Spring Rolls
春卷
Fresh vegetable and meat filling wrapped in thin pancakes, served as traditional Chinese rolls. A versatile dish featuring crisp vegetables and savory filling in delicate, homemade wrappers.
Servings
4-5 people
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
10 minutes
Spice Level
Not Spicy
Ingredients
Instructions
First cut the side dishes: cut cucumber and scallion into strips.
Cut carrot into strips and stir-fry with a little oil (stir-frying carrot with oil can promote better absorption of vitamins); beat the eggs and pan-fry into an egg pancake in a flat pan, let cool and cut into strips.
Stir-fry the vegetables and meat strips: wash the bean sprouts and Chinese chive, don't wash the wok from before, directly add a little oil (just a little) and stir-fry until soft, add a little salt.
Cut lean pork into strips, rub with vegetable oil and starch to lock in moisture, mix doubanjiang, sweet bean sauce, cooking wine, dark soy sauce, starch and a little water to make sauce, stir-fry the meat and add the sauce.
Make the wrappers: directly buy dumpling wrappers, then brush one layer of oil on each dumpling wrapper, about 5-10 sheets per batch, stack them together, stretch them round by hand, then roll them out with a rolling pin.
Steam for about 2 minutes after the water boils.
You can prepare the next batch of wrappers while steaming.
After steaming, quickly remove the lid, take them out and let them cool slightly, then you can separate the wrapper sheets.
- This method for making wrappers should be the simplest and most convenient. But many people still say they can't succeed, and the wrappers break when lifted. When making them, be careful that lifting the lid midway is the source of failure.
- The wrappers cook very easily; there's no need to lift the lid to check. Basically, during the time it takes to prepare the next batch of wrappers, just let it steam. Lift the lid only once; don't let the steam fall down, and you'll definitely succeed.
- Then it's recommended to lay a kitchen cloth on the steamer. The last layer will stick to the cloth, and after cooling, it's also easy to peel off, with no waste at all.