My favorite Thai restaurant closed up..I loved the cold spring rolls made with bean sprouts, meat, wrapped up?

Question

In rice paper.. I have not been to any other Thai restaurants. is this something that they would all have?...Oh,,,I believe there was also romaine lettuce in them...they were served with a side of peanut sauce...Man, were they delicious...Could i make them at home?...Any recipes?...I want the cold ones, not the cooked or deep fried ones..thanks in advance..

Answer 1

These don't have lettuce, but are really good. I got the recipe from a cooking school I went to when I lived in Phuket. There a little tricky to wrap at first, but they'll get prettier as you go!

Dipping sauce:

1/2 cup hoisin saice

1 1/2 teaspoons creamy peanut butter

1 1/2 teaspoons water

bring to boil in a small saucepan, take off heat right away and set aside

Rolls:

6 round (or square) rice paper sheets

1/4 lb. medium shrimp

1/4 pound ground pork

4 oz. package very thin rice noodles

1/2 bunch fresh thai basil (asian stores) leaves picked from stems

1/2 cup chopped cilantro

1/2 cup chopped fresh mint

1 cup bean sprouts

-Boil shrimp 2 or 3 minutes until done, shell, and dry with paper towels, cut in half.

-cook pork until done in a small skillet, breaking it up into small crumbles.

-Put noodles in a pot of boiling water 7-8 minutes until done. Drain and rinse with cold water to prevent sticking.

-Fill a medium bowl with warm water. Dip a wrapper for about 30 seconds. Lay it flat on a cutting board. in the center place 2 basil leaves end to end.

-lay 4 or 5 shrimp halves on top of basil

-then a small amount of pork, small amount of noodles

-sprinkle with mint and cilantro.

-top with bean sprouts

-start at one end, roll the wrapper over once, fold both sides in to the center continue to roll as tight as possible without tearing.

Place on a plate (on individual lettuce leaves if you want), seam side down and serve with peanut sauce.

They may not be the same as the ones you wanted, but are pretty authentic. I hope you enjoy, and don't be discouraged if they are funny looking at first, mine sure were. But so yummy...

Answer 2

go to a vietnamese restuarant, they also have those, it consist of rice noodle, basil, lettuce, shrimp, pork and beansprouts with peanut sauce

Answer 3

Sounds good..and i would really like to try the peanut sauce. Hope you find some more. Good luck.

Answer 4

vietnamese restaurants have them. they r  called vietnamese springrolls.