Crab Spring Rolls Recipe - (4.6/5)

Crab Spring Rolls Recipe - (4.6/5)

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For making spring rolls, most Vietnamese-American home cooks use the spongy, wheat-based wrappers called TYJ Spring Roll Pastry, which are made by the Spring Home...

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Ingredients

  • 4 oz. backfin crabmeat (small chunks from the rear fin area), picked through to remove any bits of shell
  • 4 oz. medium shrimp, finely chopped
  • 3 oz. ground pork
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp. grated carrot (use the large-holed side of a box grater)
  • 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 large shallots, finely chopped
  • 12 8"-square spring roll wrappers
  • 1 oz. bún (Vietnamese rice vermicelli), cooked according to step 1 in our Crab Soup
  • 1 egg white, beaten
  • Corn oil, for frying
  • 12 bibb lettuce leaves, for garnish
  • 12 sprigs Thai basil, for garnish
  • 12 purple perilla leaves (called tía tô), for garnish (optional)
  • Nuoc châm, for serving

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