Gỏi Cuốn Fresh Spring Rolls

Gỏi Cuốn Fresh Spring Rolls

Vietnamese rice-paper rolls filled with shrimp, pork, rice vermicelli, crisp vegetables, and fresh herbs, served with a warm hoisin-peanut dipping sauce.

Instructions

  1. Step 1

    Prepare the lettuce, cucumber, mint, cilantro, and garlic chives as indicated. Keep them dry and set them aside on the cutting board.

    Ingredients used: 8.0 piece Butter Lettuce, 16.0 gr Cilantro, 150.0 gr Cucumber, 8.0 piece Garlic Chive, 16.0 gr Mint

    Cookware: Chef Knife, cutting board

  2. Step 2

    Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil over high heat. Add the pork, reduce to low heat, and simmer until its thickest part reaches 63°C, about 18 to 22 minutes.

    Timer: 20 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 250.0 gr Pork Tenderloin

    Cookware: instant-read thermometer, large saucepan

  3. Step 3

    Transfer the pork to the cutting board, rest it for at least 3 minutes, and then slice it thinly across the grain.

    Timer: 3 min (fixed)

    Cookware: Chef Knife, cutting board

  4. Step 4

    Bring fresh water to a boil in the large saucepan. Add the shrimp and cook until opaque and firm, about 2 to 3 minutes; drain, cool in a bowl of cold water, and halve lengthwise.

    Timer: 3 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 16.0 piece Shrimp

    Cookware: Chef Knife, colander, cutting board, instant-read thermometer, large saucepan, mixing bowl

  5. Step 5

    Cook the rice vermicelli in boiling water according to its package directions, usually 3 to 5 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold water, and allow it to drain thoroughly.

    Timer: 5 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 100.0 gr Rice Vermicelli

    Cookware: colander, large saucepan

  6. Step 6

    Heat the neutral oil in the small saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant without browning, about 30 seconds.

    Timer: 1 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 6.0 gr Garlic, 5.0 ml Vegetable Oil

    Cookware: small saucepan

  7. Step 7

    Stir in the hoisin sauce, peanut butter, water, lime juice, and chili sauce. Cook over low heat, stirring, until smooth and lightly thickened, about 3 minutes; then let the sauce cool slightly.

    Timer: 3 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 90.0 ml Hoisin Sauce, 15.0 ml Lime Juice, 32.0 gr Peanut Butter, 5.0 ml Sweet Chili Sauce, 60.0 ml Water

    Cookware: small saucepan

  8. Step 8

    Fill the shallow dish with warm water. Working with one rice-paper wrapper at a time, dip it briefly until flexible but still slightly firm, then place it on the cutting board.

    Ingredients used: 8.0 piece Rice Paper

    Cookware: cutting board, Shallow Dish

  9. Step 9

    Place one-eighth of each prepared filling across the lower third of each wrapper, keeping the shrimp near the center and a garlic chive extending toward one side. Fold in the sides, roll tightly from the bottom, and repeat to make eight rolls.

    Cookware: cutting board

  10. Step 10

    Serve the fresh spring rolls promptly with the hoisin-peanut sauce for dipping.

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