Summary of Vegetable Spring Rolls & Peanut Sauce Recipe

Series Summary

Spring rolls are delicious appetizers served in many Asian food restaurants which are made from vegetables wrapped in rice paper. They are frequently deep fried, however many Vietnamese and Thai cultures do not fry this egg roll type treat. If left unfried, spring rolls are sometimes called summer rolls or salad rolls. There are many variations to the spring roll, and recipes can include different vegetables and meats, ranging from carrots, cucumber, sprouts, shrimp and cilantro. Spring rolls are frequently served with dipping sauces like soy sauce, duck sauce or peanut sauce.

In this free video recipe, our expert chef will demonstrate how to make Vegetable Spring Rolls with Thai Peanut Sauce. If you are looking to spice up your next meal, or need finger food for your next party, let our chef show you how to create this homemade spring roll and sauce. You will learn how to prepare the rice paper wrapper, chop the vegetables and even make your own Thai Peanut Sauce. This recipe is so easy and doesn't even involve any cooking. All you will need is a knife and a blender for this simple but delicious Asian inspired appetizer.

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Lori Schneider from Austin, Texas and owner of Figs Catering on behalf of Expert Village we are going to show you how to make vegetable spring rolls with a Thai peanut sauce. I have been in the culinary industry for over 13 years and we have made many many dishes. One of my favorite things to make and one of the favorite things that people like to eat that we have made are veggie spring rolls in my catering business we do a lot of hand held and small boutique bites and people really like that it make it a lot more fun for the party, it makes it easier for them to hold a drink on one hand and eat with the other and this is one of our popular items believe it or not and that is the vegetable spring roll with homemade Thai peanut sauce and it is garnish with green onions. So in this series I'm going to show you how to Julienne carrots and julienne the cucumbers as well as prepare the bean sprouts and the cilantro and the rice paper for our vegetables spring rolls. I'm also going to show you how to make a spicy Thai peanut sauce which if you don't like it spicy no problem just leave out the red pepper sauce. "