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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Spring rolls are a quintessential street food dish of the Vietnamese people, with simple ingredients but surprisingly appealing. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN to discover more tips for making delicious sour shrimp rice rolls, a unique and attractive Hue specialty right at home!
Ingredients for Sour Shrimp Rice Rolls Serves 4
Rice noodles 100 gr (whole sheets) Rice paper 1 pack Pork belly 500 gr Carrot 1 piece Cucumber 1 piece Pineapple 1/2 piece (pineapple) Green banana 2 pieces Lettuce 1 head Herbs a little (mint/cilantro/basil) Chopped ginger 1/2 teaspoon Chopped chili 1/2 teaspoon Chopped lemongrass 1 teaspoon Fermented fish sauce 3 tablespoons Salt/sugar a little
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh pork belly
- A piece of meat that has been treated with chemicals will have a quite attractive color, but it will be dry, the meat fibers firm, feel non-sticky to the touch, cut open it will be mushy inside and have a smell, if you press your finger into it and it doesn’t bounce back, you should absolutely not buy it.
- Do not buy pork that has a layer of lean meat close to the skin, bright red due to being injected with a type of growth hormone.
- Good meat should be dry, not slimy, with normal smell and color.
- You should buy solid pieces of meat, with high elasticity, when you press your finger into the meat it creates a dent but does not leave a mark when you lift your finger and the meat fibers are uniform.
See details: How to choose fresh and quality pork belly
How to choose fresh carrots
- Fresh carrots should be of moderate size, straight and elongated towards the tail, with smooth skin, feeling firm and slightly hard to the touch.
- Choose carrots that are bright orange, vibrant, with fresh green leaves firmly attached to the root.
- Do not choose carrots with wilted, bruised tops, damaged bodies, slimy texture, or showing dark spots, and feel soft when pressed.
- Do not choose excessively large carrots that have thick stems and shoulders, as these are older carrots, which will have more fibers and fewer nutrients.
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How to choose fresh and delicious cucumbers
- Choose cucumbers that are bright green, evenly colored, with smooth skin, no bumps, and no bruises or yellow spots.
- Delicious cucumbers are usually straight, not or slightly curved, long, firm, and heavy to hold.
- Avoid buying short, round, overly curved cucumbers, those with yellow spots on the skin, those that are too large, and those that feel hollow when picked up.
- Avoid purchasing cucumbers that are swollen, larger in the middle or have a large head and a small tail (and vice versa) as these are older cucumbers, with many seeds and a lot of water, and do not taste good.
Where to buy whole rice noodle sheets?
- To roll your ingredients, you need to use rice noodles cut into rectangular pieces about the size of your palm. Do not use rice noodles that have been cut into small strands.
- You can easily find whole rice noodle sheets at stalls specializing in selling noodle types at the market or buy them from shops that specialize in making rice noodles.
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How to make Sour Shrimp Rice Rolls
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Prepare and boil pork belly
Wash the pork belly with salt water to clean it, scrape off and pluck any remaining coarse hairs on the pig’s skin, then rinse with cold water and let it drain.
Put a pot of water on the stove over medium heat and add the pork. Cover the pot and boil thoroughly until the meat is fully cooked.
You can check if the meat is cooked by using a chopsticks to poke into the meat; if no red juice comes out, it’s done. Take the meat out, let it cool slightly, and then slice it very thinly.
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Prepare the other ingredients
Peel the carrots, remove the ends, and wash them thoroughly. Cut off both ends of the cucumber, peel if desired, wash it clean, then cut it in half, using a spoon to scoop out the seeds.
Cut the carrots and cucumbers into thin strips about the length of a finger and place them on a plate.
Wash the pre-peeled pineapple in cold water to clean it, then drain it. Take a small amount and chop it finely for the dipping sauce, then slice the remaining part into small strands.
For the green banana, trim the ends, peel off a thin layer of the skin, then cut it into thin strips about the length of a finger, and immediately soak it in a bowl of diluted saltwater to prevent it from turning black.
Wash the lettuce and various herbs (perilla, basil, mint) thoroughly, soak them in diluted saltwater for about 10 minutes, then rinse well with cold water, place them in a basket to drain, and chop them finely.
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Roll the cake with meat, sour shrimp, and vegetables
Rice noodles and rice paper bought should be cut into equal rectangular pieces, the size depending on personal preference corresponding to the thickness and length of the roll.
Place a layer of rice paper over the rice noodle, gently press so that the rice noodle sticks to the rice paper, then flip the rice noodle over to roll.
Arrange the filling on top, including a little lettuce, 1 perilla leaf, basil, mint, followed by one piece each of carrot, cucumber, pineapple, and green banana.
Finally, place a slice of thinly cut pork belly and a few pieces of sour shrimp on top, then roll tightly so that the cake wraps around the filling.
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Make the dipping sauce for rice rolls
Put in a bowl the pineapple, ginger, chili, and minced lemongrass along with 3 tablespoons of fermented fish sauce and 1 tablespoon of sugar.
Mix well so that the ingredients blend together.
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Final Product
Plate of sour shrimp rice rolls carries the essence of Hue cuisine, extremely simple yet irresistibly delicious and appealing, promising to be a dish you can’t resist.
The thin rice paper wraps around the chewy, soft, and moist rice noodle inside, tightly enclosing the fresh filling of various vegetables, the richness of meat, and the refreshing sourness of sour shrimp that is incredibly appetizing.
Dip a roll fully into the dipping sauce made of salty, sweet mixed with the sour freshness of pineapple and the fragrant scent of ginger and lemongrass, with a spicy kick from fresh chili that makes the dish even more delicious and appealing.
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The above is a guide to making sour shrimp pancakes from Hue that are simple and easy to make at home, and anyone can do it. Wishing you success with this recipe!
*Refer to images and recipes from the YouTube channel Feedy VN.
