Rice paper dumplings are very popular!
Here you use rice paper sheets ("banh trang" in Vietnamese), which are usually used to make Vietnamese Summer rolls (also called Fresh spring rolls) ("Goi cuon" in Vietnamese). The rice paper sheets become soft when briefly soaked in water, allowing you to add filling and roll the rice paper around the filling into small packages.
However, rice paper sheets can also be used to make spring rolls that are fried (the rolls are then called "Nem ran" in the northern part of Vietnam and "Cha gio" in the southern part of Vietnam). Rice paperdumplings can be made a little more square in shape but are otherwise quite similar to fried spring rolls with rice paper.
Frying makes the rice paper crunchy on the outside. Since the spring rolls are to be fried, it is also fine to fill them with raw meat before frying.
This version is filled with minced chicken, cabbage, carrot, and spring onion, which are added with garlic, ginger, soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce, and sesame oil for delicious Asian flavors. The fried rice paper dumplings can be dipped in wonderful soy sauce dip or sweet chili sauce.
Easy to make at home, and much better than takeaway! 😋