rice paper

noun

Updated on: 13 Apr 2018

Definition of rice paper

1 : a thin papery material made from the pith of a small Asian tree or shrub (Tetrapanax papyriferum) of the ginseng family; also : a thin paper made from various usually Asian plants (such as the paper mulberry)

2 : a paper-thin sheet of dough made from rice flour and tapioca that is usually used to wrap a filling (as of minced vegetables or ground meat)

Ground pork, carrots, onions and cellophane noodles are wrapped so that the green vegetables show through the translucent white rice paper.
—Donna Hilts

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Recent Examples of rice paper from the Web

Majordomo, which opened earlier this year in L.A., offers creative takes on basics and recently included short ribs with beef rice and shiso rice paper, and macaroni and chickpeas with black pepper.

— alexandra wolfe, WSJ, "David Chang’s Culinary Mash-Ups," 6 Apr. 2018
Slices of pork, shrimp, lettuce, mint, and vermicelli noodles are neatly wrapped up in a translucent rice paper before being dunked into a hoisin-peanut dip.

— christina liao, Vogue, "Beyond Pho and Banh Mi: 22 Must-Eat Vietnamese Dishes," 6 Jan. 2018
Working with 1 at a time, submerge rice paper wrapper in warm water just until soft.

— the good housekeeping test kitchen, Good Housekeeping, "Vietnamese Shrimp and Vegetable Rolls," 13 June 2016
To keep the scaly bandages protected, her team wrapped the paws in two other edible substances: rice paper and corn husks.

— the washington post, AL.com, "Fish skins used to treat bears burned in California wildfires," 26 Jan. 2018
To keep the scaly bandages protected, her team wrapped the paws in two other edible substances: rice paper and corn husks.

— author: karin brulliard, Anchorage Daily News, "Two bears were badly burned in wildfires, and fish skin helped heal them," 26 Jan. 2018
After stitching these bandages onto the creature's paws, the vets wrapped their feet in rice paper and corn husks for extra protections, writes Knickmeyer.

— mika mckinnon, Smithsonian, "Wildlife Burned in California Fires Get Fish Skin Bandages," 24 Jan. 2018
No rice paper walls, Kabuki sound track, or samurai swords in frames.

— craig laban, Philly.com, "Royal Izakaya isn't your parents' Japanese restaurant," 9 Dec. 2017
Cucumber, avocado and shrimp are rolled in rice paper before being crowned with salmon, tuna and avocado.

— lauren delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Eat while you play at these Orlando attractions," 2 Nov. 2017

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