Colorful Spring Rolls in Bowl Form
I love to cook with the rainbow! When you’ve got this many colorful veggies you know it’s got to be packed with vitamins and nutrients. Then add a creamy peanut sauce to that blend and you know it’s got to be good!
Spring Roll or is it a Summer Roll?
So I think technically these should maybe be called “Summer Roll Bowls” but spring or summer who will notice? Spring rolls are generally served crispy and hot, usually deep fried and summer rolls include lots of fresh, raw veggies and are served cold. But here we do have a bit of a blend, the noodles and protein are served hot and you get lots of crisp raw veggies. And I’m use to the name “spring rolls” because that’s what they call them at the local Thai restaurants near me – but that must be an Americanized Thai/Vietnamese food thing. But honestly what do I know? I’m no expert so feel free to enlighten me if I’m wrong on the differences :).
The Best Peanut Sauce
I love when restaurants serve spring rolls with peanut sauce so that’s what I went with here, but some sort of sesame honey-lime dressing would also be delicious. Then I also added the protein to make it more of filling main dish. But if you are vegetarian you could definitely just omit the shrimp or chicken and fish sauce and still have a delicious Spring Roll Bowl.
Lots of Fresh Herbs
If you are wondering why all the herbs underneath the veggies I just did that so those pretty colors of the veggies would show through, but there are plenty of fresh herbs under there. And I definitely recommend thinly slicing you your veggies, especially the red cabbage. Try and shave it (using a big sharp knife), it will make all the difference. To save a step you can go for the pre-cut matchstick carrots at the store versus julienning them yourself. For the rice noodles look for those that look like a haystack of noodles (they come in an authentic looking package, I used this brand), I think their medium thickness is best here. Like this recipe, try these others (follow link below photo for recipe):
Slow Cooker Thai Chicken Curry Thai Chicken Tacos with Peanut Sauce Chicken Pad Thai
