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Conference turris::cooks

Title:How to Make them Goodies
Notice:Please Don't Start New Notes for Old Topics! Check 5.*
Moderator:FUTURE::DDESMAISONSec.com::winalski
Created:Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4127
Total number of notes:31160

3810.0. "Spring Rolls...Recipes?" by CSSE::THIMOTHEE () Mon Jun 14 1993 19:16

    Hello!
    
    A couple of days ago I had the most fantastic spring rolls.  I
    understand that several cultures make spring rolls; vietnamese, thai, 
    korean or chinese spring rolls.  
    
    Does anyone have a recipe?
    
    Thanks!
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3810.1Sorry, not quite a recipe....CCAD23::TANOpen Hailing FrequenciesTue Jun 15 1993 07:4233
    There are actually no hard and fast recipes for chinese spring rolls.
    I presume that the ones you ate were the small deep fried ones? If
    so, the easiest way is to buy ready-made won-ton skins, wrap these
    up with your favourite fillings and deep-fry.
    
    The standard fillings usually consist of shredded: turnips, carrots,
    and spring onions. These are fried with your favourite sauce, say
    oyster sauce.  To this, you add shredded meats.  (Unless you want
    vegetarian ones). Shrimps and crab meat being reserved for special 
    occasions and pork, beef and chicken for "everyday" rolls.
    
    BUT!! If you ate the South-east Asian variety, (called Poh Piah) They're 
    very different.  The "pancakes" are much larger, about the size of a 
    dinner plate.  Chinese grocery stores sell them.  They are steam
    cooked, with a clean damp cloth placed over them to keep them moist and
    warm. 
    
    All the filling ingredients are pre-cooked separately.  The vegetables 
    are boiled in chicken stock,then strained.  Don't over boil, they
    should still have crunch.  For the meats, use leftovers!
    
    Each guest spreads plum sauce (Hoi sin) thinly onto the pancake, tops
    with a selection of the fillings (uncooked shredded lettuce is also 
    used), rolls it up and eats!  The pancake and subsequent roll is not 
    deep fried.  You can also offer chill sauce as a spread, and I've
    seen deep fried garlic slivers used as a filling too.
    
    Totally confused?  Sorry I got carried away.  If after all that you 
    still want a recipe, let me know and I'll put one together for you.
    
    regards,
    
    joyce
3810.2CALVA::WOLINSKIuCoder sans FrontieresTue Jun 15 1993 12:4610
    
    
    	Rep .1
    
    	I believe my recipe for Nems <Vietnamese spring rolls> is already
    	in here someplace. If you can't find it, I'll type it in again.
    
    
    	-mike
3810.3Yes, I would like Nems recipeCSSE::THIMOTHEETue Jun 15 1993 15:343
    I can't find the Nems recipe.  Would you be so kind?
    
    Thanks.
3810.4Pointer to an existing note...TIMBER::RUHROH::COLELLAComputers make me ANSI.Tue Jun 15 1993 18:516
    There already is a note for spring rolls.  See note 1676.  Mike's recipe
    for nems is in 1676.6.

    Mr. Mod, maybe you want to move these notes as well???

    Cara
3810.5Thank YouCSSE::THIMOTHEEWed Jun 16 1993 20:411
    Thanks!