Yen's Chả Giò | TASTE

Ingredients

• 2 lb chicken or pork
• 2 md onions, chopped
• 2 md carrots, shredded (optional)
• ½ c dried shredded wood ear mushrooms, soaked in hot water for 30 minutes and then roughly chopped (optional)
• 1 c vermicelli bean thread, soaked in hot water for 30 minutes and then roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp salt (if using carrots and mushrooms, can increase to 4 tsp)
• 2 tbsp granulated sugar (if using carrots and mushrooms, can increase to 2 1/2 tbsp)
• ½ tbsp black pepper
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce (optional)
• 1 tsp sesame oil (optional)
• 1 tbsp granulated garlic
• 50 sheets of Chinese-style egg roll pastry/wrappers* Alternately, you can use Vietnamese rice paper wrappers — see Andrea Nguyen's tips on how) *Show Note
• ½ c water
• 2 tbsp cornstarch, tapioca starch, or flour
• 2-3 c canola or neutral oil