Prosperity Money Bags
Good to serve during Chinese New Year. Not only it is tasty, it has all the auspicious 'elements' to usher in the new year.
Servings: 6
Cost: £4.50
Equipment
- Wok or deep pan for deep fat frying
- Long Chopsticks or tongs
- sieve
- Heat proof container for draining the oil
Ingredients
Filling
- 300 g Chicken breast, cut to 1 cm cubes
- 100 g 100g shrimps - diced (optional) use 200g chicken if using shrimp
- 4 Cloves Garlic - chopped
- 1 Sprig Coriander leaves – chopped
- 50 g Peas
- 1 Spring onion -chopped
- 3 pcs Shitake mushrooms - soaked and chopped
- 100 g Water chestnuts -chopped
- 100 g Carrot- chopped
- 1/4 tsp 5 spice powder
- 1/4 tsp Freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil
- 1 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 1/2 tbsp Soy sauce
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing cooking wine
- 1/2 tsp Pepper powder
- 1 tsp Cornflour
- 1 tsp Corn starch mixed with 2 tbsp water
For wrapping
- 35 sheets Spring roll wrapper 15cm x15cm
- 3 leaves Outer leek leaves Cut into strips 1- 2cm and blanched, then plunge in cold water immediately.
- 1000 ml Cooking oil fry deep frying 750 to 1000ml
Instructions
Prepare the filling
- Prepare the vegetables as above in the recipe.
- Cut the outer 3 layers of the leeks and cut into thin strip.
- Blanch it in simmering water until soft. Remove and place in cold water.
- Drain and it is ready to use.
- Season the chicken with the oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar.
- Heat a tablespoon of cooking oil and fry the garlic till lightly brown.
- Add in the chicken and fry on one side until done and flip over to cookthe other side.
- Toss the chicken and add in the carrots, water chestnuts, and mushroom.
- Add wine, the 5-spice powder and grate the nutmeg over it.
- Then add in the wine, salt and pepper. Toss. The mixture should be dry.
- Add in the peas, sesame oil, salt to taste..
- Toss again and then add in the corn starch mixture to thicken.
- Finally add in the spring onions and the coriander leaves.
- Dish out and set aside to cool
To Wrap
- Take a piece of the wrapper and place it with a corner facing you.
- Put about 2 tables spoons of the vegetables in the centre,
- Bring the corner of the wrapper nearest to you, and bring the opposite corner together.
- Gather the sides of the wrapper and bring it to the centre.
- Repeat for the other side.
- Give the gathers a slight twist and tie with a single leek string.
- Set aside and repeat for the rest of the wrappers.
To Fry
- Heat some oil in a deep pan or wok to about 180C.
- Gently add in the bags and fry till golden brown, turning it so that it is evenly done.
- When done, remove and drain.
- Serve with chilli sauce or any sauce of your own.
- Bon appetite.