Vegetable Summer Rolls Recipes

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Remove from the heat and add rice noodles. Let soak for 8 to 10 minutes, until noodles are soft but firm, stirring occasionally. Drain well.
• Fill a bowl with hot water (not boiling). Submerge 1 sheet of rice paper into the water until soft, about 15 seconds. Place rice paper on a work surface and lay 1 piece of lettuce in the middle, starting at the bottom. Add some rice noodles, cabbage, sprouts, cilantro, carrot, avocado, and bell peppers. Pull up the bottom of the rice paper and roll up and over the vegetables. Fold in the sides of the sheet to seal. Repeat to make remaining rolls.

Steps:

• Combine vinegar, sugar, and 1 teaspoon salt in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool completely.
• Slice cucumber lengthwise into long 1/8-inch-thick strips. Cut each strip length-wise into 1/8-inch-wide pieces. Slice the carrot, the jicama and the papaya in the same way. Combine the cucumber, carrot, jicama and papaya in a large bowl. Toss with the vinegar mixture, lemon juice and cilantro.
• Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Add oil, noodles and remaining salt. Boil until noodles are tender, about 2 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold water. Noodles should remain in a bowl of cool water until ready to use.
• Before filling the rolls, transfer vegetable mixture to a colander to drain. Gently press out excess liquid. Drain the noodles and arrange on a baking sheet. Cover loosely with a damp towel.
• Set up a large shallow bowl of very hot water. Slide a spring roll wrapper into the water. Wrapper will become pliable after about 45 seconds. Remove it from water and lay it flat on paper towel. Place lettuce on the bottom half of the wrapper. Arrange a 1/4 packed cup of vegetables over the lettuce. Spread out 1heaping tablespoon of noodles over the vegetables. Roll wrapper up, tucking in the ends as you go. Roll as tightly as possible.
• Repeat with remaining wrappers. Trim off the ends of the rolls. Cut each roll in half and each half in half on a diagonal. Stand rolls on the flat end to serve. Serve with peanut sauce.

Steps:

• In a bowl combine grilled vegetables, sesame seeds, sesame oil, mint. Transfer hot water to bowl that will fit the whole rice wrapper flat. Place one sheet of rice paper in water until softened. Place wrapper on plastic board or towel or wooden cutting board. Take a small amount of the greens and place on lower third of rice paper. Place about 1 1/2 T of vegetable mixture on greens. Place a few piece of pickled ginger over veggies. Roll up roll in spring roll fashion. Serve with Thai Chili Sauce.
• Dip rice paper wrappers into hot water. Place on counter top. Place lettuce and vegetables on wrapper, roll like a spring roll. Serve with Thai chili sauce.
• In a medium saucepan, over medium-high heat, combine rice vinegar and sugar. Cook until reduced to a syrup-like consistency. Combine remaining ingredients to reduced liquid and mix well. Serve with summer rolls.
• Yield: 1 quart

Steps:

• For the rice:
• Mix together vinegar, sugar, and salt.
• Rinse the rice in colander and drain. Put the rice and water in medium saucepan with a tight fitting lid. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat to very low and simmer, tightly covered. (For a good seal wrap the pan's lid tightly with a small kitchen towel and cover the saucepan. Make sure the towel's edges are folded up well away from the heat.) Cook until all the water is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Remove the rice from the heat (don't uncover) and set aside for 10 minutes.
• Fluff the rice with a fork and transfer it to a large bowl. Add the vinegar mixture and toss with the rice, using a wooden spoon. Spread it out on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Fan the rice continuously with a fan or magazine until cooled. Cover the rice with a damp towel.
• To assemble rolls:
• Place the sushi mat with the slats running crosswise directly in front of you on a clean work space. Lay a sheet of nori shiny-side down and lined up with the closest edge of the mat. Lightly moisten fingers with water, and evenly press about 1/4 of the rice onto the nori, with 1 1/2-inches uncovered at the far edge. Line up the fillings about 1-inch from the closest near edge, evenly across the rice. Leave 1-inch of rice uncovered at the far edge.
• Beginning with the near edge of the mat, tightly roll up the nori, rice, and fillings into a cylinder. Firmly tug on the rounded mat over the roll as you pull on the far edge of the mat to tighten the roll. Open the mat, dab unsealed edge of nori with a bit of water and roll the sushi forward to seal. Transfer the sushi to a plate and cover with damp paper towels. Repeat with remaining rice and fillings.
• Cut each sushi roll, crosswise, into 8 pieces with a sharp wet knife.
• Serve with bowl of soy sauce for dipping.

