Spring Roll Bites – “Tapas” for All

These spring roll bites are a fun way to share my all time favored spring rolls. Perhaps it’s by birth that I’m so addicted to fresh rice paper rolls or spring rolls. I can’t negate the fact that I was bred on a diet of rice and noodle dishes, so anything with Vietnamese or Asian flavors always sounds appealing. But if I could name one Vietnamese dish that I have at least three or four times a week, fresh Vietnamese spring rolls are the front and center.

My love for fresh rice paper rolls goes beyond the traditional pork & shrimp rolls that you would find on most Vietnamese restaurant menus. I call those rolls the traditional rolls and also, the default rolls. Those are the rolls that most Viet restaurant cooks will offer, assuming that is the only way consumers are comfortable eating spring rolls. Well, if you’ve been reading our blog for a while, you’ll know that I love going beyond tradition and making my own versions with different fillings from leftovers.

I’ve been known to break many traditional Vietnamese food rules and make bacon, lettuce and tomato  fresh rice paper rolls. I wrote about it previously and publicly apologized to my Mom. Sorry, Mom!

Now guess what? I’m back again to stir up some more trouble and tell you to forget the fresh spring rolls and serve them up as little mini bites! like Sushi cut rolls! Oy, I can hear my mom rolling her eyes again and wondering how she raised a daughter to be so rebellious in the kitchen. Again, sorry Mom!

So here I go with some bits of party planning wisdom with spring rolls in mind. Yes, Todd and I have had many, many fresh rice paper rolls parties in our garden and back yard where everyone gets to roll their own rolls. For these dinners, those fresh spring rolls are the main entree. But what if you want to serve them up as appetizers instead?

Well, let’s take the fresh rice paper roll to the next level and cut them into bite sized pieces as appetizers, or “tapas” style of eating spring rolls. Serving the rolls this way is so fun and allows you to make different types of rolls for a beautiful party platter. It’s one of those dishes that will make everyone drool over because they’re so cute. And it’s also the type of dish that can easily serve different types of eaters, from vegetarian, to vegan, to gluten free and so forth.

You can decide what fillings you want to add, roll them up and cut them into bite sized pieces for everyone to enjoy. In fact, rolling out ten rolls and cutting them into five pieces each makes a platter of fifty little bites. That’s enough for everyone to have two or three, then move on to the next dish.

Click Here for All Our –> Fresh Spring Rolls Recipes

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Here’s a Few of our Favorite Spring Roll Ingredients and Tools:

It can sometimes be hard to find good spring roll ingredients and tools. Here’s some of the favorites:

Three Ladies Rice Paper Wrappers – Love these wrappers. Easy to work with. Consistently one of the best wrappers we’ve found.

Rice Paper Wrapper Water Bowl – The perfect bowl for dipping the rice paper at the table. These have been life changers when it comes to our spring roll parties. Easy for everyone to dip and takes up so much less table space. 

OXO Julienne Tool – This little tool makes julienning the carrots and other ingredients a breeze. 

Flying Lion Fish Sauce – This has been our house fish sauce for decades. Great stuff! We’ll use it to make our dipping sauces as well as marinades.

Red Boat Fish Sauce – 100% all natural first press extra virgin Vietnamese fish sauce. A solid craft fish sauce producer.

Koon Chun Hoisin Sauce – Our house favorite hoisin sauce. Great flavor. We use it to make a dipping sauce for spring rolls.

Here’s my personal recipe for Vietnamese Fish Sauce Dip and click here for all our popular Vietnamese Recipes that are sometimes traditional and definitely sometimes not. 

Here’s our previous tutorial on How To Roll Spring rolls and All Our Great Spring Rolls Recipes

Asparagus Bacon Spring Rolls Recipe Here.

Garlic Chicken Spring Rolls Recipe Here.

Bacon Lettuce Tomato Spring Rolls Recipe Here.

Turkey Avocado Spring Rolls Recipe Here.

>Happy Bites to you!

-diane