Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls (+Video)

Learn how to make Vietnamese fresh spring rolls quickly and easily! Follow along on the video as I show you how to roll them up and serve them with my dynamite peanut dipping sauce! These spring rolls are light, healthy, and flavorful -- everything lunch should be! I highly suggest watching the video to learn how to fold the rolls!

📝 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter (see note)
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon ginger paste
• 2 tablespoons EACH: soy sauce AND brown sugar (or more to taste)
• 2-3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon sriracha or samba oelek
• optional: crushed peanuts
• 10 spring rolls rice paper wrappers
• 3 ounces cooked rice noodles
• 1 cup EACH: lettuce leaves (shredded purple cabbage, julienned carrots, AND julienned cucumbers)
• fresh cilantro (basil, or mint)
• 1 large avocado (sliced)
• 30 medium cooked shrimp ((peeled) (see note))

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1PEANUT DIPPING SAUCE: Add all the ingredients for the peanut dipping sauce in a medium bowl and use a whisk to combine. If your peanut sauce is thick, you can add 1 tablespoon of warm water at a time to help thin it to desired consistency. I only needed 1 tablespoon for this. Top with crushed peanuts if desired.
2. 2I highly recommend watching the video I've linked in the text above a few times to help get a better understanding of how to make these rolls. Having all of the veggies ready to go before assembling the rolls also helps make this a smoother process.
3. 3FRESH SPRING ROLLS: Pour 1- 1 1/2 cups of warm water into a shallow baking dish. Dip one sheet of rice paper wrapper at a time in the warm water for 10-15 seconds and allow it to become soft but still slightly firm. You don't want it to get slimy or anything. Move it over onto your work surface.
4. 4ASSEMBLE: Place a small amount of rice noodles in a pile in ⅓ of the rice paper topped with lettuce leaves, purple cabbage, carrots, and cucumbers. Top it with a few sprigs of cilantro and a couple of basil or mint leaves. The next layer is a couple of slices of avocados placed next to the rice noodles and finally 3 pieces of shrimp placed in a row next to the avocados. Roll the bottom of the rice paper over the rice noodle and veggie pile, then fold in the left and right side, followed by roll # 2 over the avocados and roll #3 over the shrimp. Just like you would a burrito! Watch the video, it makes it so much easier! Place the rolls on a serving plate.