Green Summer Rolls with Homemade Peanut Sauce
Healthy Green Summer Rolls served with a delicious homemade dipping sauce.
Prep Time30 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time40 minutes mins
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Keyword: Vegan Summer Rolls
Servings: 5 people
Calories: 313kcal
Ingredients for the Peanut Sauce
Cut and marinate the tofu. Cut the tofu block in half after pressing it and getting all the extra water out. Combine the soy sauce, sesame oil, and the five-spice powder in a shallow pan. Add the tofu pieces and leave marinating for 15 minutes on each side.
Once the tofu is marinated, heat a pan and cook the tofu on both sides until it turns a golden color. Leave to cool and cut into thinner slices.
Thinly slice the fresh cucumber, zucchini, and carrot to the same length. Panfry the asparagus for a couple of minutes and cut to the same length than the rest of the veggies.
Prepare your glass noodles by leaving them in boiling hot water for a couple of minutes. Drain the water and leave them cool. Clean and cut your leafy greens.
Fill a big plate with warm water, take a rice paper wrap and immerse it into the water for a few seconds. Place the wrap on a flat surface (a wooden surface works really well) and start placing your ingredients.We like placing the lettuce first, then the fresh chopped veggies, the glass noodles, and the tofu. Last, the mint. Leave some space on the sides, front and back of the paper wrap, placing all the ingredients closer to the center. Roll up your summer roll. Start by pulling the bottom of the paper and placing it over the ingredients, almost covering them all. With your hands, press the roll and fold the sides to the center.Keep rolling your rice paper until the summer roll is fully wrapped. Repeat the process for each rice paper.
Peanut Sauce
To prepare the peanut sauce, add into a medium-size bowl peanut butter, brown sugar, soy sauce, lime juice, rice vinegar, ginger powder and the warm water. Mix well all the ingredients until everything is completely combined and the sauce looks homogeneous. If your sauce is too thick, add some extra water and if it looks too liquidy, add some more peanut sauce.
- Make sure you are using the right size of rice paper wraps. If you get them too small, it will be challenging trying to roll them up if you add too many ingredients.
- Chop your veggies as thin as possible. It makes the process making way easier and your rolls will be much more enjoyable.
- Add some flavor to your tofu. You can add saltiness, sweetness, or even some spice to your tofu, just give it some flavor. We all know tofu can be a bit bland in taste.
- Don't soak the rice paper in water for too long. Just immerse the rice paper for a few seconds in warm (not boiling) water. It will be easier to work with than if it's just too wet or soft.
- Prepare right before serving. You can summer rolls using an air-tight container for 1-2 days but they will be at their best freshly made.
- Use the leftover tofu marinade for your dipping sauce. You can combine it with some tahini or peanut butter to make a delicious dipping sauce!
Calories: 313kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 1520mg | Potassium: 537mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 6672IU | Vitamin C: 51mg | Calcium: 164mg | Iron: 3mg