SEASONING!
Actually that is not the difference at all... but I can't resist a corny pun.
Summer Rolls, or Gỏi cuốn in Vietnamese, are the perfect combination of fun and flavor. They are light and full of healthy ingredients. They are the perfect meal for a hot day. We always make them at the dinner table so each one is custom made and everyone has a blast making them. I always thought these were called these spring rolls, but spring rolls are crispy and have a wheat flour skin.
Actually that is not the difference at all... but I can't resist a corny pun.
Summer Rolls, or Gỏi cuốn in Vietnamese, are the perfect combination of fun and flavor. They are light and full of healthy ingredients. They are the perfect meal for a hot day. We always make them at the dinner table so each one is custom made and everyone has a blast making them. I always thought these were called these spring rolls, but spring rolls are crispy and have a wheat flour skin.
Summer rolls are wrapped in a rice paper skin like the one pictured above. You simply soak the wrapper briefly and then fill it with whatever you want. There really isn't a recipe.
For mine I simply cut cucumbers, green onions and carrots into match sticks. I boiled shrimp, peeled them and then cut them in half. I cooked some rice noodles and grabbed some lettuce leaves out of the fridge. Then I made a sweet chili sauce and we were ready to roll... literally. The only hard part is resisting the urge to overstuff them... if you put too much in them it is difficult to roll them up.
When you roll it simply place your soaked wrapper on a damp towel and roll it up like a burrito: Fold one end down over the filling, roll it up and then fold the other end down... and wah-la... a perfectly rolled summer roll.
I made this chili sauce to go with it:
1/4 C. rice vinegar
2 T. water
2 T. sweetener - I used honey (the recipe called for maple syrup) but I think next time I'll use sugar
1 T. soy sauce
1 clove garlic
1 inch ginger, minced
1 t. red pepper flakes
juice of one lime
The recipe I modeled this after was vegan most recipes use fish sauce instead of the the soy... it's all up to you.
You can also make a peanut sauce... just google it.
What would you like in your summer roll?
When you roll it simply place your soaked wrapper on a damp towel and roll it up like a burrito: Fold one end down over the filling, roll it up and then fold the other end down... and wah-la... a perfectly rolled summer roll.
I made this chili sauce to go with it:
1/4 C. rice vinegar
2 T. water
2 T. sweetener - I used honey (the recipe called for maple syrup) but I think next time I'll use sugar
1 T. soy sauce
1 clove garlic
1 inch ginger, minced
1 t. red pepper flakes
juice of one lime
The recipe I modeled this after was vegan most recipes use fish sauce instead of the the soy... it's all up to you.
You can also make a peanut sauce... just google it.
What would you like in your summer roll?
YUMM
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