Healthier Vietnamese Egg Rolls (Cha Gio)
Healthier Vietnamese Egg Rolls (Cha Gio)

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, healthier vietnamese egg rolls (cha gio). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Healthier Vietnamese Egg Rolls (Cha Gio) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Healthier Vietnamese Egg Rolls (Cha Gio) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have healthier vietnamese egg rolls (cha gio) using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Healthier Vietnamese Egg Rolls (Cha Gio):
  1. Take 2 packages Egg roll wrapper ( use small ones)
  2. Make ready 1 lb shrimp, deshell, devein, finely chop
  3. Take 1 lb Ground pork
  4. Make ready 1 Chicken breast, diced fine
  5. Get 1 cup jicama, chopped fine
  6. Take 2 cup bean sprouts
  7. Prepare 3 red onions, chopped fine
  8. Make ready 4 carrots, shredded
  9. Make ready 2 green onion, chopped fine
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp red boat fish sauce
  11. Make ready 1 salt and pepper to taste
  12. Make ready 1 egg beaten, set aside to seal egg rolls
  13. Take 1 avocado, smashed
  14. Prepare 1 canola oil for frying
  15. Take 1 bunch bean thread cut into small pieces. this is optional if you want less carbs
  16. Make ready 1 head leaf lettuce for garnish
  17. Take 1 bunch mint for garnish
  18. Prepare 1 bunch basil for garnish
Steps to make Healthier Vietnamese Egg Rolls (Cha Gio):
  1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Leave out egg, wrapper, oil, lettuce, basil and mint. Mix well.
  2. Using the wrapper, place it in a diamond shape facing towards you. Place a tablespoon of the mixture onto the bottom corner.
  3. Tightly roll the wrapper until it's half way. Fold in right and left corners. The tighter the roll, the less oily it will be.
  4. Continue rolling until about 1/4 of the way there, brush corner with egg and seal
  5. Freeze egg rolls over night as they come out crispier when fried after freezing
  6. Heat up a pot of oil (canola) and place frozen egg rolls in hot oil to deep fry making a batch of 5-8 at a time. Fry for 10 min until golden brown and floating up to the surface.
  7. Place cooked eggrolls on a plate lined with paper towels to let excess oil drain.
  8. Serve immediately with dipping sauce. I prefer the traditional fish/vinegar sauce combo (nuc mam). I use lettuce, mint, basil to wrap each egg roll and dip it in the sauce.

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