Duck Confit Fried Spring Rolls
The recipe Duck Confit Fried Spring Rolls is ready in roughly 1 hour and 40 minutes and is definitely a super gluten free and dairy free option for lovers of Vietnamese food. This recipe makes 40 servings with 461 calories, 3g of protein, and 48g of fat each. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a hor d'oeuvre. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Spring. If you have five-spice powder, pepper, cremini mushrooms, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.
Instructions
Remove the skin from the duck legs and discard.
Remove the meat, shred it into small pieces, and place in a large bowl (you should have about 3 cups). Discard the bones.
Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat until shimmering.
Add the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring rarely, until browned, about 5 minutes.
Transfer to the bowl with the duck meat.
Add 1 tablespoon of the oil to the pan and place over medium heat until shimmering.
Add the carrot and onion, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion has softened, about 8 minutes.
Add the five-spice and cook, stirring occasionally, until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Add the carrot-onion mixture to the bowl with the meat and mushrooms.
Add the water chestnuts and cilantro to the bowl and stir to combine. Taste and season the filling with additional salt and pepper as needed.
Place a clean, damp kitchen towel on a work surface. Fill a medium frying pan or wide, shallow dish large enough to hold the rice paper wrappers with hot tap water. Working with 1 wrapper at a time, completely submerge the wrapper until it is soft and pliable, about 15 seconds.
Remove from the water and place on the towel.Working quickly, place 2 heaping tablespoons of the filling across the wrapper about 1 1/2 inches from the bottom and leaving about 1 inch of space on each side. Fold the bottom of the wrapper up and over the filling. Holding the whole thing firmly in place, fold the sides of the wrapper in. Then, pressing firmly down to hold the folds in place, roll the entire wrapper horizontally up from the bottom to the top.
Place on a baking sheet and cover loosely with plastic wrap. Repeat with the remaining wrappers and filling. Leave 3/4 inch between each spring roll so they don’t stick together, and replace the water in the pan or dish with hot tap water as needed.
Heat the remaining oil in a Dutch oven or a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat until it reaches 350°F on a deep-frying/candy thermometer. Set a wire rack over a baking sheet; set aside.When the oil is ready, add 3 of the spring rolls. Fry, moving the spring rolls with tongs as necessary to keep them from touching and sticking together, and turning occasionally until crispy (they will not turn golden brown), about 4 to 5 minutes. Using the tongs, transfer the spring rolls to the rack. Repeat with the remaining spring rolls.
Let sit until cool enough to handle, about 5 minutes.
Cut each spring roll in half on the bias and serve with the dipping sauce.