5 from 147 votes
Vietnamese Egg Rolls Recipe (Chả Giò)
Vietnamese Egg Rolls (Chả Giò) are filled with a savory mixture of ground pork, jicama, chopped onions, bean thread noodles, and wood ear mushrooms, seasoned with salt, pepper, and sugar. The filling is cooked briefly to adjust seasoning before being wrapped in thin egg roll wrappers sealed with a flour slurry and fried until golden and crispy. Served with fish sauce and fresh herbs, these egg rolls have a crisp exterior and a flavorful, juicy interior.
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings:
25
rolls
Calories:
73 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Vietnamese
Ingredients
- 1 egg roll wrappers Menlo brand; package
Filling
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1 jicama about 1/2 cup, medium
- 2/3 /3 cup onion chopped
- 1/2 /2 cup bean thread noodle cut into 1"-1.5" threads
- 1/8 /8 cup Wood ear mushrooms chopped
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp sugar
Wrapping Sealer
- 1/4 /4 cup water
- 1 tbsp flour
Accompanying sides
- fish sauce for dipping; aka nước chấm
- green leaf lettuce
- perilla Vietnamese name kinh gioi
- balm Vietnamese name tia to
- mint
Instructions
- Soak bean threads in hot tap water and mushrooms in 40-second microwaved hot tap water until soft. About 30 minutes.
- Shred or finely chop onion and squeeze excess moisture out by hand. Add 1/2 tsp salt to jícama, microwave until slightly soft and squeeze excess moisture out by hand.
- When soft, roughly chop bean thread noodles and mushrooms.
- Add bean thread, mushrooms, onion, salt, pepper, and sugar into a large mixing bowl and mix thoroughly. Add pork and mix well. Add jícama last and mix well.
- Cook and taste the filling: put 1/2 tsp of the mixture on a small plate and microwave it for a few seconds until its fully cooked. Taste it and adjust with salt, pepper, or any other adjustments to your liking. Keep in mind these rolls are meant to be dipped in fish dipping sauce.
- Mix together water and flour for egg roll sealer, and microwave until just boiling. Wrap the egg rolls (see photos above for technique).
- Fry at 325 °F until golden brown and fully cooked inside. About 12-16 minutes per batch.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
0g
Calories
73kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
6g
(2%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
13mg
(4%)
Sodium
108mg
(5%)
Potassium
99mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
6IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
6mg
(7%)
Calcium
8mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 25 rolls
Amount Per Serving
Calories 73
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 0g | |
| Calories | 73kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 6g | 2% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 13mg | 4% |
| Sodium | 108mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 99mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 6IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 6mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 8mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.