Spring Rolls

Ingredients

1. Rice paper.

2. Fresh greens. I use salad mixes without the dressing.

3. Any protein. I use shrimp and thin slices of beef.

4. Sauce. I use sweet soy sauce and chili oil.

The fillings are very flexible. As long as it can be wrapped inside the rice paper, then it'll work.

Directions

1. Take a sheet of rice paper and rinse both sides quickly under the faucet with cold water.

2.  Place the wetted rice paper on a plate.

3. Add fillings onto the rice paper.

4. Fold one edge and roll tightly into the middle. Then fold in the two flaps towards the center and continue rolling until the roll is closed.

5. If the spring rolls aren't eaten right away, then they tend to stick to each other or dry out. I recommend adding some oil to the outside. I normally use sesame oil.

Personal Connection

For a while in college, I would eat sandwiches for lunch because they were really convenient. However, I noticed that the bread can easily get soggy, which really limits the type of filling I can add to the sandwich. This was why I started eating a lot of spring rolls in college.