Lobster Summer Rolls Recipe (2024)

I substituted cooked shrimp for the lobster - it was great!
Makes for a light & flavorful summery dinner. served with Rose.

When I used to make these for our restaurant (with chicken actually but same idea) I would cover them with a wrung out linen tea towel and then plastic wrap. This keeps them moist and the linen doesn't stick to them like plastic wrap can.

@Haris: They taste best freshly rolled but can be made in advance. I would serve same-day, and not refrigerate longer than 6 hrs (wraps may harden and get chewy). A little mist of water will soften it. Remove 15-30 minutes before serving.

Round cake pan is perfect size to hold water for softening rice paper rounds.

Used wraps from Wholefoods that are called Gem Wraps, sandwich wraps - vegetable based rollups. Yum.
Couldn't find the rice paper wraps and will try that next time.

Lobster doesn't appear to travel well some 3,000 miles west, so we substituted Dungeness crab. Really tasty.

I substituted shrimp too and it was great! I recommend doubling the dipping sauce, it wasn't quite enough.

@jeff r: Rice paper wraps can be found in (Southeast) Asian stores super cheap ($1.50 for 12oz).

Yum! Had no peanuts; substituted 1T crunchy peanut butter--Delish!

I'm trying these this evening. Made a vietnamese slaw to go with. And am going to steam some fresh corn.

Maybe steamed edamame and a coconut-based curry or lemongrass veggie soup?

Substitute crab for lobster.

These were GREAT! Given the cost of lobster right now, I just used imitation, but for this application, it worked great. The dipping sauce is SLAMMIN’. So darn good (will definitely double it next time). Rice paper wrappers are easily found at Whole Foods or Wegman’s (if you’re near one). Perfect, light summer lunch. Yum!

The sauce was way too sour for me. I’d lower the amount of lime next time. In this economy, wrapping lobster within tons of veggies is wild—imitation lobster was perfectly fine :)

Excellent flavors. Next time though I will likely use shrimp as the flavors are pretty intense to use on expensive lobster. I also will try to find the 12” rice wrappers as the 9” I found at the market simply are not big enough, it was difficult to roll properly. The sauce is outstanding; I recommend using a high quality fish sauce such as Haku Iwashi Japanese fish sauce.

This is the roll to make- the seasonings to the filling make this a standout. Used shrimp instead of lobster. Consider adding a bit of rice vermicelli next time as binder and to make rolls more substantial Dipping sauce areal winner

Tasty! But the other flavors kind of overwhelm the subtle flavor of the lobster, which was quite expensive. Next time will make this with shrimp or maybe ground pork.

Made this again tonight using lightly seared tuna and adding julienned mango. WOW!!! The mango added a great counterpoint to the savory tastes.Love this recipe and I usually make it with shrimp, as that's what is available where I live.

I made these yesterday but substituted canned lump crab meat which I shredded. They were fun to make and pretty easy after getting the handling of the rice paper figured out.

Don’t cut the rolls more than once. If you cut into thirds they are likely to fall apart. Also, your dipping sauce will run right through. Try adding purple cabbage or Mung bean sprouts. Try offering a peanut sauce as well! My family will eat at least a few cups of peanut sauce in one sitting, rarely do I have any left over.

Made this in Singapore with crab, as lobster is harder to come by. They were delicious though I’d tinker with the sauce recipe next time or try something different altogether

I don't think using lobster in these was worth the expense and the shelling time. The other (delicious) flavors obscured the lobster. I would use shrimp or chunks of meaty white fish next time. These were easy to make.

I dearly love rolls like this, but my attempts at using rice paper have always resulted in them being too rubbery and chewy, regardless of how long I soak them. Is there a secret to this?

Hard to find the right size for the wraps, so had to double.Very well appreciated from my daughter and her So, who I gave some to.Haven't yet tested it, waiting for dinner. They ate them for lunch.

Lobster doesn't appear to travel well some 3,000 miles west, so we substituted Dungeness crab. Really tasty.

Round cake pan is perfect size to hold water for softening rice paper rounds.