Vietnamese Fresh Prawn Summer Rolls

Recipe courtesy of Donal Skehan

Show: Follow Donal to Vietnam

Episode: Sapa Kitchen

Vietnamese Fresh Prawn Summer Rolls

Name: Vietnamese Fresh Prawn Summer Rolls
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H40M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H45M0.000S
Yield: 4 servings (12 summer rolls)
Cuisine: asian
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons lime juice; 2 tablespoons superfine sugar; 2 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce (preferably Vietnamese); 1 small clove garlic, finely minced; 1 or 2 small Thai chiles, thinly sliced; 1 handful fresh cilantro leaves, finely chopped; 1 handful Vietnamese coriander leaves (rau ram), finely chopped; 12 square rice paper wrappers; 12 sawtooth coriander leaves; 36 tiger prawns, cooked, peeled and deveined; 1 carrot, peeled and julienned; 1 cucumber, julienned; 2 spring onions, julienned; 1 handful sweet Thai basil leaves; 1 handful cilantro leaves; 1 handful Vietnamese coriander leaves (rau ram); 1 handful perilla leaves

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Level: Intermediate

Total: 45 min
Active: 40 min

Yield: 4 servings (12 summer rolls)

Level: Intermediate

Total: 45 min
Active: 40 min

Yield: 4 servings (12 summer rolls)

Ingredients

Herby Vietnamese Dipping Sauce (Nuoc Cham):

3 tablespoons lime juice

2 tablespoons superfine sugar

2 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce (preferably Vietnamese)

1 small clove garlic, finely minced

1 or 2 small Thai chiles, thinly sliced

1 handful fresh cilantro leaves, finely chopped

1 handful Vietnamese coriander leaves (rau ram), finely chopped

Summer Rolls:

12 square rice paper wrappers

12 sawtooth coriander leaves

36 tiger prawns, cooked, peeled and deveined

1 carrot, peeled and julienned

1 cucumber, julienned

2 spring onions, julienned

1 handful sweet Thai basil leaves

1 handful cilantro leaves

1 handful Vietnamese coriander leaves (rau ram)

1 handful perilla leaves

Directions

For the dipping sauce: Mix the lime juice, sugar and 100 milliliters (1/2 cup) water in a small bowl, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Taste and adjust the flavors if necessary to balance out the sweet and sour. Add the fish sauce, garlic and chiles. Taste again and adjust the flavors to your liking, balancing out the sour, sweet, salty and spicy. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside at room temperature until needed, up to 24 hours. Just before serving, mix in the cilantro and Vietnamese coriander.
For the summer rolls: Place the rice paper wrappers in a heatproof bowl and cover with hot water. Leave to soak until soft and pliable, 5 minutes or per package instructions.
Drain the wrappers on a clean tea towel, then spread out on a work surface. Lay a sawtooth coriander leaf down the middle of each wrapper, trimming the herb to fit if necessary. Arrange 3 prawns per wrapper on top and scatter over some carrots, cucumbers and spring onions. Finish with a couple of leaves of Thai basil, cilantro, Vietnamese coriander and perilla. (Make sure you don't over-fill the papers, as they may split if you do.)
Fold in the sides of the wrappers and then roll up into a neat cylindrical shape. Serve immediately with the herby Vietnamese dipping sauce.

Cook’s Note

Most large supermarkets now stock Asian ingredients such as rice paper wrappers. Keep wrappers as a store-cupboard ingredient; they are great for a last minute starter or snack -- all you do is soak them in hot water and fill with your favorite ingredients. Just be careful when handling, as they tear quite easily, particularly if overfilled.

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Show: Follow Donal to Vietnam

Episode: Sapa Kitchen

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