Vietnamese summer rolls become a cool, refreshing meal in a bowl, and almost everything can be done ahead of time. Rice vermicelli, lettuce, herbs, carrots, shrimp, and pork are drizzled with a peanut-hoisin sauce, with a little, or a lot of heat—you decide!
Ingredients
- 0.5 pounds raw shrimp
- 0.5 pounds ground pork
- 0.5 cups onions
- 0.5 teaspoons salt
- 0.5 teaspoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 4 cloves garlic
- 0.33 cups hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 0.67 cups water
- 1.5 teaspoons chili paste
- 8 leaves Romaine or leaf lettuce
- 4 sprigs mint
- 4 sprigs cilantro
- 0.5 cups carrots
- 8 ounces Asian-style vermicelli rice noodles
- 0.33 cups peanuts
- 3 greens onions
Instructions
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1
Gather all ingredients.
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Bring a pan of lightly salted water to a boil; add shrimp and cook until they are pink and curled into a tight "C" shape. Immediately remove shrimp and place into a bowl of ice water. When cool, slice shrimp thinly, from head to tail, and refrigerate.
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Cook pork in a small nonstick skillet, breaking meat up into small bits. After about 2 minutes, add onion, salt, and sugar, and continue cooking until onion is translucent, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove pork to a plate lined with paper towels to drain. Remove paper towel, and refrigerate until needed.
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For sauce, add oil and garlic to a small saucepan; place over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until garlic is fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add hoisin sauce, peanut butter, and water, stirring to combine. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat. Add chili paste and allow to cool. Set aside.
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When ready to make the bowls, bring 5 cups of water to boil in a large saucepan. Add rice noodles and stir, to avoid clumping. Boil and stir for 2 to 3 minutes. Pour into a mesh strainer and rinse thoroughly with cold water.
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Evenly divide vermicelli into 4 serving bowls. Working in sections, place cooked shrimp, ground pork mixture, lettuce, herbs, and carrots on top of vermicelli.
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Drizzle each bowl with sauce. Sprinkle each bowl with crushed peanuts, and garnish with green onions.
Nutrition Facts
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