Spring Rolls With Sweet Asian Chili Dipping Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 6 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (7 ounce) bottle hot chile sauce with garlic
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 1/2 tablespoons chili paste
• 3/4 lb fresh shrimp (peeled, deveined and finely chopped)
• 1 large egg, lighty beaten
• 1/2 lb ground lamb
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cayenne (optional add in only if you like spicy)
• 1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts, well drained and minced
• 1 (8 ounce) can bamboo shoots, well drained and minced
• 1 tablespoon fresh minced garlic (can use a little more)
• 2 large green onions, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
• 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper (or to taste)
• 1 (12 ounce) package spring roll wrappers
• 1 egg, lightly beaten for brushing
• vegetable oil (for frying)

Recipe

• 1 for the sweet chili sauce; in a glass bowl mix all ingredients until well blended and chill until ready to use.
• 2 for the spring rolls;in a bowl stir together the chopped shrimp, 1 egg, ground lamb, chestnuts, bamboo shoots, garlic, onions, ginger and soy sauce; mix well and season with salt and pepper.
• 3 place about 1 semi-heaping tablespoon down the center of each spring roll wrappper.
• 4 fold the top corner of the wrapper over the filling (tucking the tip of the corner under the filling).
• 5 fold the left and right corners over filling.
• 6 lightly brush the remaining corner with the remaining egg.
• 7 tightly roll the filled end toward remaining corner then press gently to seal.
• 8 repeat using all the mixture and spring roll wrappers.
• 9 in a medium heavy saucepan, pour about 2-inches of oil inches.
• 10 heat the oil to 350 degrees.
• 11 carefully drop a few spring rolls in at a time and fry until golden (about 6 minutes) turning to brown and cook on all sides (don't fry more than 5-6 spring rolls at a time).
• 12 place on paper towels to drain.
• 13 serve with prepared chilled sweet chili sauce.