Rice Paper Salad Rolls with Ginger Dipping Sauce

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== Ingredients ==
* 1 lb thin asparagus, bottoms trimmed and discarded, with 4- to 5-inch tips remaining
* 1 tsp sea salt
* 1 tsp canola oil
* 2 oz rice vermicelli
* 2 carrots, peeled and sliced into long strips, ⅛ inch wide
* 1 Japanese cucumber, peeled and sliced into long strips, ⅛ inch wide
* ½ cup large fresh mint leaves
* 1 small head red-leaf lettuce, leaves separated and washed
* 8 to 10 (8½-inch-round) rice paper wrappers
* Ginger Dipping Sauce
== Directions ==
# Bring saucepan of water and sea salt to a boil over high heat.
# Blanch asparagus for 1 minute.
# Remove asparagus from water, rinse under cold water and set aside.
# Add oil to water and cook vermicelli about 2 minutes, or until tender.
# Drain and rinse under cold water.
# Leave noodles in cool water to prevent sticking together.
# Just before wrapping, drain noodles and place on cookie sheet, loosely covered with damp paper towel.
# Repeat with prepared vegetables, mint leaves and lettuce.
# Fill large mixing bowl with very hot water.
# Keep boiling water handy if temperature drops.
# Dip rice paper wrapper into water for several seconds; these soften after moistening.
# Remove from water and lay flat on work surface.
# Place 2 mint leaves on bottom half of wrapper.
# Layer small lettuce leaf, 2 asparagus spears and pieces of cucumber and carrot on top of mint.
# Top with 1 tablespoon of the noodles.
# Start rolling wrapper up tightly, folding right and left sides in over filling after first roll.
# Continue rolling rice paper and pressing in ingredients, keeping edges folded in, until packet is complete.
# Repeat procedure with rice papers until you have used up filling.
# Cut each roll in half, arrange attractively on platter and pass with Ginger Dipping Sauce.
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