Vegetarian Spring Rolls

• Spring Roll
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 tablespoon ginger root, minced
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• 1 cup sugar snap peas, cut in three pieces
• 1 medium carrot, grated or julienned
• 3 scallions, chopped fine
• 3 cups Napa cabbage, shredded
• 4 ounces Extra Firm Tofu, frozen and defrosted
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine (sub sherry or white vermouth)
• 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
• 1 packet egg roll or spring roll wrappers
• Canola/Vegetable oil for frying
• Dipping Sauce
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• Splash toasted sesame oil
• sriraccha, to taste

1. In a large saucier or saute pan, heat the vegetable oil and saute the ginger and garlic until softened but not browned.
2. Add the peas, carrot and mushrooms and cook gently for a couple of minutes until starting to soften. Crumble the tofu into the mixture. Stir well.
3. Add the cabbage and oil, soy sauce and wine. Cook for 8-10 minutes, or until all the vegetables are softened and fully cooked, and the moisture has evaporated, leaving the mixture dry. This is very important - if the mixture is too wet, your spring rolls will be soggy. Set filling aside to cool.
4. Stir together all the dipping sauce ingredients.
5. Fill and wrap: Place a wrapper on your work surface, corners pointing as in a compass. Place about 3 Tbls of filling at the bottom (south) corner. Begin to roll (do not fold in outside corners yet - that's a burrito.) Keep the roll quite tight. When you get to the midpoint, fold in the east and west corners. Continue rolling and then moisten the last corner (north) by dipping your fingertips in a little water to seal the spring roll.
6. Place completed rolls, seam side down, on a sheet pan and either hold until all rolls are completed, or cook and roll as you go.
7. Heat 2" canola oil in a cast iron pan, or heat up your deep fryer until a drop of water seriously sizzles.
8. Place the roll seam side down in the hot oil. Cook for about 8 minutes total, until evenly crispy and brown. Drain on paper towels set on a rack.
9. Serve spring rolls piping hot with the sauce. Happy New Year.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/2391-vegetarian-spring-rolls (may not work)