Spring Rolls

Description

These tasty spring rolls are packed with vegetables, seafood and pork. They contain a lot of ingredients but are worth the effort. Serve them with your favorite sauce. Some types of mushrooms may need to be soaked 2 to 3 hours before use. Ground turkey may be substituted for pork.

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces dry soy vermicelli
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 2 ounces mushrooms, drained and chopped
  • ¾ (4 ounce) can small shrimp, drained and chopped
  • 1 pound lean ground pork
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 carrot, shredded
  • 2 ounces crabmeat
  • 3 ounces bean sprouts
  • 2 pinches ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped
  • 20 rice wrappers (6.5 inch diameter)
  • 1 quart oil for deep frying

Instructions

  1. Soak the vermicelli 30 minutes in warm water; drain.
  2. In a large bowl
  3. mix the vermicelli
  4. eggs
  5. onion
  6. mushrooms
  7. shrimp
  8. pork
  9. vegetable oil
  10. carrot
  11. crabmeat
  12. bean sprouts
  13. pepper
  14. soy sauce
  15. fish sauce and garlic.
  16. One by one
  17. moisten the rice wrappers with a damp tea towel and fill with 2 to 3 tablespoons of the vermicelli mixture. Roll the wrappers
  18. and allow them to set for 30 minutes.
  19. In a large saucepan
  20. heat the oil to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  21. Fry the spring rolls one or two at a time until golden brown
  22. about 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels.

Prep Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins

Servings: 20

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