15+ Tasty Rice Paper Recipes (Rolls and Beyond!) - The Nessy Kitchen (2024)

FAQs

Are rice paper rolls healthy? ›

Rice paper rolls are a delicious and nutritious option to enjoy as a snack or as a meal. The roll is low in carbohydrate and fat and offers a moderate protein content. The vegetables make the roll high in fibre and offer your body lots of good vitamins and minerals.

If the rice paper is wet, it will be bad in few days. But the rice paper is dry! It will keep fine until the expiration date.

Storing: The rolls taste best the day they are made, but they can be stored in the refrigerator for 2-3 days. Wrap each roll individually in plastic wrap (to keep the wrapper soft and to keep them from sticking together) and store in an air-tight container in the fridge.

The best tip for successful rice paper rolls is to use cool, room temperature water for dipping. Never warm water! Warm water softens the rice paper too quickly, making them stickier, hard to handle and more prone to breaking.

Mixed rice paper is not only high in calories, eating a lot causes weight gain, but they also contain a lot of fat and starch, even without fiber. If you eat too much mixed rice paper and forget about other nutrients, your body will have an excess of fat and starch.

Overall nutrition

Please remember that both sushi and rice paper rolls are decent take-away food options! But if we are comparing, rice paper rolls most likely take the prize for the most nutritious, especially those packed with fresh vegetables, herbs and fish.

Spring rolls taste so much better when they are not deep-fried. They also are so much cheaper when you make them at home. Here, tender rice paper wrappers contain a fresh filling, and the rolls are accented by a sweet-and-spicy dipping sauce.

How to Store Rice Paper. Once the package has been opened, place it into a resealable plastic bag and store in the pantry or cupboard.

A quick dip in cold water yields a stiff yet pliable wrapper that softens as you roll. A longer or hotter soak yields a sodden, fragile wrapper.

Freezing Rice Paper Rolls

Spring rolls store great in the freezer but only do so after you've done the first round of frying. If you freeze them raw, they will burst open when you try to fry them again. Also, the wrapper texture is denser.

Are rice paper rolls ok for diabetics? ›

Rice paper rolls are lowish in carbs – fill them with a protein such as Tofu, chicken or beef strips and include lettuce and bean sprouts rather than rice paper noodles with carrot and cucumber sticks, check out this recipe from Diabetes Australia.

In the past, my fried spring rolls made with rice paper don't end up all too great. The outside is perfectly crispy, just like it should. But the inside layers of the rice paper don't fully cook all the way through, despite frying them a little longer.

If you put them in the fridge they will dry out. And never eat rice paper rolls the day after they've been made. Don't overfill the rice paper roll. You will know you have over-filled it if it starts falling apart as you are rolling it.

Refrigeration is notorious for drying out rice paper wrappers and making spring rolls rubbery, so fair warning that these won't be quite as supple as their freshly rolled friends (but still delicious nonetheless). Wrap individual summer rolls tightly in plastic wrap and store the rolls in an airtight container.

Tips for extra crispy rice paper rolls...

Brush generously with olive oil which is a healthier way of "frying" them to be crispy yet still tender inside. Don't allow the rice paper rolls to become too soft when soaking in the water. They should still be slightly firm and hold their shape without breaking.