Crisp carrot, cabbage, cucumber, bell pepper, mango, and avocado come together in this Easy Spring Roll Recipe. With a step by step tutorial on how to work with rice paper, you'll be able to pull of this beautiful recipe like a pro. Add Thai Peanut Dipping Sauce for a sweet and savory addition that makes this recipe divine.
What Is A Spring Roll?
A spring roll, or sometimes called a "fresh roll" is a combination of veggies, and sometimes rice noodles and protein, rolled in a thin, translucent rice paper.
What Do I Need To Make This Easy Spring Roll Recipe?
For this recipe you'll need:
- rice paper
- purple cabbage
- cucumber
- red bell pepper
- carrot
- mango
- avocado
- cilantro
- jalapeno
Tell Me How To Make Them!
Working With Rice Paper
Before we get into the step by step - I want to talk briefly about working with rice paper:
- It's a transparent, thin, brittle circle that comes in a package of multiples, like tortillas. You'll find them in the Asian section on the shelf.
- Dip them in a pie plate of water for only a few second seconds. This will soften the paper and make it pliable.
- Keep your working surface wet for easy rolling. Rice paper can tend to get sticky, but keeping your work surface wet combats this problem.
Making Spring Rolls
- Cut your veggies. Everything should be cut into thin strips. The only thing that need a dice is the jalapeño.
- To cut your mango, find the core, and cut closely along it, cutting off one side of the fruit. Run your knife down the flesh lengthwise to cut strips, and loosen the fruit with a spoon.
- In a large shallow bowl, dip rice papers into room temperature water.
- Moisten only for a few seconds. Anything longer with that will result in a floppy mess.
- Transfer paper to a cutting board and smooth it down flat.
- Add strips of cabbage.
- Top with strips of cucumber.
- Add red bell pepper.
- Top with shredded carrot.
- Add mango strips.
- Layer on avocado.
- Garnish with cilantro and jalapeño.
- Roll up by starting at one side. Cover your fruits and veggies and tuck the edge underneath the veggie bundle tightly, but being gentle not to tear the paper.
- Continue to roll up the bundle.
- Fold in the edges of the paper.
- Complete rolling up the bundle until the back edge is sealed against itself.
Now Let's Chat Dipping Sauce
The Thai peanut dipping sauce is really the icing on the cake for these easy spring rolls. This sauce is creamy, spicy, with a hint of sweet and sour and salt....all of the Thai goodness you'd want. For this sauce you'll need:
- chunky peanut butter
- fresh ginger
- garlic
- rice vinegar
- honey
- soy sauce
- lime juice
- coconut milk
- sriracha
How To Make Thai Peanut Dipping Sauce
The sauce process is so so simple.
- Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan.
- Heat over medium-high heat, stirring constantly until peanut butter is melted and all ingredients are well combined.
This. Sauce. Is. Amazing.
What Is The Difference Between a Spring Roll and an Egg Roll?
The difference between a spring roll and an egg roll is that spring rolls have thin, often translucent rice wrappers and usually aren't fried, while egg rolls have thicker, deep-fried wrappings.
How Long Do Spring Rolls Keep?
The rolls taste best the day they are made, but they can be stored for 2-3 days. Wrap each roll individually in plastic wrap to keep them fresh and to keep them from sticking together. Store in an air-tight container in the fridge.
Are Spring Rolls Healthy?
These spring rolls are filled with lots of fresh veggies, fruit, and healthy fats from avocado making them a very healthy side dish. While the peanut sauce can be a little calorie heavy, it can be used in moderation to keep this dish low cal.
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Easy Spring Roll Recipe with Mango & Avocado
Ingredients
- 8 rice paper rolls found in the Asian section on the shelf
- 1 cup green leaf lettuce broken into large pieces
- ½ cucumber thinly sliced
- 1 carrot thinly sliced (or a bag of shredded carrots)
- ½ red bell pepper thinly sliced
- 1 cup purple cabbage thinly sliced
- 1 mango thinly sliced
- 1 bunch cilantro leaves chopped
- ½ jalapeno minced (seeds removed)
- 1 avocado thinly sliced
Thai Peanut Dipping Sauce
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 3 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger grated
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon chili garlic sauce
- water
- garnish with chopped peanuts and cilantro
Instructions
Spring Rolls
- Cut your veggies. Everything should be cut into thin strips. The only thing that need a dice is the jalapeño.
- To cut your mango, find the core, and cut closely along it, cutting off one side of the fruit. Run your knife down the flesh lengthwise to cut strips, and loosen the fruit with a spoon.
- In a large shallow bowl, dip rice papers into room temperature water.
- Moisten only for a few seconds. Anything longer with that will result in a floppy mess.
- Transfer paper to a cutting board and smooth it down flat.
- Add lettuce leafs. Add strips of cabbage.
- Top with strips of cucumber.
- Add red bell pepper.
- Top with shredded carrot.
- Add mango strips.
- Layer on avocado.
- Garnish with cilantro and jalapeño.
- Roll up by starting at one side. Cover your fruits and veggies and tuck the edge underneath the veggie bundle tightly, but being gentle not to tear the paper.
- Continue to roll up the bundle.
- Fold in the edges of the paper.
- Complete rolling up the bundle until the back edge is sealed against itself.
- Can be sliced in half to create 16 halves
- Serving with peanut dipping sauce
Peanut Dipping Sauce
- Combine all ingredients except water in a medium bowl.
- Whisk until everything is well combined. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached. Serve at room temp.
Notes
- It's a transparent, thin, brittle circle that comes in a package of multiples, like tortillas. You'll find them in the Asian section on the shelf.
- Dip them in a pie plate of water for only a few second seconds. This will soften the paper and make it pliable.
- Keep your working surface wet for easy rolling. Rice paper can tend to get sticky, but keeping your work surface wet combats this problem.
Nutrition
Emily Kemp says
These are so pretty and that dipping sauce sounds incredible!