Spring Roll Bar Party with Peanut Dip
Ingredients
6 servings:
Peanut Dip:
1/2 cup hoisin
1/2 cup water, or more if needed to thin the dip
1/4 cup peanut butter
2 Tablespoons rice vinegar
1/4 cup chopped peanuts
Chili garlic sauce or hot sauce
Pickled carrot/daikon (optional)
Garlic Shrimp:
2 pounds raw shrimp, peeled and deveined.
2 Tablespoons olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced or sliced
Salt and pepper, to taste
Spring Roll Bar Assembly:
1 pound cooked shrimp (tofu, pork or beef)
1 head of lettuce
1 medium cucumber, sliced into thin strips
1 small bell pepper, sliced
2 cups of bean sprouts
Fresh herbs
Hot sauce, pickled carrots and daikon, chopped peanuts (optional)
20 8” rice paper sheets
Instructions
For the Peanut Dip
Step 1: Heat saucepan on medium heat. Add hoisin, water, peanut butter and rice vinegar.
Step 2: Whisk until smooth. As dip warms, it will be softer and easier to whisk.
Step 3: Once warmed and smooth, add additional water one Tablespoon at a time to thin the sauce to your desired consistency.
Step 4: Serve in small dipping bowls and top with chopped peanuts, chili hot sauce, pickles.
For the Garlic Shrimp
Step 1: Heat skillet to medium high heat. Add oil, then garlic. Cook garlic until translucent and fragrant.
Step 2: Add shrimp and sear until pink or until cooked through.
Step 3: Add salt and pepper, to taste and set aside and allow to cool.
For the Spring Roll Assembly
Step 1: Make the dip and cook the shrimp and set aside.
Step 2: Assemble the prepared spring roll bar assembly ingredients on platters or bowls: cooked proteins, dip and all the vegetables.
Step 3: Provide a large bowl or rice paper dipping bowl for everyone to dip rice paper. Provide plates for everyone to lay their rice paper on.
Step 4: Allow guests to assemble and gather their own customized choice of fillings so they can roll the spring rolls.
Step 5: Give everyone a small dip bowl so they can create their own dip toppings for them to dip their spring rolls in.
