Nem Vietnamese pancakes

Prepare the products for the broth:

- peel the onion, then chop it lengthwise. It doesn't matter - you can cut the onion as you like,

- my meat, dry the excess moisture with paper towels, then cut the meat into large pieces,

- shrimp are washed and cleaned if necessary.

We put a large deep frying pan on high heat, pour oil into it and heat it up. Then put the onion in the pan, fry it, stirring it, without forgetting, for 8 minutes. During this time, it will turn golden. We spread the meat, fill it with water. There should be enough water so that the meat is completely covered with it. Reduce the heat to moderate and cook the contents of the pan for half an hour.

Add chili powder, granulated sugar, salt (two-thirds) to the pan. Pour vinegar. Mix and cook everything together for 3-4 minutes. If the meat is too tough, cook for longer until it is completely ready. Remove the meat from the pan, leaving the broth. When the meat cools down, cut it into small pieces.

While the meat cools down, we cook the shrimp. We put them in boiling broth, add the rest of the salt and cook the seafood for 3 minutes. This time will be enough for the shrimp to cook. We spread the shrimp, as well as the meat, on a plate, separate.

My cucumbers and carrots. After we clean the carrots, we cut off the tips of the cucumbers. Cut carrots and cucumbers thinly lengthwise. You can use a special grater at the same time. We put both on separate plates. My greens: lettuce, basil, mint. We dry the greens with paper towels and tear them into large pieces. Small twigs can be left whole.

We also put rice noodles on a separate plate.

And now the most interesting stage of cooking! By the way, it is already possible to invite loved ones to the table.

Pour warm water into a large bowl. A sheet of rice paper should fit in the bowl. We dip the first sheet, wait a few seconds, and then lay it out on a flat surface. You can not keep the leaf in the water for too long, otherwise it may soften too much.

Step back 4 cm from the bottom edge of the sheet, put the shrimp. We divide all the fillings approximately into 12 parts, and that's exactly how many pancakes we will get in the end. We put lettuce, pork on the shrimp, then meow and basil, then rice noodles, and then carrots and cucumber. Do not overload the pancakes too much with the filling: if it turns out too much, it's better to let the extra one remain.

Folding pancakes. Repeat the same with the other eleven. We serve the finished dish with your favorite dipping sauce.

Bon appetit!