Bo Bia Cuon, a Vietnamese street food gem, features rice paper rolls filled with Chinese sausage, eggs, jicama, carrots, and herbs. Each bite offers a perfect balance of sweet, salty, and crunchy flavors, complemented by a hoisin-peanut dipping sauce. It's a refreshing and delightful treat, perfect as an appetizer or light meal.
Ingredients
2packageschinese sausage , slice in 3, lengthwise
¼cupdried shrimp, soaked in warm water for 15 mins then mince
16eggs, beaten
½pinchkosher salt
pinch black pepper
2Tbspavocado oil, or any neutral oil, plus a little extra for frying the egg crepes
1onion, peeled, chopped
3cupsjicama, peeled, chopped
3cupscarrots, peeled, chopped
1Tbspkosher salt
1Tbspmushroom powder
rice paper
red leaf lettuce
rau ram, or any herb that you like such as basil, cilantro, mint leaves
5persian cucumbers, thinly sliced lengthwise
⅓cuppeanuts, crushed
Instructions
Pan fry the Chinese sausages over medium low heat. You don’t need to add cooking oil to the pan as the Chinese sausage will release oil once you start cooking them. Cook the sausages, occasionally flipping them over until they slightly brown, close to 10 minutes. Place on paper towel lined plate to soak up the oil. Let it cool then cut them into ¼ inch slices. Put aside.
Soak the dried shrimp in warm water for at least 15 minutes. Drain and mince it finely with a small electric chopper or manually chop. Set aside.
In a bowl, beat the eggs together and add a pinch of salt and black pepper. In a non-stick pan, add a little oil and fry the egg mix, on medium high, ¼ cup at a time to create a thin crepe. Pile each egg crepe on a cutting board. Once the egg crepes cool, slice them thinly, one inch long julienned style. Set aside.
Add 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan, and once it heats up add the chopped onions. Cook the onions for a couple of minutes until they are soft. Add jicama and carrots and season with ½ Tbsp of salt along with mushroom powder and dried shrimp. Sauté and continue to mix until softened, probably 5 minutes or so. Set aside.
Now that you have all your ingredients laid out, it’s time to start rolling! Wet the rice paper and add one ingredient at a time. Top with lettuce, rau ram, a cucumber slice and a sprinkle of crushed peanuts.