Fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls with Peanut Dipping sauce

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Fresh Vietnamese Spring rolls

With a peanut, lime, and sesame dipping sauce

You can’t beat fresh spring rolls when you feel like a light, tasty and healthy dinner. The peanut, lime and sesame dipping sauce is from Nadia Lim’s Vegful book (which I love!) and it’s a go to staple in my household!

Ingredients

1 block of tofu or 2 chicken breast

2cm ginger chopped fine

1 garlic clove chopped fine

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 carrot cut into long, thin slices

1/2 cucumber cut into long, thin slices

2 spring onions cut small

Handful of thinly sliced purple cabbage

Handful of coriander

Rice paper rolls

Small packet of vermicelli noodles

Dipping sauce

2Tbsp peanut butter

2Tbsp lime juice

1tsp freshly grated ginger

1tsp soy sauce

1Tbsp sweet chilli sauce

2tsp rice vinegar (or white vinegar)

Method

  1. Cut tofu* or chicken breast into long slices

  2. To make the marinade, add ginger, garlic, and soy sauce to a bowl.

  3. Add the tofu or chicken to the marinade and stir well to cover the protein with marinade. Leave in the fridge for at least 15min.

  4. Boil the jug and add the vermicelli noodles to a bowl to cook

  5. Lay all the salad ingredients on a chopping board

  6. Mix the dipping ingredients

  7. Heat a hot fry pan and fry the tofu or chicken until cooked

  8. To serve: add salad ingredients, chicken/tofu, noodles, rice paper rolls and dressing on the table. Also put some hot water into a clean shallow fry pan to cook the rice paper rolls.

  9. We like to get everyone to sit and make their own, dipping the rice paper roll into the hot water until they’re soft, and then transferring to your plate. Fill with all the yummy ingredients, roll, and enjoy!

Unsure how to prepare and cook tofu? Check out our previous blog post here.

Kate Christison