10 Steps to Easy Homemade Spring Rolls

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Spring rolls are a light, flavorful appetizer that add an exotic touch to the dinner table!

To make 12 spring rolls: 

12 sheets of rice paper

2 avocados

1 small bundle of rice vermicelli

12 deveined shrimps

2 small carrots

2 large handfuls of baby spinach

Soy sauce or fish sauce for dipping

Preparation

Soak the rice vermicelli in a bowl of warm water for 4 minutes. Strain and put aside. Peel the carrots and then grate them.

Peel the avocado, cut in half, remove the pit and then cut into long slices. 

The rice paper

Fill a glass baking dish with cold water and then add one sheet of rice paper. After 1 minute and 30 seconds, remove the sheet and place it on a cutting board. 

The baby spinach

Place 3 baby spinach leaves onto the edge of the rice paper. 

The vermicelli

Cover the spinach leaves with the rice vermicelli. 

The carRots

Add a bit of grated carrots...

The Avocado

...and then a slice or two of avocado.

The shrimp

And finally, finish with a shrimp sliced in half. 

Fold the outer corners

Fold the outer edges onto the filling. 

Fold the inner corners 

Fold the inner corners up until they touch each other. 

Roll

Finally, roll until there is no more rice paper left.

Repeat with the remaining sheets of rice paper.

Refrigerate until it's time to serve them. 

Cut each spring roll in half and serve with your dipping sauce of choice. 

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