Salmon spring rolls are refreshing and nutritious with eye-catching colors and a unique delicious flavor, simple and easy to make, will help enrich the family meal. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN to get started on this appealing dish right away!
1. Teriyaki salmon spring rolls
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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Teriyaki salmon spring rolls For 4 people
Salmon 400 gr Dried rice noodles 150 gr Sake 35 ml Mirin 35 ml Rice paper 20 gr Cucumber 100 gr Carrot 100 gr Bean sprouts 100 gr Cilantro 10 gr (Vietnamese coriander) Green onion 10 gr Thai basil 10 gr Toasted white sesame 10 gr Vietnamese balm 10 gr Coriander 10 gr Soy sauce 60 ml White rice vinegar 10 ml Lettuce 50 gr Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Sugar A bit Salt A bit
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh carrots
- You should choose those carrots that are slender, of moderate size, with leaves still attached, and feel firm—not too soft. Avoid selecting carrots that are bruised, have cracks, or are missing a part.
- Choose carrots with an intact, smooth skin that is not rough or has black spots.
- Choose carrots that have an even orange color; avoid those that are too dark, which may indicate they’ve been treated with chemicals.
How to choose good bean sprouts
- You should choose bean sprouts that have many long roots. Traditional bean sprouts take about a week to grow, which is why they have long roots. Chemical-soaked bean sprouts have only short, dark roots.
- Choose bean sprouts that are not too plump and uneven. Avoid choosing bean sprouts with unusually long stems. Chemical-soaked bean sprouts typically appear large and visually appealing. In contrast, traditional bean sprouts are smaller, longer, and have uneven stems.
- Choose bean sprouts with curved, non-shiny stems. Traditional bean sprouts usually do not use chemicals, so they do not look as appealing, while chemically treated bean sprouts are plump, shiny, and have very straight stems.
How to prepare Teriyaki salmon spring rolls
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Blanch the rice noodles
Pour 500ml of water into a pot, place it on the stove to boil. When the water is boiling, add 150g of rice noodles and blanch for about 5 minutes until the noodles are cooked. Then, remove the noodles and rinse them under cold water to drain.
Once the noodles are drained and cooled, use scissors to cut them into smaller pieces for easier rolling.
Tip: You can rinse the noodles with cold water or mix them with a little oil to prevent them from sticking together.
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Make teriyaki sauce
Add 60ml of soy sauce, 35ml of sake, 35ml of mirin, and 7 tablespoons of sugar to a small pot. Mix well and simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes, stirring continuously to help the sugar dissolve and the sauce thicken. Then, turn off the heat and let the sauce cool down.
Tip: You can buy ready-made teriyaki sauce at supermarkets or grocery stores to save time.
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Prepare the salmon
Wash the salmon and drain. Then use a knife to remove the skin and slice it into pieces about 0.5cm thick.
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Preparation of vegetables
Carrots should be washed, peeled, and shredded into small strips. Place the carrots in a bowl and marinate with 10ml of white rice vinegar, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, and 1 teaspoon of sugar, mixing well to allow the carrots to absorb the flavors.
Lettuce should have any spoiled leaves removed, be washed thoroughly, soaked in diluted salt water for 10 minutes, then rinsed again and drained. Bean sprouts should also be washed and drained.
For herbs: mint, Vietnamese coriander, sawtooth coriander, cilantro, and green onions, remove any spoiled leaves, wash thoroughly, and drain.
Cucumbers should be washed, both ends trimmed, then sliced into circular rounds placed in a straight line, and continue cutting into small strips.
How to prepare cucumbers without bitterness
- You can cut the cucumber lengthwise, sprinkle a little salt on it, then rub the two halves together until white foam appears. Rinse again and it’s ready to use.
- You can also trim both ends, then rub the ends in a circular motion many times until white foam appears, and then rinse thoroughly.
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Making Teriyaki salmon
Heat a pan on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and let it heat up.
Once the oil is hot, add the pieces of salmon to fry. When the salmon is cooked, flip the pieces over, and add 3 tablespoons of teriyaki sauce, drizzling the sauce evenly over the fish and turning it again to let it soak up the sauce.
Then sprinkle 10g of sesame on top, and turn off the heat to let the fish cool.
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Spring rolls
You take a clean cloth, dampen it with water, and wring it out. Spread the cloth on a clean cutting board, then take a rice paper, dip it in a basin of water, and place it on the cloth.
Gradually add lettuce, rice noodles, bean sprouts, thinly sliced cucumber, pickled carrots, mint, coriander, Vietnamese balm, cilantro, and 2 slices of salmon in the center of the rice paper, then fold the sides of the rice paper over. After that, add a few green onion stems on top and slowly roll the rice paper up.
Your tip: You should not soak the rice paper in water for too long as it will become too soft, making it difficult to roll and the finished product will not be beautiful.
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Finished product
The teriyaki salmon spring rolls are very easy to make but equally delicious and attractive, especially when dipped in teriyaki sauce, which enhances the flavor of the dish.
