We love a spring roll, along with the rest of the world, particularly Heatho, what kid doesn't order "6 spring rolls thanks" - every-time your out at your local Chinese restaurant? I'd never made them before, but thought I would give it a crack myself. This is a super easy recipe I made for the first time last week, and one that will definitely be making it onto the monthly rotation cycle now. I served it with some Chinese broccoli and oyster sauce, and the entire amount got scoffed in one sitting. Enjoy!
HOMEMADE SPRING ROLL RECIPE
INGREDIENTS
500grams of pork mince
1x carrot
1x cabbage
1x chilli
1x knob of ginger
3x garlic cloves
1x tin of water chestnuts (you'll find these in the asian section at woolies)
1x bunch of spring onion
2x teaspoons of white pepper
1x packet of spring roll pastry (I found these in the frozen section at woolies, there was a few there, but try and get this brand as it only had 3 ingredients, flour, water and salt, the rest had a heap of unrecognisable ingredients in them)
8x tablespoons of soy sauce (half for dipp
1L vegetable oil
METHOD
Dice up your chilli, garlic, water-chestnuts and spring onion (for those that havent used water chestnuts before, drain the liquid from the can before you dice them)
Grate your carrot, ginger and cabbage
Toss all ingredients together with 3 or 4 tablespoons of soy sauce, add your white pepper
Bring your spring roll pastry out of the freezer to start defrost.
Cook your mince in some olive oil until browned, then add in all of your ingredients, cook down until cabbage has wilted - around 10 minutes or so.
Lay out your spring roll pastry , and spoon on 4 heaped tablespoons of mixture - wrap by the angle - I just found this image with some wrapping instructions on google images (image from, yummyaddiction.com)
Heat your vegetable oil until ready for frying (the best way to tell if your oil is hot enough to start frying, is to put a wooden chopstick into the oil, if the oil bubbles the whole way around the stick you know its ready - alternatively add in a crumb or two and see if it starts bubbling and browning or not)
Add in a few spring rolls at a time, and once browned, set aside on some paper towel to drain the excess oil.
Serve with some greens and your sauces of choice
Enjoy!
L xx
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