Steps:

• Cook the onion, garlic, and red pepper flakes in the oil in a small heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring, until pale golden, about 4 minutes. Whisk in the remaining sauce ingredients. Simmer, whisking, 1 minute, then cool.
• Cover the noodles with boiling water and soak 15 minutes, then drain well in a sieve. Pat dry between paper towels and toss with vinegar and salt to taste.
• Put a double thickness of paper towel on a work surface and fill a shallow baking pan with warm water. Soak a rice-paper round (make sure there are no holes) in warm water until pliable, 30 seconds to 1 minute, then transfer to paper towels.
• Arrange a piece of lettuce on the bottom half of the soaked rice paper, folding or tearing to fit and leaving a 1-inch border along edge. Spread one-fourth of the peanut sauce over the lettuce and top with one-fourth each of mint, basil, cabbage, and noodles. Roll up the rice paper tightly around the filling and, after rolling halfway, arrange one-fourth of the cilantro and carrot along the crease. Then fold in the sides and continue rolling. Transfer the summer roll to a plate and cover with dampened paper towels.
• Make 3 more rolls in same manner. Serve rolls halved on the diagonal.
• The SUMMER ROLLS may be made 6 hours ahead and chilled, wrapped in dampened paper towels and kept in a sealed plastic bag. Bring the rolls to room temperature before halving and serving.

Steps:

• Dip 1 sheet of rice paper in a shallow bowl filled with warm water until pliable, 5 to 10 seconds. Transfer to a dampened towel placed on a work surface and smooth wrapper (wrapper may still feel hard in spots but will soften as it rests).
• Place 4 whole mint leaves and 4 whole cilantro leaves in center of wrapper. Top with 1 tablespoon lettuce, 5 cucumber strips, 5 carrot strips, 5 bell pepper strips, 2 tablespoons sprouts or shoots, 2 teaspoons sliced mint, and 2 teaspoons sliced cilantro. Fold sides in and roll tightly to enclose filling. Cover with a damp kitchen towel. Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling. Cut each roll into thirds, and serve immediately with dipping sauce.

Steps:

• Saute onion, garlic, and red pepper flakes in oil in a small heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring, until pale golden, about 4 minutes.
• Whisk in remaining sauce ingredients.
• Simmer, whisking, 1 minute, then cool; set aside.
• Cover noodles with boiling-hot water and soak 15 minutes, then drain well in a sieve.
• Pat dry between paper towels and toss with vinegar and salt to taste.
• Put a double thickness of paper towel on a work surface and fill a shallow baking pan with warm water.
• Soak 1 rice-paper round (making sure there are no holes) in warm water until pliable (about 30 seconds to 1 minute), then transfer to paper towels.
• Arrange 1 piece of lettuce on bottom half of soaked rice paper, folding or tearing to fit and leaving a 1-inch border along edge.
• Spread one fourth of peanut sauce over lettuce and top with one fourth each of mint, basil, cabbage, and noodles.
• Roll up rice paper tightly around filling and, after rolling halfway, arrange one fourth of cilantro and carrot along crease; fold in sides and continue rolling.
• Transfer summer roll to a plate and cover with dampened paper towels.
• Make 3 more rolls in same manner. Serve rolls halved on the diagonal.
• NOTE: Summer rolls may be made 6 hours ahead and chilled, wrapped in dampened paper towels in a sealed plastic bag; bring rolls to room temperature before halving and serving.