2. Salmon avocado spring rolls
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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Salmon avocado spring rolls For 4 people
Smoked salmon 200 gr Ripe avocado 1/2 fruit Red onion 100 gr Rice paper 20 gr Bean sprouts 100 gr Lettuce 200 gr Rice noodles 100 gr Lemon 1/2 fruit Vinegar 3 tablespoons Sugar A little Salt A little
How to choose good avocado
- Choose avocados with small stems, still fresh, as this means the avocado is just ripe and not artificially ripened.
- Select avocados that feel firm to the touch. The skin should be taut and plump, with no unusual marks, dents, or damage.
- Additionally, you just need to gently squeeze; if the flesh inside is soft yet firm, it’s good.
How to prepare Salmon Avocado Spring Rolls
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Make sweet and sour onions
Peel the onion, wash it clean and let it drain, then cut it into thin round slices. After that, put the onion in a bowl.
Add 2 tablespoons of sugar, 3 tablespoons of vinegar, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt to a cup and stir well until the sugar and salt dissolve completely. Then, pour the vinegar mixture into the bowl of onions and mix well to ensure the onions are submerged in the vinegar.
Tip: You can soak the onions in ice water to reduce their pungency.
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Prepare other vegetables
Wash each lettuce leaf thoroughly, let it drain, and then cut the leaves in half.
For the sprouts, wash them clean, soak them in diluted salt water for about 15 minutes, then rinse them with clean water and let them drain.
Cut the avocado in half, remove the pit, peel it, and slice it into thin pieces along the length of the avocado.
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Blanch the noodles
You soak the dry noodles in cold water for about 30 minutes, then take them out and put them into a pot of boiling water to blanch for about 1 minute until the noodles are soft. You then take them out and soak them in cold water for about 5 minutes to cool, then take them out to drain.
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Prepare the salmon
You cut the salmon into bite-sized pieces, place the salmon on a plate, and cut half a lime to squeeze the juice and drizzle it evenly over the salmon.
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Roll the spring rolls
You take 1 rice paper sheet and dip it in a bowl of water for about 5 seconds, then place the rice paper on a flat plastic tray. You successively add salmon, avocado, blanched rice noodles, pickled onions, bean sprouts, and lettuce in the middle of the rice paper, then fold the two sides of the rice paper. After that, slowly roll the rice paper into a cylinder.
Tip for you: You should not soak the rice paper in water for too long because it will become too soft, making it difficult to roll and the final product will not look good.
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Final product
The salmon avocado spring rolls are so simple to make, right? The chewy rice paper combined with the sweet salmon, blended with the tangy taste of pickled onions and the crunchy, sweet greens. Let’s invite the family to enjoy it together.
How to choose fresh and delicious salmon
You can use whole salmon or salmon fillets, both are fine!
For whole salmon
- Salmon gills: observe that for fresh salmon, the gills should be red, not dark or blackened.
- Salmon body: check the scales and skin of the fish to ensure they are shiny and glossy. The fish body should not have scratches, bruises, and the scales should not be peeling off.
- Salmon eyes: check that the eyes are bright, clear, not cloudy or yellowish, indicating the fish is still fresh.
For salmon fillets
- It is best to buy salmon that has a bright orange color, with evenly distributed, bright white fat lines that are smooth, without any signs of darkening or unpleasant smell. Fresh salmon fillets should not be mushy, and the fish should have a certain firmness.
- You should avoid choosing pieces of fish that are mushy, pale in color, or have cloudy fat lines because that indicates the fish has been stored for too long and is not good.
How to remove the fishy smell from salmon
Salmon has a distinctive flavor, but to enjoy the authentic taste, you need to know how to eliminate the fishy smell of salmon. You can refer to one of the following methods:
Method 1: Remove the fishy smell of salmon with lemon
- Add 2 – 3 tablespoons of lemon juice and 1 teaspoon of salt to a bowl of water.
- Put the salmon in and gently stir, letting it sit for about 30 seconds to 1 minute, then rinse with clean water. You can also use lemon slices to rub and gently massage the fish meat for a cleaner result.
Method 2: Remove the fishy smell of salmon with fresh milk
- Place the fish meat in a bowl and pour fresh milk over it until the fish is fully submerged.
- Soak the fish in milk for about 10 minutes, then rinse it off and let it drain.
Method 3: Remove the fishy smell of salmon with alcohol and ginger
- You take some ginger and chop it finely or crush it. Then put it in a bowl and pour in white wine, if you don’t have wine you can also substitute with vinegar, then add the piece of salmon and gently stir.
- Soak the fish in the mixture for about 7 – 10 minutes, then take it out and rinse it with cold water.
It’s really simple to make 2 ways to make salmon spring rolls that are refreshing and nutritious. Let’s get cooking right away!
*Refer to the images and recipes from the YouTube channel Morgane Recipes and Wife’s Cuisine.
