How to Make Spring Rolls and Rice Noodles

Japanese cuisine is easy, but most people get confused after looking at the unfamiliar ingredients. Spring rolls and rice noodles are a great way to impress your friends and family. These can be eaten for lunch or dinner, because spring rolls and rice noodles are quick to make!

First, decide what you would like to put into your spring rolls. I use carrots, spouts, and shrimp in my spring rolls. Of course, the shrimp is for my husband, since I don't eat meat.

Spring roll wraps are just made with water, salt, and rice. This is nice to the figure! Open your spring roll wraps and place a few in some water to soak. When purchased the wraps are hard, but once soaked for a minute or two they become soft. I pour some water onto a plate and lay a few spring roll wraps in the water.

Next, I use my potato peeler to peel carrots. About 2 hand fulls of carrot peels equal six spring rolls. If you don't have a peeler or grater you can just chop the carrots into small bits. As for the spouts they are ready when purchased, so all your chopping is done!

Now it's time to cook the shrimp. This is a DIY type of thing. Cooking shrimp is done by steaming in a frying pan or boiling in water. I just chop the shrimp and fry until lightly pink.

Then, all of the ingredients are ready to be wrapped into a spring roll. Place a wrapper onto the counter or cutting board. Fill the wrap with carrots, sprouts, and shrimp. You wrap the spring roll like a burrito. Fold the sides in, begin to roll, and seal with a little extra water if needed.

Cook all of your spring rolls in an oiled wok or frying pan. I use 100 percent sesame oil to fry my spring rolls in. The heat should be around 300 degrees, five, or medium-high depending on your stove.

Let the rolls cook and make sure to flip them once in a while to prevent burning. Cook the rolls until lightly brown and crispy. After the spring rolls are done place them on a paper towel to soak off some extra oil. While the spring rolls are cooling off you can cook the rice noodles.

Rice noodles are similar to angel hair pasta. The noodles are also fat-free, so this is a pretty healthy meal! Heat some water in a pot like you do for spaghetti. Once the water boils add the rice noodles and stir. The thin rice noodles take only a minute or two. Now that the noodles are done it's time for condiments!

Teriyaki, Soy, Ginger, or anything you love can be used on your spring rolls and rice noodles. I love to dip my spring rolls into ginger sauce. Teriyaki is nice on rice noodles. If you like spicy foods try a little wasabi on those spring rolls!