Vietnamese-Style Summer Rolls with Dipping Sauce
Once you have assembled the ingredients, these irresistible rolls are easy to make. The trick to making summer rolls that will not fall apart is not to stuff them too full and to roll them tightly. Serve the rolls as soon as possible, as the rice paper toughens the longer it stands.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 14 of 15 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Shrimp | 100g cooked | 99 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Green Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Shiitake | 1/2 cup (73g) | 34 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Mushroom | 1/2 cup sliced (35g) | 15 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Lettuce | 1 cup shredded (36g) | 5 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Cilantro | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g) | 1 |
| Peppermint | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 2 1/2 tsp. soy sauce
- 1 Tbs. sugar, plus more, to taste
- 2 tsp. minced jalapeño chili, plus more, to taste
- 2 large dried shiitake mushrooms
- 2 1/2 oz. dried rice stick noodles or rice vermicelli
- 4 large butter lettuce leaves, halved
- 1/2 cup coarsely shredded carrot
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion
- 1/2 cup torn fresh cilantro leaves
- 1/2 cup torn fresh mint leaves
- 1/4 lb. medium shrimp, cooked, peeled and deveined
- 8 large rice-paper rounds, each 10 to 12 inches in diameter