Crispy Chicken Spring Rolls with Shiitake and Cabbage

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Source: America's Test Kitchen.

Spring rolls · Chicken · Chinese

Crisp fried wrappers hold a savoury chicken and vegetable filling, flavoured with shiitake, ginger and garlic and served with a sweet chilli dip.

Prep30 min
Cook20 min
Total50 min
DifficultyMedium
Per serving365 kcal
Servings4Recipe makes 4
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Allergens (EU 14)
GlutenCrustaceansEggsFishPeanutsSoybeansMilkTree nutsCeleryMustardSesameSulphitesLupinMolluscs

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Method

  1. 1

    Cook Chicken. Cook the chicken mince in a non-stick frying pan on medium-high, breaking it up, until no longer pink and reaching 74°C, about 5 minutes.

  2. 2

    Aromatics. Add the spring onion whites, garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute.

  3. 3

    Filling. Stir in the cabbage and carrot mix, shiitake mushrooms, soy sauce, sugar and vinegar and cook until the cabbage just softens, about 3 minutes, then off the heat stir in the sesame oil and spring onion greens, spread on a plate and chill for about 5 minutes.

  4. 4

    Wrap. Set a wrapper as a diamond, spoon a packed 80 ml of filling onto the lower half and shape into a log, then wet the edges with water, fold the bottom corner over, fold in the sides and roll up tightly to seal.

  5. 5

    Fry. Heat the oil in a pan on medium to 160°C and fry the rolls seam side down, turning, until golden, 2-4 minutes per side.

  6. 6

    Serve. Drain, cool for 5 minutes and serve with sweet chilli sauce.

Storage

Best eaten freshly fried; leftovers keep in the fridge for up to a day and can be recrisped in a hot oven. Cool leftovers in a shallow container and refrigerate within 2 hours (within 1 hour on a day above 32°C).

EU nutrition claims

  • Source of protein: 3.9 g protein per 100 kcal, about 16% of energy (needs ≥ 12%)

Per serving, from the nutrition table. Condition from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide

Free sugars

Sugar (daily guide)

18 g per serving

36 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 72 % of the ideal 25 g

Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO

Equipment

  • 30 cm non-stick frying pan
  • wooden spoon
  • large plate
  • small bowl of water
  • damp kitchen paper
  • tongs
  • digital thermometer

Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central

Per servingAmount
Energy365 kcal
Protein14.2 g
Carbohydrate36.2 g
of which sugars20.6 g
of which free sugars18 g
Fat18.8 g
of which saturates2.5 g
Fibre2.9 g
Salt2.71 g

Protein per 100 kcal

3.9 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values