Recipe Cuisine: Vietnamese
Theme: Soul Spicy
Vietnamese spring rolls fried
By: Karen Nguyen
Ingredients
- 500g pork mince
- 3 eschallots finely diced
- 1 small carrot julienned
- 6 wood ear mushroomsSoaked for 30 minutes in hot water then finely julienned
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp chicken powder
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp white pepper
- Peanut oil for shallow frying
- Vietnamese rice paper (Banh Trang) for rolling
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 4 garlic cloves
- 3/4 boiling water
- 3 tbsp Squid brand fish sauce
- 1/2 lime
- Lettuce to serve
- Coriander to serve
Product used in recipe
- SQUID BRAND - FISH SAUCE
Method
- To make the spring rolls, combine the pork mince, eschallots, carrot, wood ear mushrooms, cornflour, oyster sauce, soy sauce, chicken powder, sugar, sesame oil and pepper.
- Mix well and set aside.
- To prepare the rice paper, fill a large bowl with warm water.
- Dip one rice paper into the to the water to wet entirely
- Place the wet rice paper onto a plate. It soften quickly.
- Take a few tablespoons of spring roll filling and place àt one end of the wet rice paper.
- Roll firmly into a log shape tucking the sides in neatly to form a spring roll then place on a tray lined with baking paper.
- Repeat until all filling is used up, setting each spring roll slightly apart from each other or they’ll stick together.
- To make the Nuoc Mam Dipping sauce use a mortar and pestle to grind together the sugar and garlic, until a paste is formed
- Place in a bowl and add boiling water mixing well.
- Add Squid brand fish sauce, chilli and a squeeze of lime.
- To fry the spring rolls, heat a pan with enough peanut oil to shallow fry.
- When the oil is medium hot, place a few springs rolls into the pan and fry till cooked through and golden brown.
- Serve with Nuoc Mam dipping sauce.
- And free to wrap each spring roll with lettuce and coriander before dipping.
- Enjoy!
