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Vietnam: How to Make Vietnamese Salad Rolls

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This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.

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City of Surrey, BC

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Free.

Offered in English.

About

Salad rolls are believed to have originated from China. They were a seasonal food consumed during the spring, which is how it got its name. Filled with the new season’s freshly harvested vegetables, spring rolls were a welcome change from the preserved foods of the long winter months.

(Gluten-Free, Vegetarian and Vegan Options Available)

+ INGREDIENTS +

Salad Rolls:

- 1lb of pork belly (sub for tofu, avocado for veg version)

- 1lb of shrimps (sub for tofu, avocado for veg version)

- 200g rice vermicelli

- 1 cucumber

- 20 sheets of rice paper

- 1 lettuce

- mint, cilantros, chives

- 300g of bean sprout

Dipping Sauce:

- 1 tbsp of oil

- 1 tbsp of minced garlic

- 1 tbsp of minced shallot

- 1 cup of Hoisin sauce

- 1/3 cup of peanut butter (optional)

- 1 cup of broth (from cooking the pork belly - can sub for vegetable broth)

- ½ cup of crush roast peanut (optional)

- hot chili (optional)

+ PREPARATION +

Salad Rolls:

Step 1-

Boil water. Add rice vermicelli noodles and cook for 4-5 minutes, or until they turns soft. Once cooked, take them out and rinse them in cold water to stop the vermicelli from overcooking.

Step 2-

Boil pork belly with 1 teaspoon of salt. Once boiled, turn heat to medium low and cook for 30 - 35 minutes. Use a chopstick to spoke the meat. If there is no red water coming out, the meat is cooked.

Step 3-

Take the pork bellow out of the boiling water and put in cold water to avoid blackening. Save the boiling pork stock to use to make the dipping sauce.

Step 4-

Once cooled, slice the pork belly into thin slices.

Step 5-

Cook the shrimp in boiling water for 2 minutes. Once cooked, remove and put them in ice water.

Step 6-

Peel the shrimps' skin, then cut them in a half vertically and devein them.

Step 7-

Slice the cucumber into 3" long thin slices.

Step 8-

Prepare a dish of warm water. Soften the rice paper by quick soaking it in the dish.

Step 9-

Lay it on a flat surface, like a plate or a clean cutting board.

Step 10-

Add the lettuce, mint, cilantro, cucumber and vermicelli across the center of the rice paper, leaving about 2’’ each size. Add pork and shrimp. Roll once, and then fold 2 sides in. Continue to roll the wrap gently and tightly.

Dipping Sauce:

Step 1-

Heat a pan, add 1 tbsp of oil, followed by 1 tbsp of minced shallots and garlic.

Step 2-

Add hoisin sauce, peanut butter, and 1 cup of broth from the pork belly cooking water. Stir well and cook slowly on low heat until it thickens.

Step 4-

Top the sauce with some crushed roasted peanuts and minced chilli on top.

Step 5-

Dip your salad rolls into the sauce and enjoy!

Be sure to post your cooking results on social media using the hashtag #SurreyFusion and tag @surreybcevents.

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City of Surrey

The City of Surrey's Special Events team organizes four major special events annually: Party for the Planet, Surrey Canada Day, Surrey Fusion Festival and the Surrey Tree Lighting Festival. Surrey Fusion Festival brings together over 80,000 people annually to celebrate food, music, and culture.

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