Rice Paper Salad Rolls, Shrimp and Pork with Lime and Garlic Dipping Sauce

Take note of the cross-thatched pattern on the rice paper. In Vietnam artisans make the rice paper by steaming rice flour batter on cloth over a caldron of water boiling over a fire of burning rice husks and peanut shells. The sheets are sun-dried on bamboo mats that create the pattern, a sign of hand-craftsmanship.

The rice paper is quite simple to work with once you’ve practiced with a few sheets. In Vietnam they eat them quite chewy, only rubbing th