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About The Recipe

Fresh spring rolls make great appetizers, they are originally from Vietnam, but I love them so much that I thought I would teach you how to make my own version. Spring rolls are fun to make, because the whole family can help wrap them like a small assembly line. The keys to excellent spring-rolls are fresh vegetables and some good peanut sauce.

It's traditional to use sliced pork or shrimp in fresh spring rolls, but I like the taste of turkey breast better. You can use whatever meat you desire as long as it's thin. If you're a vegetarian, simply leave out the meat all together!

Recipe Info

• Serves: 3-4
• Preparation time: 5 minutes
• Cooking Time: 15 minutes

• Pot
• Stirring Spoon
• Large Bowl
• Cutting Board

Ingredients

For Spring Rolls

• 1 pack spring roll wrappers
• 2-3 cups of warm water
• 1 1/2 cups cabbage
• 1 bunch basil
• 1 bunch mint
• 1 bunch cilantro
• 1 carrot
• 1 cucumber
• 1/4 pound sliced turkey

• 1/2 cup Hoisin Sauce
• 1 cup of ground peanuts
• 1 cup water (for peanut sauce)

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Preparation

• Grind or finely chop the peanuts
• Slice the cucumber into thin strips
• Shred the carrot
• Shred the cabbage

Cooking

Making the Peanut Sauce

• Stir Hoisin sauce, ground peanuts and water in a pot.
• Turn on the stove to medium heat.
• When the sauce starts to boil, reduce the heat to low and stir for two minutes.

• Soak the wrapper in the warm water for about 10 seconds.
• Put it down on the cutting board.
• Add turkey on top of the wrapper closest to yourself.
• Add two pinches of cilantro and mint.
• Add two pinches of basil and cabbage.
• Add one cucumber slice and two pinches of carrot.
• Roll the wrapper forward half way.
• Fold in the left and right sides of the wrapper.
• Roll the wrapper the rest of the way.
• Cut spring rolls in half.

• Serve as an appetizer or snack with warm peanut sauce.