Chicken spring rolls recipe, a popular Indo Chinese appetizer. It is made with spring roll wrappers filled with chicken and vegetables and deep fried till super crispy. Serve fried spring rolls with sweet chilli sauce for a delicious appetizer.
Chicken Spring Rolls
Spring Rolls are my favourite, I make them quite often when guest drop by or for parties. I always buy store bought spring roll sheets and keep in my freezer for quick snack.
But making your own spring roll wrappers is easy too. If you don't have store bought ones, you can make my homemade spring roll sheets. This sheet can be used for samosa as well.
About Chicken Spring Rolls
Spring rolls are one of the popular appetiser that is loved by many. Even though Spring rolls are originated in China, it is equally popular all around the world.
Why it has become so popular is because of its versatile nature. You can literally fill them with anything and everything. Even I have tried my hands on many version of spring rolls like vegetable, and chilli cheese.
This spring rolls are made with spring roll wrapper that are made with flour and water. It is uncooked, so it has to be either fried or baked. But there is a version of spring rolls popular in Vietnam called as Summer rolls, which is made with rice paper. It can be made fresh and had without any cooking.
This time I made Chicken spring rolls stuffed with Chinese style stir fried chicken and vegetables. It is so delicious and also very filling too.
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Ingredients
- Chicken - I used finely chopped boneless chicken breast as they are easy to slice and cooks faster. Slice them very finely so it is easy to fill inside spring rolls.
- Spring Roll Sheets - These thin pastry sheets are made of wheat flour, water, oil, and salt, and their square shape makes them ideal for wrapping lumpia or spring rolls.
- Vegetables - I used a combo of cabbage, bell peppers, carrots, onions and garlic.
- Seasonings - Soy sauce, vinegar, salt, sugar, MSG and black pepper powder are the seasonings.
- Flour - it is made into a paste with water which acts as a glue to stick spring rolls together.
- Oil - for deep frying, use neutral oil like sunflower oil or canola oil.
Step by Step Pictures
Prepare veggies
1)Take all your vegetables you need for making spring rolls.
2)Slice them or shred them thin. So it cooks down faster and is easy to fill inside the wrapper.
Make Filling
3)Heat oil in a pan. Add in chopped garlic and stir fry for a minute until fragrant.
4)Add in sliced chicken into the garlic and mix well.
5)Add a drizzle of soy sauce and mix into the chicken.
6)Add in sliced onions.
7)Saute them for couple of minutes. Let the onions cook down and wilt.
8)Now add in all the vegetables into the chicken mix.
9)Stir fry the vegetables with the onions, chicken for 3 to 4 minutes.
10)Cover the pan with a lid and cook on low heat for 4 to 5 more minutes.
11)Let the vegetables wilt and cook down completely.
12)Once the vegetables is cooked, add in the seasonings. I used salt, sugar.
13)Add in some soy sauce.
14)Add in some vinegar.
15)Finally some black pepper powder and spring onions.
16)Stir fry for a minute. Your chicken and vegetable filling is ready.
Make Flour Paste
17)Take plain flour in a bowl. Add some cold water and make it into a paste. This is used to stick the wrappers.
Rolling Spring rolls
18)Take your spring rolls sheets. You should remove them from freezer atleast 30 minutes before making. So they can come to room temperature. Else they make break apart when rolling.
19)Remove one sheet from the pack. Keep the rest covered else it may dry out. Spoon some filling in the sheet.
20)Start rolling from one side, roll them pretty tight.
21)Keep rolling till it comes almost to the middle.
22)Now you have to fold from both sides. This is to secure the filling.
23)Now roll them till you come to the end. Once you reach the end, apply the flour paste on the edges.
24)Roll them, the paste will help stick the wrappers.
Frying Spring rolls
25)Heat oil in a frying pan for deep frying. Drop spring rolls in hot oil and fry on medium high heat for 2 minutes.
26)Flip over and cook on other side too. It should get golden brown in colour. Once fried, remove the spring rolls from hot oil and place on some paper towel. Let the excess oil drain.
27)Serve hot with ketchup or sweet chilli sauce.
Expert Tips
- Make sure to remove them from freezer 30 minutes before rolling, so it can thaw.
- When using spring rolls wrappers, keep them covered with a damp cloth so it doesn't dry out.
- You can use any of your favorite vegetables. Spring onions, baby corn, bok choy, bamboo shoots can be used.
- Cooked noodles can be used in the filling.
- You can bake spring rolls instead of frying, bake them at 200 degree C oven for 15 minutes.
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Chicken Spring Rolls Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 20 sheets Spring Roll Wrappers
- Sunflower Oil for deep frying
For Chicken
- 1 tablespoon Sesame Oil
- 1 tablespoon Garlic peeled & chopped finely
- 2 medium Boneless Chicken Breast sliced thinly
- 1 teaspoon Soy Sauce
Vegetables to Use
- 1 large Onion peeled & sliced thinly
- 3 cups Cabbage shredded
- 1 medium Carrots julienned
- 1 medium Bell Pepper sliced thinly (julienned)
Seasonings
- 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Salt to taste
- 2 teaspoon Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
- ⅓ teaspoon MSG optional
For Sticking Sheets (Glue)
- ¼ cup All Purpose Flour (Plain flour)
- Water as needed for making paste
Instructions
- Start by making the filling, Heat oil in a pan, add in garlic and saute for a min. Add in chicken and saute for a min. Add in little soy sauce and mix well.
- Now add in onions and cook that for a min. Once onions is sauted, add in all veggies and mix well for 4 minutes. Now Cover and cook on low heat for 5 to 8 minutes.
- Now add in salt, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, MSG, black pepper powder. Mix well and cook that for 2 more minutes. Now the filling is done, set aside in a plate so it cools down.
- Remove the spring roll sheets from freezer 30 minutes before making the spring rolls so it can come to room temp. Take all purpose flour in a bowl, add in water and make it into a paste. This is for sticking the spring rolls.
- Now take a sheet of spring roll sheet in front of you. Keep the rest covered so it doesn't dry out. Spoon in filling in. Roll from one side, when you have rolled half way through. Fold both ends and apply the flour paste and roll it.
- Now heat oil for deep frying and fry spring rolls till golden brown on both sides. Strain on some paper towel and serve hot with ketchup or sweet chilli sauce.
Akshata Ramesh
Can we make the spring roll sheets at home instead of buying ? If yes the recipient plz!
Thanks
Akshata
Aarthi
yes u can. check this post
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2012/06/homemade-spring-roll-sheets-samosa.html
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Certainly an informative post! These Chicken spring rolls look delicious! A few days back, I tried the one I found on PNT site. It came out amazing! Today I will try your recipe of chicken rolls. Will update about who win!
Kashish Bagga
My most favourite this spring roll and chicken spring roll is a fantastic flavour to eat.