Cajun Spring Rolls

This is my kitchen. One burner. One ELECTRIC burner. It's a challenging space, but with some creativity it's fine.

~*~THIS IS ONE ELECTRIC BURNER, ONE PAN FRIENDLY~*~

Current mood: It's too cold to go outside for a 15 minute walk to the market
Sounds: Frank Sinatra's Bests via youtube.com
Drink: Some the finest Cab. Sav. from the GS25 on the corner
Time: 2ish hours due to random distractions and I decided to make two batches


This is gonna be all the information that you want:the recipe. Not too much chit-chat that will be skipped over anyways.... Digging through my cupboards I found the randomly purchased Vietnamese rice paper and some Cajun spices. I've never used either of these and don't know how either came into my possession. So I immediately thought "Let's do some mixology here and make some spicy Cajun Spring Rolls". 


I used this amount and it yielded about 7 spring rolls. So add or subtract for what you want.


-4/5 cloves of garlic
-sprinkles and dashes of red pepper flakes for those who like it HOT
-2 red onions
-coconut oil
-maybe like 20ish shrimp
-lime juice
-Cajun Seasoning
-2 big carrots
-18cm rice paper
-chopped cilantro
-lettuce(the stuff you get at BBQ)

• Mince up that garlic real good and toss it in the pan with some coconut oil. Stir it up till it's a tad brown.
• While your waiting on the garlic, dice up those onions. When the time is right, and the garlic is turning it's first shades of brown, toss those onions in. 
• Stir all this up with some squirts of lime juice and some chopped cilantro. Add as much to the flavor you like. While you're waiting, do some side work of chopping up the carrots. When the onions are looking soft, toss in the carrots. I added more coconut oil in during this step also. In my opinion, you can't have too much. It just adds to the flavour. 
• Periodically shimmy and shake some Cajun seasoning in there. Also add in some red pepper flakes.
• When it's nice and good, put them in a separate bowl on the side. 
• Toss in the shrimp and cook till ready. I bought the already cooked ones, so cook the shrimp how you need to with what you bought.

• Sprinkle in some more Cajun Seasoning, because it's great, and sauté the shrimp.
• When they are cooked, take them out and chop them into small pieces.
• Put everything in the pan just for a quick 2 minute sauté  and let everything mix and blend together.

NOW, for the making of the rolls.

• Dip the rice paper in the warm water real fast, flip it, and repeat. Then place on whatever flat surface you have available (I used my cutting board).
• I used one or two leaves of lettuce for each roll and ripped them up a little and placed them down. Then I took about two spoonfuls of the carrot, onion, shrimp mix. Use what you feel is good for you.
• If you wanna add some extra spice, on a few i put a line or two of Siriacha sauce.
• Simply roll them up and put them on a plate.

At this point you've probably drank enough wine and listened to enough Sinatra you're in a real good place, which makes clean up a breeze. 

The Damage

HOW TO ENJOY:

Whatever wine you have leftover from casually drinking while cooking, go ahead, and treat yourself, finish it while enjoying these delectable rolls. Give business to your local GS Man and keep yourself happy. Dip in some rice paper chili sauce found at the markets, and enjoy!