China Starter – Spring Rolls

We decided to coincide our cooking this time with Chinese New Year, so we started with spring rolls! According to China Highlights, they are typically eaten at New Year and symbolise wealth. We loved how quick and easy these were to make!

For our spring rolls we used a recipe from Steamy Kitchen. The website even included a video of the wrapping technique which was very handy! We purchased the spring roll pastry sheets from a local Chinese supermarket — these should be widely available near you too.

Ours were filled with spring onions, shiitake mushrooms, carrots and beansprouts, but you can fill yours with whatever you like! The filling was stir fried with garlic, ginger, soy sauce and sesame oil before being left to cool.

Once cool, a spoonful of filling was placed in the corner of each pastry sheet and rolled up tightly, sealing the edge with a little water.

The rolls were then deep fried until perfectly golden and crispy.

These were absolutely delicious and so easy to make — perfect party food! We’ll definitely be making these again. Let us know if you give them a go!