Thai Spring Rolls

Crazy delish combo of crispy pastry covering an aromatic filling of ground pork, rice, lemongrass, lime leaves, garlic and chili. The filling recipe is enough to fill about 40 spring roll wrappers with dimensions approx. 21 x 21 cm (8.5 by 8.5 inches).

Course Appetizer, Side Dish

Cuisine Asian inspired, Thai

Keyword Ground Meat, Ground pork, Pork, Rice

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 45

Total Time 1 45

Servings spring rolls

Calories 103kcal

Ingredients

1 package spring roll wrappers 40 sheets (e.g. Spring Home TYJ)
650 grams ground pork approx. 1.4 lbs - or substitute ground chicken
¾ cup jasmine rice or other short grain rice, uncooked
2 cups water
10 Thai lime leaves
5 lemongrass stalks
5 bird chillies or more to taste
5 cloves garlic
2 teaspoons galangal grated. or substitute fresh ginger
½ cup fresh basil chopped
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2.5 tablespoons Thai fish sauce
2.5 tablespoons fresh lime juice
3 tablespoons vegetable oil

Instructions

Set the rice to cook with 2 cups water and 1 teaspoon salt until just done. Turn off heat and set aside to cool once done.
Very finely dice the lemongrass and lime leaves. Then add the lemongrass, lime leaves, garlic, galangal and chillies to the bowl of a food processor and pulse until paste forms. Add a tablespoon of oil if needed to loosen and blend. Alternatively you can use a mortar and pestle.
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil over medium-high heat. For extra flavor development start by browning ½ cup of the ground pork in oil. Then add a few tablespoon paste, cook until fragrant and lightly browned.
Add remaining pork, a teaspoon of salt and the remaining paste and cook fully.
Once pork is cooked, turn off heat. Add the remaining salt, as well as the cooked rice, brown sugar, lime juice, fish sauce and chopped basil. Gently stir until mixed evenly.
Taste and adjust the salt, brown sugar, fish sauce and lime juice until the flavor balance is right. Optionally, add some chili flakes if you want it spicier.
Once filling tastes perfect, preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F and roll spring rolls with about 4 tablespoon filling each. Place seam-side down on a parchment lined baking tray.
Bake at 200°C / 400°F for 25 minutes, flipping halfway through.

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