Summer Roll Bowl
Vietnamese summer rolls become a cool, refreshing meal in a bowl, and almost everything can be done ahead of time. Rice vermicelli, lettuce, herbs, carrots, shrimp, and pork are drizzled with a peanut-hoisin sauce, with a little, or a lot of heat—you decide!
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound cleaned raw shrimp
- 1/2 pound ground pork
- 1/2 cup chopped onions
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil, or other neutral cooking oil
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/3 cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
- 2/3 cup water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sambal chili paste, or to taste
- 8 leaves romaine or leaf lettuce, thinly sliced
- 4 sprigs mint, coarsely chopped
- 4 sprigs cilantro, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup matchstick carrots
- 8 ounces asian-style vermicelli rice noodles
- 1/3 cup crushed peanuts
- 3 green onions chopped, for garnish (optional)

