RECIPE

Roast Beef Summer Rolls

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 40 MIN
  • SERVINGS: 6

Vietnamese summer rolls are often filled with or shrimp, but Grace Parisi makes hers with roast beef from the deli.

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 40 MIN
  • SERVINGS: 6
  • FAST
  • HEALTHY
  • MAKE-AHEAD

Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. 1 large garlic clove, smashed
    2. 1 1/2 tablespoons light brown sugar
    3. 1 teaspoon Thai green curry paste
    4. 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
    5. 2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce
    6. 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
    7. 1/4 cup chopped mint
    8. 1/3 cup mayonnaise
    9. 4 cups coleslaw mix
    10. 1/2 pound rare deli roast beef, thinly sliced and cut into 1/2-inch strips
    11. 24 six-inch-round rice paper wrappers, plus more in case of breakage

Directions

  1. In a mortar, pound the garlic to a paste with the brown sugar and green curry paste. Add the lime juice, fish sauce and 3 tablespoons of water. Stir in half of the cilantro and mint. In a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise with 1 tablespoon of the green curry dipping sauce.
  2. In a large bowl, toss the coleslaw mix with the roast beef and the remaining cilantro and mint.
  3. Fill a pie plate with warm water. Dip 2 or 3 rice paper wrappers at a time in the water, then set them on a work surface to soften, about 1 minute. Spread a scant teaspoon of the curry mayonnaise on the bottom third of each wrapper and top with a scant 3 tablespoons of the roast beef filling. Roll the wrappers into tight cylinders, tucking in the sides as you go. Transfer the rolls to a plastic wrap–lined baking sheet and repeat with the remaining wrappers, curry mayonnaise and filling.
  4. Just before serving, cut each roll in half and serve with the dipping sauce.