Wollamssam (Korean style Vietnamese rice paper rolls: 월남쌈)

pork belly

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: pork shoulder

Chicken breast is lower in fat, while pork shoulder is more affordable.

ssamjang

🥗Healthier: miso paste

💰Cheaper: soy sauce

Miso paste offers a similar umami flavor with fewer calories.

perilla leaves

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: basil

Spinach provides a similar texture, while basil is more accessible.

gochujang

🥗Healthier: sriracha

💰Cheaper: hot sauce

Sriracha offers heat without the complexity of gochujang.

Make the first sauce by blending canned pineapple and juice with 1/2 cup peanut butter, 2 tablespoons onion, 1 garlic clove, and 1 serrano pepper in a food processor.

Add 2 tablespoons soy sauce and juice from 1.5 lemons to the mixture and blend until smooth.

Refrigerate the peanut sauce.

Prepare the mango sauce by peeling and grinding 1 mango with juice from half a lemon, then refrigerate.

Make a fish sauce by mixing 2 tablespoons fish sauce, 2 teaspoons honey, juice from half a lemon, minced garlic, and chopped green chili pepper.

Prepare vegetables: cut lettuce, cucumber, purple cabbage, and shred 2 carrots.

Blanch mung bean vermicelli for 3 minutes, then strain and cut into smaller pieces.

Slice 1 avocado and squeeze lemon juice on it to prevent browning.

Steam large shrimp for 5 minutes.

Soak rice paper in hot water (not boiling) until soft, then layer perilla leaves, vegetables, shrimp, and noodles on the rice paper.

Wrap the rice paper around the filling and serve with the sauces.

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