(The article and recipe are from one of our past contributors – Mai)
I’ve had this craving for Vietnamese Spring Rolls like forever. The only place I know that serves it is a restaurant in Trinoma in Quezon City. We haven’t had time to go there again so I decided to make Vietnamese Spring Rolls myself at home.
Here’s a simple recipe of Vietnamese Spring Rolls with Peanut Butter Sauce that you can easily make at home. Some of you might not be comfortable using peanut butter for a dip or sauce, but, it’s actually good.
Peanut Butter Sauce
Ingredients:
- Peanut Butter
- Garlic, minced
- Soy Sauce
- Fish Sauce (Patis)
- Water
- Parsley
Procedure:
1. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Adjust amount of each ingredient to your liking.
Most people would minimize the amount of garlic they put in or completely scratch it off the mixture. It’s up to you. Me? I prefer the strong flavors of garlic because it adds a bit of spiciness and tang to the peanut butter sauce.
Vietnamese Spring Rolls
Ingredients:
- Rice Wrappers
- Lettuce
- Carrots
- Bacon
Shrimp is actually the ingredient for Vietnamese Spring Rolls. But, we didn’t have it available at home when I made these spring rolls, so, I used bacon instead. You can actually replace it with pork or chicken, depending on what you prefer. That’s the beauty of preparing food at home – you’re in control! 🙂 - Rice Vermicelli (also called Mung Bean noodles)
- Cucumber
Procedure:
1. Cook the rice vermicelli.
This is the Rice Vermicelli we used for this recipe. We bought them from SM Hypermarket.
Place rice vermicelli in a bowl of hot water and drain it after 3-5 minutes or al dente.
Note: DO NOT cook it in boiling water so you wouldn’t end up with saggy noodles.
This is how our rice vermicelli looked:
2. Prepare the spring rolls.
The rice wrapper we used is this, which you can also buy from the grocery.
To prepare the rice wrapper, fill a large bowl with warm water. Dip one wrapper into it for a second, just enough to soften the rice wrapper.
Lay wrapper flat and in a row across the center. Place bacon, a handful of vermicelli, carrots, cucumber and lettuce, leaving about 2 inches uncovered on each side.
Fold uncovered sides inward, then, tightly roll the wrapper, beginning at the end with the lettuce. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
3. Serve the spring rolls with the peanut butter sauce.
That’s it! Very easy and healthful, right? Michelle and I managed to consume 2 1/2 of these spring rolls in one sitting!
A closer look at what’s inside:
If you know of any good restaurants that serves delicious Vietnamese Spring Rolls, please, let us know. We would love to go and try their spring rolls!
Try Bawai’s in Silang, Cavite (near Tagaytay)….the owner and cook is Vietnamese they serve the food at their own home…The place is a bit hidden andopen only weekends so you have to reserve…here’s their fb page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Silang-Philippines/Bawais-Vietnamese-Kitchen-Tagaytay/78856454717?ref=ts&__a=38&ajaxpipe=1
thanks for the recipe, i might try this myself 🙂
Thanks for the tip, sis! If we happen to be in Cavite or Tagaytay, we’ll contact them. Saw the photos on their FB page. They all look yummy. 🙂
yohooo!! yummilicious!! thanks for the recipe and instructions…wanna run now at SM haha.
Hahaha. Go go go!
i made a wrong decision visiting FTF posts at this time! your home-made spring roll looks fantastic! hayyy…mukhang masisira ang pangako kong mag-gym ngayong gabi!:(
This is okay naman. You can have it after mo mag-gym. Hehehe.
yummy! i think the best part of that is the sauce.. mahilig talaga sa may sauces and lalo na sa may mga peanuts ang indochinese countries..im lucky i could easily have that sa tabi tabi dito sa Phnom Penh =)
thanks for the comment. Im liking it here in your blog, and hehe im backreading and salivating lol!
Thank you, sis. We love your posts. Kainggit. I wish we have easy access to awesome food places din here.
Looks good! Happy Weekend!
That’s the first thing I notice in our local grocery in ‘pinas, the availability of food items from other country, it gives us a chance to try their food in the ocmfort of our own home. 🙂
That’s right! Asian cuisines are on the top of our list this month. I love how easy and available the ingredients are to foodies like us.
the first time i tried eating this was years ago, at Pho Hua along T. Morato (if my memory serves me right, hehehe). we also tried some of their noodle soups with really fresh ingredients (you put in the mungbean sprouts and fresh sweet basil leaves yourself). it was quite an experience for me. i loved it.
now you’re making me want to eat these again… 😉
Thanks for the tip, sis! We’ll add that food place to our list. 🙂
oh my dear lord…this is sinfully delicious….kakagutom! it doesn’t look homemade at all…parang pang 5 star ang food prep eh…ehehehe!
—-thanks sa dalaw at comment…yup! it was delicious…kahit mura lang…ehehhehe!
Aww.. thanks! LOL Though I still need to learn how to better take photos of food. Hehehe.
never tried this and this looks very interesting
It’s yummy, promise! A must-try!
Wow.. yummy spring roll! Can I have some? It’s long time already haven’t had one. 🙁
By the way, thanks for visiting Food Trip this Friday: “Soupy” Souteed Kangkong 😉 http://www.cacainadjourney.com/2010/08/soupy-sauteed-swamp-cabbage-kangkong.html
We consumed everything 5 minutes after Mai prepared them. LOL
It’s very easy to make at home, sis! 🙂
I also do this fresh Vietnamese spring rolls at home. It’s so refreshing. But I haven’t tried it with the peanut butter sauce, though. Thanks for the recipe.
I love what the peanut sauce does to my taste buds.
Hi Mai! This is really deliciously and can easily be prepared. Great for snacks and even in meals.
I had fresh lumpia Thursday night during a wedding shower. Very tasty.
Thanks for visting my my langka!
this look very delicious however, I can’t cook anything with peanut products. That is a torture for my allergic DD, she loves to taste everything I make, plus i will feel bad if she can’t have any…i love to try this sometimes in a restaurant.
BTW, thanks for commenting on my entry…happy FTF.
Aw. I understand. I’m also allergic to a lot of things and it saddens me that other people get to enjoy it and I can’t. 🙂
Thank you also for visiting our entry! 🙂
i would love to try this menu when i have time.. , if not as perfect as this, at least near to it’s taste.. i’m not really a good cook
wow!! thanks for this one.. naku matutuwa ang aking chef dito sa bahay with ur post :0
nagutom na ko! hihi
thanks for dropping by my blog..
Sino ang chef mo sa bahay sis? LOL
Thanks for visiting our blog din! 🙂
Hi.. I enjoyed reading your blog. I like to try this spring roll recipe. By the way, I recommend the spring roll (especially the fried one) in Zao Vietnamese Bistro in Serendra. It’s really good.
it looks good.. 🙂
where did you buy the rice wrapper for the spring roll?
thanks!