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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Crab spring rolls are a fried dish that is simple and unpretentious but will definitely enhance your home meal. Let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen right away to learn how to make delicious and crispy crab spring rolls to treat your family!
Ingredients for Crab Spring Rolls For 4 people
Ground pork 200 gr Pre-peeled crab 150 gr Fresh peeled shrimp 150 gr Vermicelli 100 gr Rice paper a little Carrot 1 piece Cassava 1 piece Shredded wood ear mushrooms 50 gr Chicken egg 1 piece Lemon 1/2 piece Green onion a little Chopped chili 1 teaspoon Chopped garlic 1 teaspoon Sesame oil 1 tablespoon Cooking oil a little Vinegar 2 tablespoons Fish sauce 3 tablespoons Common spices a little (Sugar/ Ground pepper/ Seasoning)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose clean, safe pork
- To choose fresh and delicious pork, you should select pieces that have a bright, fresh color, with a light pink or light red hue and slightly creamy white fat. The surface of the meat should be dry, and the skin should be soft and firmly attached to the meat.
- Good pork will have a distinct smell that is not unpleasant or fishy. When you press it, you can easily notice the elasticity of the skin, and the meat fibers should be firm, not too hard or too soft.
- Avoid selecting pieces of pork that are too pale or too dark, have abnormal black spots or tiny red dots, a fishy smell, or have a slimy liquid oozing out, as this could be meat from sick pigs or expired meat, which is very harmful to health.
How to choose fresh shrimp
- When buying shrimp, you should choose those with a transparent, evenly colored shell. The legs and head of the shrimp should be firmly attached to the body, and when picked up, they should not lose legs or the head.
- You should choose shrimp with tails that are evenly aligned, and the body should not be too curved to ensure that the shrimp have not been injected with harmful chemicals; it is best to buy those that are still jumping around.
- Avoid selecting shrimp that have a fishy smell, have a mottled color, show slimy liquid on the body, have an abnormal curved shape, or have tails that are fanned out, as this may indicate that the shrimp have been injected with chemicals or water to deceive consumers.
How to choose delicious crispy wood ear mushrooms
- When buying dried wood ear mushrooms, you should choose those with large ears, thick flesh, and a stem with few small mushrooms, as they will be chewier and tastier.
- The color of good wood ear mushrooms is usually a dark amber, with a slightly shiny top and a light coffee color underneath.
- Avoid purchasing mushrooms that are too dark or black, as they tend to become mushy when soaked in water, and the finished mushrooms will not have the same crispiness as before.
How to prepare Crab Spring Rolls
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Prepare ingredients
Carrots and cassava should be peeled, rinsed with clean water, and drained. Cut the carrots into long strips about the width of a finger, and chop the cassava finely. Wash the green onions with water, trim the roots, and chop them finely.
Soak the glass noodles in water for about 5 – 7 minutes until they soften, then drain and chop them finely. Cut the wood ear mushrooms into strips and soak them in warm water for about 5 minutes to soften.
For shrimp, remove the heads and tails, peel them, rinse with water, and then chop finely. For soft-shell crab, rinse with water, drain, and then chop finely.
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Marinate the filling
You place in a bowl the ingredients including: carrot, taro, crab meat, shrimp, vermicelli, wood ear mushrooms, and finely chopped green onions.
Proceed to season with 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder, 1 spoon of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of ground pepper, 1 tablespoon of sesame oil, and 1 egg yolk, then mix to dissolve the spices.
Marinate the mixture for about 15 minutes to absorb the flavors.
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Wrap the rolls
Use a basin to prepare the dipping water for the rice paper, add to the basin 1 tablespoon of sugar, 2 tablespoons of vinegar, and 2 cups of water, then stir well to dissolve the ingredients.
First, you use rice paper to soak in the prepared dipping water, then lay it out on a flat surface and add 1 tablespoon of filling, wrapping it in your desired shape.
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Frying the cake
After wrapping the nem, let it sit for about 15 minutes for the rice paper to dry before frying to prevent it from breaking and to increase its crispiness.
Place a pan on the stove, add a little cooking oil, wait for about 2 – 3 minutes for the oil to heat up, then add the nem and fry until golden brown, then remove and place on paper to absorb the oil.
Before eating, you can fry the nem once more to make it hot and crispy, which will taste much better.
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Making dipping fish sauce
Add 2 tablespoons of sugar, 3 tablespoons of hot water, 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, and the juice of 1/2 lemon into a bowl and mix the ingredients well.
Then add 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, 1 teaspoon of minced chili, and stir well. If you want it to be sour, you can add a little more lemon and pickled vegetables.
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Final Product
The finished Crab spring rolls are delicious with a crispy golden shell wrapping a generous and flavorful shrimp filling inside. The jicama and carrot are crunchy and still retain their natural sweetness.
Crab spring rolls are dipped in rich fish sauce; you can enjoy them with noodles or wrap them with rice paper, adding some fresh herbs for extra flavor!
With the extremely detailed guide above, TasteVN hopes that you have gained more experience in making bún nem cua bể that is crispy, fragrant, and deliciously golden to enjoy with friends and family. Wishing you success!
