Banh Mi Op La (Baguette with Fried Eggs) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Banh Mi Op La (Baguette with Fried Eggs) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 350 kcal
- Protein
- 24 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
- Fat
- 10 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 520 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Shrimp Summer Rolls takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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