Asian Spring Rolls

Organic Valley

Light, healthy and utterly fresh-tasting, spring rolls are fun food--fun to make and eat. They promote togetherness, whether for a couple sharing dinner duties or for a family gathered in an assembly line around a kitchen island counter. Casual and convenient, spring rolls can start or make a meal. Wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, they also travel well and can be taken to school or the office for lunch. Here’s how they work: Start with round rice paper, which are large, thin, flat noodle disks found in Asian food markets (and increasingly at food cooperatives and other grocery stores). They’ll turn soft and pliable when immersed in piping hot water. Pile on slivers of vegetables, skinny rice noodles, fresh herbs, and strips of cooked chicken, pork or eggs. Roll them up into hand-held cylinders and serve them with bottled plum sauce or Sweet and Spicy Dipping Sauce.

ingredients

Ingredients:
8-inch round rice noodle papers
Tender lettuce or spinach leaves
Bean sprouts or thinly sliced radishes
Peeled, seeded and slivered cucumber or slivered zucchini
Cooked rice noodles or vermicelli
Whole cilantro, mint or basil leaves (or use all three)
Organic Prairie Ground Pork or Chicken (cooked, drained and cooled)* or strips of a plain Organic Valley Egg omelet
Sweet and Spicy Dipping Sauce or bottled plum sauce