Photo: Mike Kenneally
Vietnamese prawn summer rolls
16 ingredients
30 min
Makes 12
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Fresh-tasting rice paper rolls packed with shellfish, light vermicelli noodles, carrots, cucumber and herbs, with a sweet ginger chilli dipping sauce
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
412
Calories
31g
Protein
1g
Fat
71g
Carbs
Counts 11 of 14 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Shrimp | 100g cooked | 99 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Iceberg Lettuce | 1 cup shredded (36g) | 5 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Basil | 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) | 1 |
| Chive | 1 tbsp (3g) | 1 |
| Bean | not in our table | 0 |
| Peppermint | not in our table | 0 |
| Coriander | 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
- 2 garlic cloves , finely chopped
- 1 small red chilli (deseeded if you don't like it too hot), finely chopped
- 1 tbsp finely chopped ginger
- 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 3 tbsp fish sauce
- juice 1 lime
- 100g vermicelli rice noodles or bean thread noodles
- 12 x 20cm round rice paper wrappers (see tip, below)
- handful mint leaves
- 18 cooked prawns , cut in half lengthways
- 2-3 large iceberg lettuce leaves, torn into 12 pieces
- 1 carrot , cut into thin batons
- a handful coriander
- a handful Thai basil
- a handful long chives
- 50g beansprouts
Directions
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