Goi Cuon (Vietnamese Summer Rolls)

Step 8 Rolling!

Rolling takes some practice to do well. The mistake everyone makes the first few times around is to try to put too much in one roll. Here's this big empty plate with rice paper on it, and you want to just heap stuff all over it. If you get too ambitious, the roll will still taste good; It will just be hard to eat.

There are some photos of the rolling procedure below. I also found this great video on YouTube, by user chubbypanda:

Dunk the rice paper once into a pot of warm water and lay it on your plate. Don't soak the rice paper; it will soften while you add ingredients. Add your veggies and other ingredients, then roll it up. You can tuck in the ends mid-roll if you want your goi cuon to be really neat, but that's not necessary. Sauce can be added in the roll, or you can dip it as you eat.