04/04/2020
How to make Hanoi Fried Spring Rolls - Nem Ran.
Hi guys, if you have so many free time in quarantine. Let's try to make a very traditional dish of Vietnam - Fried Spring Roll:
INGREDIENTS
5 dried wood ear mushrooms
50 g dried bean thread noodles vermicelli, cellophane or glass noodles
200 g raw prawns
200 g minced pork
3 small red shallots finely chopped
1 tbsp Vietnamese fish sauce
1 tsp quality sea salt
1 tsp pepper freshly ground
1 egg
20-24 dried round rice paper wrappers 22 cm width; the pack should say ‘Bánh tráng' and we buy them in 500 gram packs
vegetable oil for deep-frying
Salad and herbs to serve on side:
1 small iceberg or butter lettuce
1 handful mint leaves
1 handful Vietnamese mint leaves
1 handful coriander
INSTRUCTIONS
Soak the dried wood ear mushrooms in warm water for 20 minutes or until they’re soft, then drain, squeeze out excess water, and slice thinly.
Soak the dried bean thread noodles in hot water until soft but firm (this could take anything from a minute to a few minutes depending on what kind you use), drain, and cut into uneven 4-5 cm pieces.
Finely diced the small red shallots.
Pound the prawns in a mortar and pestle to a rough, chunky texture; stop before it becomes a smooth paste.
In a bowl, combine the mushrooms, noodles, prawns, minced pork, shallots, egg, fish sauce, and pepper.
Prepare a large flat tray with 1cm of water into which you should quickly submerge one sheet of rice paper, for no more than a second, then quickly lay it on your work surface.
Place 2 tablespoons of the filling at the centre of the bottom third of the rice paper, forming the filling into a sausage shape, fold each of the sides in and over the sausage shape, roll over tightly, squeezing out any air as you go, then place your roll (seam-side down to secure) on a plate.
Repeat until you have used up your filling.
Pour enough vegetable oil for deep-frying your rolls into a wok or fry pan and heat to 180°C or until you can drop a cube of bread into the oil and it quickly browns.
Fry the spring rolls in batches of 3-4 until crisp and golden brown.
Serve whole or cut in halves on a tray with mounds of fresh greens and herbs, perhaps some cold rice noodles on the side, and small bowls of dipping sauce, and let people help themselves. Or distribute across individual bowls. If you're serving them with bun cha, cut in bite-size pieces as above.
Finally, Enjoy!!!
Source: Grantourismotravels.com