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The best Vietnamese spring rolls (Cha Gio) recipe. These crispy fried Vietnamese rolls are crispy with ground pork filling and served with a dipping sauce.
Vietnamese Spring Rolls Recipe
There are so many variations of spring rolls in Asia: Filipino lumpia, the Americanized version of egg rolls, Malaysian fried spring rolls, Vietnamese Goi Cuon. I love Vietnamese spring rolls or cha gio in Vietnamese, which roughly means “minced pork rolls.”
The filling is made of ground pork, shrimp, crab meat, shredded carrots and mung bean noodles (cellophane noodles or glass noodles).
These deep fried and crispy rolls are usually served with Vietnamese spring roll sauce called nuoc cham made with fish sauce.
You can also wrap the cha gio with fresh lettuce leaves and herbs such as mint leaves and cilantro.
Ingredients
- Mung bean noodles
- Ground pork
- Shrimp
- Crab meat
- Shallot
- Garlic
- Egg
- Carrot
- Vietnamese rice paper
- Ground black pepper
- Salt
- Fish sauce
- Oil
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Vietnamese Spring Rolls
Step 1: Chop the soaked mung bean noodles into shorter threads. In a bowl, mix the ingredients together (except Vietnamese rice paper) to form a sticky filling.
Step 2: To roll the Vietnamese spring rolls (cha gio), place a piece of the rice paper on a clean, wet kitchen towel. Dip your fingers in a bowl of warm water and run them all over the entire rice paper to soften it. Place 1 heaping tablespoon of the filling on the moist rice paper, fold the rice paper over the filling, tuck in the sides, then roll to form a cylinder about 3 inches (7cm) long.
Step 3: Heat oil over medium heat in a wok or a large frying pan. When the oil is heated, gently put in a few rolls in the oil. Fry them slowly until they turn light brown. Dish out and drain the excess oil by lining them over some paper towels.
Step 4: Serve immediately with nuoc cham or roll it up with a fresh lettuce leaf and some aromatic herbs and then dip into the nuoc cham.
Frequently Asked Questions
The rice paper and the mung bean noodles are both gluten free so this recipe is gluten free.
They are mung bean noodles, cellophane noodles or glass noodles.
They are a type of transparent noodles made from mung bean starch, potato starch, sweet potato starch or tapioca starch and water.
These fried rolls are commonly served with nuoc cham or Vietnamese fish sauce dipping sauce.
Peanut sauce is not common, however you can refer to my recipe here.
Vietnamese spring roll is only 59 calories per roll.
What To Serve With This Recipe
This dish is best served as an appetizer. For a wholesome Vietnamese meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Vietnamese Spring Rolls
Ingredients
- 1 oz (30g) mung bean noodles or cellophane noodles or glass noodles, soaked in hot water for 30 minutes or until soft
- 6 oz (175g ground pork
- 2 oz. (60g) shrimp, minced
- 1 oz (30g) crab meat, coarsely chopped, optional
- some shredded carrots
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 shallot, minced
- 3 dashes ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- salt to taste
- 1 small egg, lightly beaten (use only half)
- Vietnamese rice paper
- oil, for deep frying
Instructions
- Chop the soaked mung bean noodles into shorter threads. In a bowl, mix the ingredients together (excluding the Vietnamese rice paper) to create a sticky filling.
- To roll the Vietnamese spring rolls (cha gio), place a piece of rice paper on a clean, damp kitchen towel. Dip your fingers in a bowl of warm water and run them over the entire rice paper to soften it. Place 1 heaping tablespoon of the filling onto the moist rice paper, fold the rice paper over the filling, tuck in the sides, and then roll to form a cylinder about 3 inches (7 cm) long.
- Heat oil over medium heat in a wok or large frying pan. Once the oil is hot, gently add a few rolls to the oil. Fry them slowly until they turn light brown. Remove from the oil and drain the excess by placing them on paper towels.
- Serve immediately with nuoc cham, or wrap the spring rolls in a fresh lettuce leaf with some aromatic herbs and dip them into the nuoc cham.
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Notes
- Use the 8 1/2-inch round rice paper.
- Do not deep fry the cha gio on high heat because they splatter and most importantly, high heat causes the skin to bubble, break and burn.
- So patience is key, use medium to low heat during frying process.
- Cha Gio is also called Imperial Rolls in the United States, not to be confused with Summer Rolls.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Substituted pork, crab & shrimp meat with mince chicken for halal option. Added ear wood mushrooms and used spring rolls sheets it turned out really nice
Awesome thanks for trying my recipe!
these were super good! i had a little trouble rolling them and getting the sides to stick cause you make it look so easy lol. but all i did was sub the pork for chicken. i love the texture
Instead of deep frying these rolls, can I use the air fryer. Has anyone tried this yet.
You can try!
Try dipping rice paper in beer instead of water that will help browning