Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls (Goi Cuon)

Ingredients

• Shrimp

• Pork leg

• Red or green leaf lettuce

• Mint

• Chives

• Rice paper

• Rice vermicelli ( Vietnamese fresh rice vermicelli is better)

• Salt

• Sugar

Dipping sauce

• Oil

• Minced garlic

• Hoisin sauce

• Peanut butter

• Water

• Fresh chili pepper

• Crushed peanut

Instruction:

Step 1: Boil pork and shrimp until they are cooked (7-10 minutes in boiling water for shrimps and about 30-45 minutes in boiling water for pork depends on how big the chunk of meat is).

Step 2: Next we cut pork in to thin slices, shrimp in to half. Sprinkle water on top of the rice paper to soften the outer layer of the roll, put in pork slices, shrimp halves, thin,long cut of cucumber, 1 lettuce leaf, a little bit of rice vermicelli, chives and mint as a finish. Step 3: Then we roll it into a 5-6 inches spring rolls, tuck both sides in and we are set for the rolls.

When it come to the dipping sauce there are 2 main components that are absolutely essential: hoisin sauce and peanut butter. First sauteed the minced garlic till the aroma come out, then put hoisin, peanut butter and water it to the preferred thickness. Let it cool down before using. Sprinkle crushed peanut on the dipping sauce and enjoy

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