Year: 2023

Vietnamese Cuisine: Pork and Shrimp Spring Rolls, the Recipe.
Shrimp and meat spring rolls are a famous dish in central Vietnam, my hometown in Quang Nam-Da Nang. When I was a child, for every family fest, they were prepared together with many dishes to enjoy. Today it has become more popular with every family meal and it is also easy to find them frozen.
They are usually prepared with pork, shrimp and some ingredients that unfortunately I do not have at my disposal exactly like in Vietnam, but the taste remains the same!

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Ingredients

– 500g lean pork mince or ground beef;
– 1 small carrot, thinly sliced ​​or grated;
– 1 small taro, thinly sliced ​​or grated (bought at Asian stores, and if you don’t know what that is go to Wikipedia);
– 2 chicken eggs;
– 1 handful of finely chopped shallots and cilantro;
– A few purple onions and garlic: chopped;
– Olive oil;
– Spices: seasoning, sugar, pepper, fish sauce, MSG;
– 1-2 stacks of rice paper rolls with ram (bought at Asian meat supermarkets).

Preparation

Mix the meat mixture, carrots, taro, cilantro, eggs, onions and minced garlic then season with: 1.5 tablespoons fish sauce, 1.5 teaspoons seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon MSG, 1/3 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and mix well.

Leave the mixture in the fridge for 10 minutes to allow the spices to flavour the entire mixture.
For each piece of rice paper, put a little of the aforementioned mixture, spread evenly. Then, fold the two ends and roll them up in the best way and place them on a plate.
Place a non-stick pan on the stove with olive oil (the amount of oil must be enough to cover the rolls), at medium/high temperature, then fry the rolls in turn until golden brown. Arrange them on a plate and eat with homemade satay (which I have already described in a previous post) or eat with Detchland's sweet and sour chili sauce (purchased at Coop supermarkets or Asian supermarkets).
Note: if you don't like the taste of taro, you can add carrots instead. Once you have grated the carrots and taro, remember to squeeze out the water so that when you mix the mixture it is not too wet making it difficult to fry. The mixture is perfect when it is neither too dry nor too wet and has the sticky consistency of egg. To make sure that the seasoning is right, after mixing the mixture, you can first roll one and fry it to try the spices again to adapt them to your taste.

Vietnamese recipe: pork and shrimp spring rolls – Recette vietnamienne : nems au porc et aux crevettes – Receta vietnamita: rollitos de primavera de cerdo y gambas – Receita vietnamita: rolinhos primavera de carne de porco e camarão – Vietnamesisches Rezept: Frühlingsrollen mit Schweinefleisch und Garnelen – Công thức món Việt: chả giò tôm thịt – 越南食谱：猪肉和大虾春卷 – ベトナムのレシピ：豚肉と海老の春巻き