rice paper roll
Translucent Asian appetizer
A rice paper roll is a Vietnamese dish consisting of rice noodles, vegetables, herbs, and often shrimp or pork wrapped in translucent rice paper.
Served cold with dipping sauce, they're lighter than fried spring rolls: We ordered rice paper rolls as an appetizer.
Also called summer rolls or fresh spring rolls.
- VietnameseOf Southeast Asian nation
- freshNewly made, not stale
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- shrimpSmall edible crustacean
- vermicelliThread-like pasta strands
mint · cilantro · lettuce · peanut sauce · dipping · wrapped · delicate · chewy · basil · cucumber · crunchy · light · healthy · street food · hoisin · dipping sauce · fish sauce · pork
- rolled foodsburrito, wrap, maki, roulade, enchilada
- spring rolls
- summer foodsice cream, popsicle, watermelon, fruit salad, gazpacho
- wrapschicken wrap, lettuce wrap, veggie wrap, breakfast wrap, sandwich wrap