Thai Spring Rolls are a great make ahead appetizer, and this recipe feeds a crowd!
Thai Spring Rolls made with ground pork, matchstick cut carrots, sliced cabbage and thinly sliced onion all wrapped up and fried until golden…are so good and actually fun to make!
I recently learned to make Thai Spring Rolls for the first time. I don’t think I ever would have ventured out of my cooking comfort zone if it wasn’t for our friend Veeda showing us how it’s done. It’s funny how sometimes you never think to make something at home that you love to order when eating out, like Thai Spring Rolls.
While shopping at Winco (their bulk foods section is reason enough for a visit…they have lemon heads…the big ones!), I thought I’d see if they had all the ingredients to make Thai Spring Rolls, and sure enough, they did! Last week I became a fish sauce first timer. Even uncooked, these rolls are pretty. We love to dip them in sweet chili sauce, for an awesome appetizer to feed a crowd.
Thai Spring Rolls
Thai Spring Rolls made with ground pork, matchstick cut carrots, sliced cabbage and thinly sliced onion all wrapped up and fried until golden.
Ingredients
For the Thai Sprint Rolls:
- 3/4 lb. ground pork
- 1/4 cup bean thread or rice noodles
- 1 cup carrots matchstick cut
- 3-4 cups cabbage sliced thin
- 1/2 cup onion sliced thin
- 4 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 egg separated
- 1 package spring roll wrappers 25 wrappers in a pack
For Frying:
- 4 cups oil for frying
Instructions
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Prepare noodles according to package instruction. Drain.
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Combine the ground pork, noodles, carrots, cabbage, onions and separated egg yolk. Add fish sauce and white pepper, stir together.
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Open the package of the wrappers. Keep unused wrappers covered with a damp paper towel to keep from drying out before cooking.
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To assemble the spring rolls: place the wrapper in a diamond formation. Add 2 tablespoons of the pork mixture to the lower half of the wrapper, folder lower end of wrapper over mixture. Roll into a cigar shape, folding the ends over as you roll.
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Mix together the egg white with equal parts water to be used to seal the edges of the wrappers for each roll.
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Heat oil to medium low heat. Before you start to fry the rolls, make sure the oil is hot by dropping in a drop of water and if it sizzles it is ready.
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Cook spring rolls until golden brown, about three to four minutes rotating to both sides. Serve with sweet chili sauce. Makes 25 rolls.
Recipe Notes
These are a great make-ahead appetizer that warm up great in the oven for a few minutes. They also freeze great after frying too!
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These are a great make ahead appetizer. You can fry them a day in advance and just warm them on a sheet pan in the oven set to 350 for a 10 minutes or so. They also freeze great too! So you can warm up a few at a time too.
*Thai Spring Roll recipe adapted from White Lotus Cooks
More Thai Food Favorites:
–Thai Noodle Stir Fry
–Sweet Chili Sauce
–Creamy Coconut Curry
Hannah says
yum! i've never had fried spring rolls. we usually order the summer rolls at thai restaurants. Yours look divine!!
Debbie says
YUM YUM YUM!
buddens says
Mmmm, we always buy spring rolls from Trader Joe's, but homemade would be great! (And less expensive, I'm sure). I had to laugh at the fish sauce – we bought some once, dying to try one of Ming Tsai's recipes for Thai peanut dipping sauce. Well, either we used the wrong amount or just bought a super crappy brand of fish sauce, but it was awful! Sooooo gross. We haven't ventured into anything else that calls for fish sauce since.
gina bina says
I busted out laughing at your comment about winco's bulk section. Giant lemon heads are the sole purpose I even go there :). Those suckers are hard to find!
These look yum! I'm suck a baby when it comes to frying stuff though…
Julie and Matt says
Yay! I'm so excited to try and make these at home. They were so good!
Shauna says
Ooh, looks so good. We're going to try those.
Shaunee says
I really want to try those, but I'm nervous to do something so different :/
Have you ever been to The Mandarin restaurant in Bountiful? They have the best spring rolls with a plum sauce. They are to die for.
Colleen Bigler says
These were sooo good. It's always fun to eat at your house because everything looks great and tastes greater!
Veeda says
Kami, you roll like a pro! I'm so happy you tried the spring rolls yourself. Let's do it again.
tammy says
You are a brave woman. They do look yummy!
Heather at Happy Chippy Junk says
Can I just say…Love your blog!
thedoodlegirl says
Wow! You're amazing!!
J Glazier says
OOO Can't wait to try them. You do roll like a pro! I'll have to call you if I have troubles 🙂
Whatever Dee-Dee wants says
Those look so yummy! I love Veeda's blog.
Pauline Taylor says
They look so good, but I am only cooking for myself. Can they be frozen either before, or after frying? Any instructions you would have for later preparation would sure be helpful.
kami says
I’m not sure about the freezing before frying. We did freeze after frying and they warmed up great!
Maureen says
Are the spring roll wrappers gluten free? The only ones I can get are made with flour.
Monique Hanson-Keeler says
I was wondering the same thing!
Nancy says
Spring Rolls Skin are gluten free. Ingredients: tapioca starch, rice starch, salt, water
Asako says
Please let me know where you can find gluten free spring roll wrappers! I looked everywhere and the only ones I found were made with flour.
felicia says
Yummy, I haven’t had sprig rolls in a long time because I have egg allergies. Could I sub this http://amzn.to/1UrBvd3 in the mix? I also was wondering if you had an Idea as to howto find egg free rice paper?
Megan Fisher says
OMG YUM!
These look amazing. Would make for a perfect party snack as well. I’m thinking a little bit of thai basil would work really well in these as well for a herby punch.
Going to try these out on the weekend.
Thanks for sharing Kami
Jasmine says
Do I cook the pork first or mix it all together raw?
kami says
No…the pork will cook in the hot oil.
Marlene says
Can these be cooked with an air fryer?
Kami says
You can try it! If you do let us know how they turn out!
Russell Brooks says
Can’t wait to try this recipe! Thank you 🙂
Anonymous says
YUM!!! This recipe looks amazing. I will have to make these asap. I wonder what other veggies would be good in them.