Fresh and Fragrant Thai Basil Beef Rolls Recipe
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Cook Time:
15 minutes
Servings:
4 Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon cooking oil
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon ginger paste
  • 1 lemongrass stalk, finely chopped
  • ½ teaspoon Chinese five spice
  • 3 shallots, peeled and finely chopped
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • ¼ cup sweet chili sauce
  • Juice ½ lime
  • ⅓ cup fresh Thai basil, roughly chopped
  • ⅓ cup fresh cilantro
  • 1 cup gem lettuce, finely sliced
  • 1 avocado, finely sliced
  • 2 scallions, sliced
  • 10 rice paper rolls
Directions
  1. Heat up a large pan to medium heat, and then add the cooking oil and the ground beef. Season well with salt and pepper and then brown the ground beef for around 5 minutes.
  2. Add the minced garlic, ginger paste, chopped lemongrass, and Chinese five spice to the pan with the beef and cook everything for a minute or two longer until it smells fragrant.
  3. Add the chopped shallots, soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, and lime juice, and then let everything cook for 5 more minutes, stirring regularly. Stir in the Thai basil, then remove the pan from the heat and set to one side.
  4. Prepare a surface area to assemble the rolls, by gathering together the scallions, cilantro, lettuce, and avocado, along with the beef mixture, and the rice paper rolls. Cover a surface with a cloth kitchen towel, and fill a plate with water.
  5. Place the rice paper rolls into the water on the plate one at a time, and soak them for roughly 30 seconds, or according to the packets instructions, until they are soft and malleable.
  6. Remove the rice paper wrap from the water and spread it out onto the kitchen towel. Place the a spoon full of the beef mixture into the centre of the wrap, and add a little of each of scallions, cilantro, lettuce, and avocado.
  7. To roll, fold in the edges of the rice paper wrap, and then roll it forward like you would a burrito, until the filling is fully encased in the wrap. Preserve completed wraps on damp kitchen towel before consuming.