Crispy, Crunchy Fish Spring Rolls
Fish Spring Rolls became an instant family favorite after my first try cooking it. With its crispy and crunchy taste, home cooks will hear lots of kudos from family and friends once they try this.
Taking inspiration from the meatloaf recipe of world-renowned Iron Chef Bobby Flay, where he emphasized the need for sauteing onions, carrots and bell peppers to extract the flavors before mixing them with the other ingredients, this fish spring roll recipe was just as delicious as our family-fave American meatloaf.
The use of smoked fish was an idea taken from a New Year’s Eve family recipe of fish croquette. Perfect for the Lenten season, we can taste how the fish’s meat can replace the well-loved pork in the traditional lumpiang Shanghai.
Paired with either a homemade sweet and sour sauce or off-the-shelf sweet chili sauce, this makes for a crunchy, delightful viand at midday or dinnertime. It is wise to prepare a batch during weekend, wrapped and frozen, which you can pop into the fryer any day of the week. While it takes less than 30 minutes to prepare the dish, the rolls stay fresh weeks after when kept frozen.
Crispy Crunch Fish Spring Rolls
Ingredients
1-2 bulbs of finely chopped onion
1 small finely chopped carrot
1 small finely chopped red bell pepper
1 cup flaked smoked fish (meat only)
Half a head finely minced garlic
1 cup bread crumbs
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 tsp hot sauce
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 tbsp finely chopped spring onions
1 large beaten egg
1/2 tsp salt & 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
Sweet chili sauce
Procedure
1.
Saute onion, carrot and bell pepper in hot oil for about 3 minutes.
2.
In a bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients and add cooled onion, carrot & bell pepper mixture.
3.
Mix thoroughly by hand.
4.
Wrap onto ready-to-use spring roll wrappers.
5.
Deep fry with wrapper seam face down to prevent from detaching.
6.
Remove from fryer when golden brown and strain oil completely on a wire mesh.
7.
Serve with your favorite sweet and sour or sweet chili sauce.
