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Pork, spinach and pineapple rice paper spring rolls
If swamp spinach is inaccessible, regular spinach may be substituted with equally good result.
These spring rolls are already perfectly seasoned and they don’t require a dipping sauce.
Course
Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine
Asian Fusion
Prep Time
20
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
minutes
Cooling time
30
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
Servings
2
people
Author
Connie Veneracion
Ingredients
Modified Vietnamese mixed fish sauce
1 ½
tablespoons
fish sauce
2
tablespoons
calamansi juice
or lime or lemon juice
1
tablespoon
white sugar
1
big pinch
chopped garlic
1
bird's eye chili
(optional)
Filling
1
tablespoon
cooking oil
200
grams
ground pork
1
teaspoon
finely minced garlic
1
teaspoon
finely chopped ginger
2
finger chilies
(mildly hot chilies work best), thinly sliced
2 to 3
slices
fresh pineapple
cut into half-inch cubes to measure one cup
1
bunch
kangkong (swamp / water spinach)
cut into half-inch pieces, thick stalks and leaves separated
To make the spring rolls
8 to 10
sheets
rice paper
1
small handful
cilantro
Instructions
Stir together all the ingredients for the sauce until the sugar is fully dissolved.
Heat the cooking oil in a wok or frying pan.
Over high heat, add the pork, garlic and ginger. Cook, stirring, until the pork is no longer pink.
Add the chilies and cook, stirring, for a minute.
Pour in the Vietnamese mixed fish sauce. Stir. Allow to cook with occasional stirring until almost dry.
Add the pineapple cubes. Stir.
Add the thick stalks of the kangkong. Stir. Cook for a minute.
Add the thinner stalks and leaves of the kangkong. Stir. Cook for another minute. Taste. Adjust the seasonings, if needed.
Transfer to a shallow bowl and cool completely.
Moisten a sheet of rice paper in a shallow bowl of water until softened then lay flat on your work surface.
Place a heaping tablespoonful or two (depending on the size of your rice paper) at the middle, top with some torn cilantro and wrap.
Repeat until all the rice paper had been filled, or until you run of out filling, whichever happens first.