Homemade Spring Rolls

Dinner this evening was making homemade spring rolls out of things I had on hand. Next time I make these, I’m going to get my seed sprouter out and make some bean sprouts. They would absolutely crush this dish.

Auguson Farms vegetable medley

I started off with some Auguson Farms freeze dried veggies I keep in long term storage. I’m thinking that this dish would immensely improve with the addition of fresh veggies, but it’s November and garden season is over. But it was pretty darned tasty with whatever I had on hand.

Freeze dried veggie mix

Dinner this evening was making homemade spring rolls out of things I had on hand

Doesn’t really look appetizing at first, but you would be surprised at what you can make with something like this.

Cooking the veggie mix

Cooking the Auguson Farms stuff on the stove. The directions are sort of vague in the sense that you just add water above the food to about an inch deep or more while it’s cooking. After I got it to a boil and lowered it to simmer…. I added turmeric, black pepper, and some smoked paprika. And it only took 10 minutes to cook it.

Spring roll wraps

While the veggie mix was cooking, I broke out a package of Blue Dragon spring roll wrappers. Then a couple pounds were thawed of wild boar meat that I had killed last time I went pig hunting. (By the way, you can see the blog about pig hunting on this link. Click Here). My InstantPot cooks wild pork ribs nice and tender.

Wild boar ribs

Once the pork ribs were done, it was time to let them cool slightly.

The meat just slid right off the bones without any problems. The rib meat was shredded up and the bones and the gristle were saved for my dog.

The sushi rice was cooked in the InstantPot and had some wasabi, soy sauce and rice vinegar mixed into it.

Another set of liquids were set aside to add to small bowls for dipping. Coconut aminos and low sodium soy sauce.

Next came the actual wraps themselves. They are from Vietnam and made of rice. Blue Dragon brand. They were dipped in water until pliable so I they could be wrapped around the fillers.

The wrappers before soaking in water.

After soaking, a small spoonful of rice, a spoonful of veggie mix, and a small amount of shredded pork rib meat were added to the spring roll wrap.

The ingredients are carefully wrapped by hand.

After wrapping them as tight as I could without ripping them to shreds I plate them up. Now these things are great eaten cold, but I zapped them in my microwave for 30 seconds to slightly warm them up.

I’m sure these would have been truly awesome with sake or maybe a light beer of some sorts. But — merlot is all I had on hand tonight — so high test grape juice is the choice for the dinner this evening.

My thanks to Kendra for showing me how to make this plate full of deliciousness.