Vegetarian Vietnamese Spring Rolls
 
 
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Ingredients
Tofu and carrot marinade
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 2 teaspoon brown sugar
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • Few chili flakes
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
Peanut dipping sauce (Adapted from 'Light & Healthy' by America's Test Kitchen)
  • ¼ cup peanut butter
  • ½ cup hot water
  • ⅓ cup hoisin sauce
  • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • ½ tsp chili-garlic sauce
  • Salt to taste
Vietnamese spring rolls
  • ½ block of tofu
  • 1 medium size carrot, chopped in matchstick size
  • Handful of moong sprouts
  • 3-4 green onions, chopped length wise
  • 1 oz bean threads (For cooking, add them in hot water for 10 mins. Once done, drain the water and keep them aside)
  • Peanut dipping sauce
  • Few basil leaves
  • 7-8 rice papers
Instructions
Tofu and carrot marinade
  1. Whisk all together. Cut the tofu in from middle and then cut the two separate square pieces in half again giving you with 4 rectangular pieces. Lay the pieces in the marinade and let it soak for 10-15 mins. Flip and let them rest for another 15 minutes. Heat a skillet over med-high heat and cook tofu until golden brown.
  2. Keep it aside. Meanwhile chop the carrots in matchstick size and let them sit in the marinade as well. Once tofu is done on both the sides, saute the carrots in the already used skillet. You don't want to soften them a lot. So cook them for 2-5 minutes and keep them aside.
Peanut dipping sauce (Adapted from 'Light & Healthy' by America's Test Kitchen)
  1. Add peanut butter and hot water in a bowl and whisk it until smooth. Add hoisin sauce, lime juice, garlic, chili-garlic sauce and salt. Mix it all and taste. Adjust salt and lime juice if needed. Keep it aside.
Vietnamese spring rolls
  1. For arranging, first take water at room temperature in a flat pie dish. To it add one rice paper and let it soak for 30-45 seconds. While it is soaking, get a clean damp cloth and lay it smooth on the counter. Slowly, take out the rice paper and lay it on the cloth. Try to smooth it out as mush as possible. To it, add little dipping sauce, rice noodles, tofu, carrots, moong sprouts, basil. Wrap it tightly and enjoy it with lots of dipping sauce.
Recipe by Naive Cook Cooks at https://www.naivecookcooks.com/vegetarian-vietnamese-spring-rolls/