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Pan-Fried Vietnamese Egg Rolls

Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 17 -18 egg rolls

Ingredients

  • 1 package spring roll wrappers

Filling

  • 1 pound lean ground turkey I used 93%
  • ½ pound ground pork
  • ½ pound shrimp
  • 1 carrot
  • 4 long green onions chopped
  • 5-6 dried shitake mushrooms soaked in hot water
  • 1 bean thread vermicelli
  • 3 Tbs fish sauce look for the 3 crabs on the label
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 Tbs sesame oil
  • ½ Tbs of ground ginger
  • 2 egg whites leave yolk for closing the wrappers

Dipping sauce

  • 1 Tbs fish sauce
  • 4 Tbs water
  • ½ teaspoon minced garlic
  • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1 teaspoon sriracha
  • Juice of ½ lime

Instructions

Filling:

  • Soak noodles in boiling water until cooked. Be ready to quickly add to an ice bath to stop the cooking process. Soak dried mushrooms in hot water for about 15 min or until softened. Squeeze both noodles and mushrooms dry. Cut vermicelli into shorter strands.
  • In a food processor, pulse mushroom and carrot until finely chopped. Add to large mixing bowl. In same food processor, add shrimp and pulse until coarsely ground (do not overprocess or it will become pasty). Add all the ingredients to the large bowl. Mix thoroughly.

Assembly

  • Place 2-3 Tablespoons of filling in center of wrapper. Roll corner/edge closest to you over filling. Fold in sides of wrapper and continue rolling. Lightly brush remaining corner/edge with egg yolk and tightly roll. Gently press to seal. Repeat.

Cooking

  • Add about 2 teaspoon of oil in a frying pan. Fry egg rolls on both sides until browned (approx 3-4 minutes per side). Add about 3 Tbs of water to pan and quickly cover with a lid. Continue cooking for 2-3 minutes to steam the filling.