Over the years we have hosted friends over at the house for a variety of different dinners – how to make sushi, progressive dinners, and create your own spring rolls! It is so easy to set out a variety of filling ingredients for everyone to make their own creation. They can also be enjoyed as a fun appetizer or a light lunch. Just be sure to make that spring roll dipping sauce that is just spicy enough (but you can control the spice). It is has a touch of sweetness and pairs perfectly with the lightness of the shrimp and noodles. We cannot wait for you to try this one!
Looking for More Dinners with these Flavors?
If you love them as much as we do, you definitely need to try our Spring Roll Salad or Shrimp Spring Roll Bowl!
Key Ingredients + Substitutions
Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full listing of ingredients, instructions, and estimated nutritional information.
- shrimp – love using some simple pre-cooked shrimp, but chicken would also work or even some tofu.
- vermicelli noodles – these thin rice noodles are a traditional ingredient that are made in just a few minutes.
- spring roll wrappers – they start as a hard circle that looks almost plastic, but place them in some warm water and they instantly soften to wrap up all your fillings.
- Thai dipping sauce – highly recommend our super simple spring roll dipping sauce, but a peanut sauce would also be delicious!
How to Make Shrimp Spring Rolls
Filling Variations
We have included all of our favorite fresh vegetables that we love in a spring roll, but feel free to try some fresh mango, cucumber, shredded purple cabbage, red bell pepper, or any others.
Best Ways To Serve Shrimp Spring Rolls
Simply enjoy with a small dish of the Thai dipping sauce or your favorite peanut dipping sauce. Feel free to serve everything up on a large serving platter for everyone to make some with their favorite fillings.
Storage & Freezer
Any leftover spring rolls can be wrapped up in plastic wrap and kept in an airtight container in the fridge for 1-2 days. It is not recommended to freeze spring rolls.
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Shrimp Spring Rolls Recipe
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 15 servings 1x
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Stove Top & Counter Top
- Cuisine: Asian-Inspired
Description
Our Shrimp Spring Rolls are a fun and delicious appetizer or dinner that is easy to make – always a crowd-pleaser!
Ingredients
Thai Dipping Sauce:
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon chili garlic sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1–4 garlic cloves, smashed
Shrimp Spring Rolls:
- 15 rice paper spring roll wrappers
- 1/4 – 1/3 package vermicelli noodles
- 15–20 shrimp, pre-cooked, cut in half lengthwise (if frozen, thaw in cool water)
- 1 cup carrots, julienned
- 1 cup lettuce, rip into smaller pieces (I used butter lettuce)
- 1 cup fresh bean sprouts
- 1–2 avocados, sliced
- 1/4 cup mint leaves
Instructions
- Make Sauce: Put all the Sauce ingredients in saucepan. Bring to simmer and reduce for about 15 min or until you have the consistency you desire. Remove from heat (it will continue to thicken as it cools) and set aside. Use once cooled or, if you made it ahead of time, place in an airtight container and place in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- Prep Noodles + Wrappers: Follow package instructions on the noodles, place in a bowl and set aside. Prep the rice paper wrappers one at a time, as you use them (prep per package instructions).
- Fill Spring Rolls: Lay out softened paper wrapper and fill with noodles, carrots, 1-2 mint leaves, bean sprouts, lettuce, shrimp and avocado – placing those ingredients in the middle of the wrapper.
- Wrap the Rolls: Pull both sides of the wrapper in, over the fillings, and then pull the side closest to you over top the ingredients and continue rolling away from you until complete. Continue until you have used up your ingredients.
- Serve: Enjoy with a small dish of the sauce for dipping!
Notes
- Dipping Sauce/Garlic: feel free to omit the garlic, if you want. Otherwise the more cloves you add, the more spicy it will be – use your personal preference.
- Dipping Sauce Amount: the dipping sauce makes roughly 1/3 cup, so feel free to double that recipe, if you want; you may need to simmer it a few extra minutes to reach your desired consistency.
- Yield: this will ultimately depend upon how tightly you pack the spring rolls, but we were able to make approximately 15-20.
- Make Ahead: these store well in an airtight container in the refrigerator overnight, so you can make them ahead of time if you want!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 spring roll
- Calories: 106
- Sugar: 4.2 g
- Sodium: 186.1 mg
- Fat: 1.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 5.9 g
- Fiber: 1.1 g
- Protein: 6.2 g
- Cholesterol: 45.6 mg
Holly says
These were so good! My husband and I always order these at our favorite Thai food restaurant. I’ve always been too intimidated to try and make them on my own, but it was super easy and they were so delicious! We ate them as a meal one night.
Erin says
So glad you enjoyed them, Holly!! Thanks for leaving a review and feedback!