Chicken & Shrimp Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce
Step by step spring rolls with a creamy all-natural peanut sauce
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These crisp, fresh spring rolls are packed with nutrient-dense vegetables and can be drizzled or dipped into a creamy peanut sauce made with whole, natural peanut butter. If you’ve never worked with rice paper before, it’s a translucent edible ‘paper’ made with white rice flour, tapioca, flour, water and salt. When submerged in water, it becomes a pliable soft texture that you can wrap your roll contents in. Rice paper is incredibly strong, so don’t be afraid to pack in extra veggies or protein!
Nutritional Bonus: In addition to their extremely creamy texture and delicious taste, avocados contain more than 20 vitamins and minerals. Plus, a single avocado is also high in the carotenoid lutein, which studies suggest may help keep your eyes functioning efficiently.
Ingredients
- 18 to 20 spring roll wrappers (about 8-inch in diameter each)
- 1 head Boston or Bibb lettuce, leaves separated and largest leaves cut in half
- 1 leaf Napa cabbage, chopped thinly
- ½ cup cooked shrimp, shells and tails removed, diced
- ¼ lb cooked skinless, boneless chicken breast, diced fine
- ½ cup broccoli, finely chopped or shredded
- ½ cup carrots, shredded
- ½ cup bean sprouts
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 1 avocado, sliced
- 1 egg white
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed lime juice (about 1 lime)
- ⅛ cup creamy natural peanut butter, unsalted
- 2 Tbsp. fresh cilantro, minced finely
- 2 Tbsp. water
- 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic, minced finely
- 2 tsp. tomato paste
- 2 tsp. low-sodium tamari soy sauce
- 2 tsp. raw honey
- 1 tsp. fresh ginger, grated
- 2 drops chile sesame oil (available at Asian or specialty food stores)
Preparation
- Wet spring roll wrapper with warm water. (TIP:It is easy to do this with running water from the sink.)
- Place wrapper on a hard surface. Place lettuce leaf on far left edge of wrapper.
- Place 2 tsp cabbage (about 3 slices), 1 tsp shrimp, 1 tsp chicken, 1 tsp broccoli, 1 tsp carrots, 1 tsp bean sprouts and 1/4 tsp green onions into lettuce leaf. Top with 1 slice avocado.
- Roll wrapper from left to right, folding in the top and the bottom sides of wrapper toward the middle. Just before the wrapper is completely wrapped, brush a little egg white on the end so that the wrapper neatly closes.
- Complete Steps 1 to 4 for each wrapper. Serve with Light & Tangy Peanut Satay Sauce.
LIGHT & TANGY PEANUT SATAY SAUCE
- Whisk all ingredients together in a medium bowl.
Nutrition Information
- Serving Size 1 roll
- Calories 90
- Carbohydrate Content 13 g
- Cholesterol Content 15 mg
- Fat Content 2 g
- Fiber Content 1 g
- Protein Content 3 g
- Saturated Fat Content 0 g
- Sodium Content 80 mg
- Sugar Content 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat Content 0 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat Content 0 g