Rice paper spring rolls
Stir fried ground pork, swamp spinach, chilies and pineapple seasoned with Vietnamese mixed fish sauce are wrapped in rice paper. Enjoy as a snack or side dish.
Servings 2 people
Ingredients
Modified Vietnamese mixed fish sauce
- 1½ tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons calamansi juice or lime or lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 1 big pinch chopped garlic
- 1 bird's eye chili (optional)
Filling
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 200 grams ground pork (7 oz)
- 1 teaspoon finely minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger
- 2 finger chilies (mildly hot chilies work best), thinly sliced
- 2 to 3 slices fresh pineapple cut into half-inch cubes to measure one cup
- 1 bunch kangkong (swamp / water spinach), cut into half-inch pieces, thick stalks and leaves separated
Spring rolls
- 8 to 10 rice paper
- 1 small handful cilantro
Instructions
- Stir together all the ingredients for the sauce until the sugar is fully dissolved.
- Heat the cooking oil in a wok or frying pan.
- Over high heat, add the pork, garlic and ginger. Cook, stirring, until the pork is no longer pink.
- Add the chilies and cook, stirring, for a minute.
- Pour in the Vietnamese mixed fish sauce. Stir. Allow to cook with occasional stirring until almost dry.
- Add the pineapple cubes. Stir.
- Add the thick stalks of the kangkong. Stir. Cook for a minute.
- Add the thinner stalks and leaves of the kangkong. Stir. Cook for another minute. Taste. Adjust the seasonings, if needed.
- Transfer to a shallow bowl and cool completely.
- Moisten a sheet of rice paper in a shallow bowl of water until softened then lay flat on your work surface.
- Place a heaping tablespoonful or two (depending on the size of your rice paper) at the middle, top with some torn cilantro and wrap.
- Repeat until all the rice paper had been filled, or until you run of out filling, whichever happens first.
