n a bowl, mix minced ginger, fish sauce, sugar, chopped mint, ground beef, pepper, minced cilantro, dried shiitake mushrooms, minced garlic, light soy sauce, rice vinegar, and minced green onion.

Exclude the carrots for now. Let it sit for at least 15 minutes.

Heat 2 tbsp neutral oil in a pan over medium heat.

Fry minced carrots for 2 minutes.

Add the seasoned filling to the pan with carrots.

Cook, stirring sometimes until fully cooked.

Once the filling cools, soak the rice paper for 5-10 seconds in warm water.

Place the rice paper on a flat surface

Put 2.5 tbsp of cooked filling in the center of the rice paper.

The top should be folded in the direction of the middle.

Next, fold the right and left sides inward.

Folding everything over the bottom at the end.

Once again, wrap the already-wrapped dumpling with an --additional sheet of rice paper.

Heat enough neutral oil in a pan over medium heat.

Once the oil is hot, place the rice paper dumplings on the pan, with the unfolded side upwards.

You can slowly press down with a spatula for even cooking.

Fry until both sides are golden brown.

Preparing the Dipping Sauce:

In a separate bowl, mix rice vinegar, sugar, chili oil (add sesame seeds if desired), light soy sauce, and sesame oil.

Serve the dumplings with the dipping sauce.

Enjoy your delicious homemade rice paper dumplings with meat!