Spring Rolls

I have a very good internet friend, who I met via the Steely Dan World. She is Dutch, but her family has its roots in Indonesia. This is her families recipe. I found the recipe, came home tonight, stopped at the store and bought the missing ingredients to made them. Easy to do and so delicious...OMG!

A few things. I got the egg roll wraps and from the amount at the top of the recipe, I think maybe I should have gotten the wonton size. I ended up with 14 spring rolls, that were egg roll size. Not a problem, but not what I was expecting. I did not see directions regarding the tofu, so I cubed it (like I did the pork) and fried it in the oil, too. I ended up using Olive Oil, since that was what I had in the house.
I also added some celery, because I had some and figured it would work out well. It did. I ended up putting about 2 tablespoons of the mixture at the top of the wrap. I folded over a small seam at both ends and I put a little water at the very bottom of the wrap. Then I began rolling it, keeping the mixture toward the center of the tube. When it was fully rolled, the water on the bottom of the wrap, helped to close the roll. I immediately placed it in the frying pan and browned them on all sides. That's it. From my pictures you can see that my spring rolls came out looking more like a Mexican Chimichaga. To see Gina's, click the title of the recipe, below.


Updated to add: I have made them several times and the instructions on how to roll them correctly, is right there on the egg roll wrap packaging. Duh!
The other thing, is that I did have the correct size wraps. If I used the small wonton wraps, you just get a wonton. Not a bad thing, but not a spring roll. :-)
By the way, I end up with about 16 Spring rolls.



50 spring roll wraps

1 tofu
1 ounce of bean sprouts
1 small can of bamboo shoots
1 large carrot
spring onions
2 ounce of pork or chicken
3 cloves of garlic
pepper
salt
dash of coriander powder
dash of soy sauce (sweet or salted)

sunflower oil

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It’s important that the meat and vegetables are cut up in small pieces.



Stir fry the pork or chicken with the garlic in some oil. Add garlic, pepper and salt. Except for the bamboo shoots (already cut) and bean sprouts, everything else is cut in small pieces. As soon as the meat is done, add the bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, spring onions and carrot, stir it some. In the meantime, add the coriander and soy sauce.



What works well, is fry two spring rolls in a small pan on the fire while you fold the rest of the spring rolls. Enjoy!