You know how sometimes you're all like, "wow, I really feel like a sandwich, but I don't actually feel like bread, and I definitely don't feel like a salad." You know how to solve those problems? Instead of bread, rice-paper. YEAH. And it is actually as easy as making a sandwich.
Ingredients:
Rice-paper rolls (I was happy with three)
50 grams of vermicilli, cooked according to packet instructions and cooled
Half an avocado, sliced
A small carrot, sliced into long thin strips
Half a Lebanese cucumber, sliced into long thin strips
A handful of bean sprouts
A couple of pre-soaked shitake mushrooms (optional)
A slice of marinated Japanese tofu cut into long thin strips (optional)
Soy sauce for dipping
Instructions:
Prep all the fillings. Vermicilli, avocado, cucumber... whatever else you want to put in. It's your lunch.
Get a round, flat bowl. I use a pie dish. Boil the kettle and pour an inch of hot water in the base of the pie dish.
Dip the first circle of rice paper. Just for ten seconds or so, but make sure it's pliable. You can also spray it down with water, but the dip method is the one they use at my favourite Vietnamese restaurant where you can make your own spring rolls, so... that's what I do.
Pile whatever filling you want just off centre, basically exactly as you would stuff a tortilla.
Roll. Fold. Repeat.
All ready to go? Dip in soy-sauce! Eat! Best lunch ever!
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