Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Super Easy Spring Roles

Holy moly! These are good. I thought they would be hard to make, but a good friend of mine proved me wrong. Here's what you need:

- Spring roll wrappers (buy at grocery store by Chinese sauces; looks like pack of tortillas)
- Bean threads (located in grocery store by the spring roll wrappers; looks like dried noodles)
- Bag of shredded carrots
- Cilantro, chopped
- Sweet and sour sauce or your favorite Chinese dipping sauce

Set up a quick work station. This will make assembly fast. I used two cutting boards (one for cilantro and one for assembly) and a large pan filled with an inch of water.

First, steam the carrots. Second, cook the bean threads like you would pasta (boil for only a few minutes). Drain bean threads. Chop cilantro. Ok, here we go:

Place one spring roll wrapper in pan of water and let soak until soft (not too long or wrapper will break). Take soft wrapper out of pan and place on cutting board. Add carrots, bean threads and a pinch of cilantro. Wrap like a burrito. Place on second cutting board to dry (only takes about one minute to dry). Repeat until you have enough made. I made 12 with one small bunch of bean threads.

Dip in sweet and sour sauce. Enjoy!

Ps. I made these again, but this time added in one steamed asparagus tip per roll. Yum!