Brunswick spring rolls with cabbage

Brunswick spring rolls with cabbage

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Homemade spring rolls filled with cabbage, carrots, and ground pork, seasoned with five-spice powder, deep-fried until golden brown, and ready in about 40…

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These spring rolls are easy to make. You only need to find the spring roll wrappers, which are sold in Asian grocery stores, and the five-spice blend.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time25 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Total40 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying
  • Estimated cost$1.75 $0.88 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

2 people
  • $0.15
  • $0.26
  • $0.19
  • $0.86
  • $0.08
  • $0.05
  • $0.02
  • $0.14

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Boil some water in a pot and add salt.
  2. Wash the vegetables and cut them into small strips. ≈ 8 min
  3. Submerge them in boiling water and cook for a few minutes, until they reach the desired level of doneness.
  4. Drain the vegetables, rinse them in cold water, drain well, and set aside. ≈ 2 min
  5. Cut the meat into very small pieces and dredge it in a little bit of flour.
  6. Add the vegetables, salt, pepper, and season with five-spice powder. ≈ 2 min
  7. Place a small amount of filling on a tortilla, roll it up halfway, fold the sides over, and then roll it up completely. Moisten the edges with a little water to help them stick together. ≈ 10 min
  8. Heat vegetable oil in a pot and fry the rolls for a few minutes, turning them occasionally. Once they are golden brown, remove them from the oil with a slotted spoon and serve immediately.

The bill

Brunswick spring rolls with cabbage

  • 1 onion$0.15
  • 150 g of white cabbage$0.26
  • 1 carrot$0.19
  • 100 g of pork loin or ground meat$0.86
  • oil paint, vegetable-based$0.08
  • pepper from the mill$0.05
  • salt$0.02
  • deep-fried oil paint$0.14

Total$1.75

that's $0.88 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 onion
  • 150 g of white cabbage
  • 1 carrot
  • 4 sheets of spring roll wrappers (available at Asian grocery stores, or frozen)
  • A pinch of five-spice powder or a commercially available spice blend
  • 100 g of pork loin or ground meat
  • oil paint, vegetable-based
  • pepper from the mill
  • salt
  • deep-fried oil paint

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