Vietnamese spring rolls are one of the best dishes that you should not give up when traveling to Vietnam. This food is made from  shrimp, herbs, rice noodles, vegetables with rice paper. Nuoc cham is served when eating spring rolls but this is amazing if using peanut sauce as well. 

You can learn more information in this guide. Don't forget to take Vietnamese springs rolls on the list of dishes in your journey at Vietnam.

Spring rolls introduce

Vietnamese spring rolls are called as " Gỏi cuốn", having a savory filling in paper thin due to its made from flour and water. When you eat, you will feel the exterior savory is so crispy, thin. 

Vietnam has a variety of spring rolls. So, you can find it anywhere in Vietnam. Visitors can try all of the Vietnamese Spring rolls to know the best ones because the ingredients of spring rolls are diverse and the different of each region. 

Spring rolls

Ingredient of Vietnamese spring rolls

As you know, Vietnamese food is different among 3 regions: Northern, Central and South regions. So, Spring rolls have various variations throughout the country.

However, the primary ingredient is made with meat ( minced pork, crab, shrimp), egg, and rice paper. Besides, you can add spices like onions, salt, garlic, wood ear.. Remember to take food that you can add carrot, tofu, jicama, kohlrabi...

The true way to eat Vietnamese spring rolls

The "soul" of spring rolls is dipping sauce. To mix dipping sauce, you need to prepare the ingredients such as: lemon, sugar, pepper, minced garlic, chili and fish sauce. 

After mixing following the proportion, you should add some pickled carrot, green papaya, or kohlrabi.

Spring rolls with traditional dipping sauce

Besides, visitors can eat with fresh vermicelli. If you want to try fried Vietnamese spring rolls, you don't need vermicelli. With a cup of dipping sauce only, visitors will feel delicious with some of Vietnamese spring rolls such as  fresh Vietnamese spring rolls, pho Vietnamese spring rolls, or cuon diep (vegetarian lettuce rolls).  

Some the popular Vietnamese spring rolls to try at least once

Vietnamese people create many spring rolls, making various types of spring rolls with unique and delicious flavor. We will intro the most popular ones in the below that you refer:

Fried Vietnamese spring rolls 

The ingredients of fried spring rolls are minced pork, shrimp, egg, vegetables, glass noodles and spices. After that, they are wrapped  with rice paper and fried on a hot pan. The color of the outer shell of the rice paper changed into light brown.

Fried Vietnamese spring rolls 

The time of frying is about 5 minutes, you put them on a plate and tray with dipping sauce and vermicelli. The southern people called  fried spring rolls Cha gio and the northern people called Nem Ran.

Fresh Vietnamese spring rolls

Fresh spring rolls are the other food to fried ones. The ingredients are cooked or eaten raw. The fresh Vietnamese spring rolls are made from pork, boiled shrimp, herbs, and vermicelli. 

If you exclude meat and replace it with tofu and mushrooms, you will have a Vegetarian spring roll, which looks attractive. 

Pho Vietnamese spring rolls 

Pho Vietnamese spring rolls have ingredients the same as fresh ones, but replace meat by beef and dried rice paper by fresh rice sheets. You can choose the salt, sour and sweet dipping sauce following the taste. 

Pho Vietnamese spring rolls

You can easily find it in Hanoi, near the Truc Bach area.

Vietnamese spring rolls crab meat

Spring rolls crab meat is one of the most popular in Hai Phong, Vietnam. However, this food is present all over the city in Vietnam. The ingredients are crab, shrimp, pork, wood ear, mushroom, glass vermicelli and finally bean sprouts. 

Vietnamese spring rolls crab meat

The food will be wrapped into a square shape in dried rice paper. The chef will put spring rolls of crab into the deep oil of the pan. When eating it, you can try fresh herbs to grow the flavour. 

Vegetarian lettuce rolls 

Vegetarian lettuce rolls have a lot of vegetables. Besides, you can add some boiled pork, shrimp, and fresh vermicelli. They will be wrapped by mustard leaves and tightened with green onion stalk. 

Vegetarian lettuce rolls

The sauce is special adding peanuts and ginger, making this food become irresistibly delicious. 

Experiencing Vietnamese food is the best thing to do in an S-shaped country. Tourists have supplied Vietnamese spring rolls with a variety of kinds, making your taste stimulating. Try it to feel the delicious flavour in your vacation in Vietnam. 

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