Vietnamese
Shrimp Summer Rolls
Shrimp Summer Rolls is Vietnamese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.25 lb large shrimp
- 16 rice paper wrappers
- 6 oz rice vermicelli
- 1 head butter lettuce
- 2 cups fresh mint and cilantro
- 1 cucumber
- 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 2 tbsp hoisin-free fish sauce
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 garlic clove
How to cook it
- Poach the shrimp in simmering water until pink, about 2 minutes, then cool and slice each in half lengthwise.
- Soak the rice vermicelli in hot water until tender, then drain and cool.
- Whisk the peanut butter, coconut milk, fish sauce, lime juice, and grated garlic into a smooth dipping sauce.
- Dip a rice paper wrapper in warm water for a few seconds until pliable and lay it flat.
- Layer lettuce, noodles, cucumber, herbs, and shrimp near the bottom, fold in the sides, and roll up tightly.
- Repeat with the remaining wrappers and serve with the peanut dipping sauce.
Serve it with
A Vietnamese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Shrimp Summer Rolls, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Shrimp Summer Rolls carries peanuts, shellfish, fish, and coconut. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | Yes | Bun Cha |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Bun Cha |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Lemongrass Tofu Stir-Fry |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Bun Cha |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, Meat or fish, and Nuts and seeds
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Shrimp Summer Rolls takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on shrimp, noodle, and herb.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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