Optional: 225g pork tenderloin
Marinade
¼ teaspoon salt + ¼ teaspoon white pepper
½ teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine
½ teaspoon cornstarch
Spring rolls
1 package spring roll wrappers
1 tablespoon cornstarch + 1 boiling water
vegetable oil, for deep frying
Dipping sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
2 theelepels water
2 teaspoons soy sauce
The filling
2 tablespoons oil
1 clove garlic (minced)
10 (dried) shiitake mushrooms
2 medium carrots, cut into strips
1 small Chinese cabbage, cut into strips
1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
salt and freshly ground white pepper, to taste
¼ teaspoon sugar
To bind the fillng
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons hot water
For Chinese New Year we are making delicious small Chinese spring rolls, with and without meat. We add a pakchoi, leek and 2 scallions to the vegetables. The full recipe is on the PDF that you can print freely, without giving us your email address :) We are not going to tell you that thespring rolls are ready in no time, because it is a bit of work. But is it worth making them yourself? Duh!!! They are very tasty!
How to make small Chinese spring rolls
The preparation
Clean the shi take or soak them if you have dried ones.
Cut the pork tenderloin into small pieces.
Stir the ingredients for the marinade until combined.
Stir in the pieces of pork tenderloin.
Wash the vegetables and chop all finely.
Place pak choi, Chinese cabbage and leek in a bowl.
Put shi take, carrots, scallions in a second one.
Allow the vegetables to drain
The preparation is ready, put a frying pan on high heat and add two tablespoons of oil, you are going to stir fry the filling!
Fry the pork all around until brown.
Fry the garlic with it for a minute.
Stir fry the carrot mixture too.
Stir fry the cabbage-mix too.
Stir fry both the vegetable mixtures for 1 minute at a time, stir in the Shaoxing and wait for the cabbage to wilt
Stir in the oil and soy sauce as well.
Sir in the sugar, salt and pepper.
Stir the cornstarch with the hot water.
Stir the paste into the filling.
Let it rhicken for one minute.
Let the filling cool for 1 hour.
Put the oil on low heat.
Gently pull the very thin sheets of dough apart.
Place the dough diagonal before you and spoon 2 tablespoons filling on top.
Tuck the bottom point in, under the filling.
Stir a paste of 1 tablespoon cornstarch with 1 tablespoon warm water, to fasten the points of the envelopes
Now heat the oil on medium heat to 180°C
Fold both the sides of the dough sheet into an envelope.
Fasten the point of the envelope, stick it on with the paste.
The cornstarch paste will only stick when dried, let it dry while you roll.
How to bake the spring rolls
Carefully lower the spring rolls into the hot oil.
Turn them occasionally in the oil and fry until evenly brown.
Drain the spring rolls on a thick layer of kitchen paper.
How to make the dipping sauce
Warm the soy with sugar and water until the sugar has dissolved.
Let the dipping sauce cool until all spring rolls are fried.
Enjoy your snacks and Xin Nian Kuai Le! - Happy Lunar new Year!