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Spring Rolls with Turkey

A fried roll filled with turkey, lettuce, bean sprouts, and vegetables in a savory sauce.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Spring Rolls with Turkey

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Heat oils in large saute pan over high heat.

  2. Add green onion and red pepper and cook one minute, stirring constantly.

  3. Add ginger and garlic and saute one minute.

  4. Add bean sprouts and saute one minute.

  5. Blend cornstarch, water, soy sauce and sugar together.

  6. Add turkey, lettuce and cornstarch mixture to pan and cook, stirring constantly, until liquid is thickened.

  7. Remove from heat and transfer to a flat pan to cool.

Roll and fry

  1. When cool enough to handle, place approximately 2 tablespoons on the lower corner of one wrapper.

  2. Roll up, folding in sides to completely enclose filling.

  3. Seal ends by brushing lightly with water.

  4. Set each aside until all are rolled.

  5. Heat at least 2 inches of oil to 380°F and fry spring rolls a few at a time until golden brown and crispy.

  6. Drain on paper towel and serve immediately with garnish and sauces.

  7. Serve one roll per portion.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1003Calories
48 gProtein
32 gFat
127 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Beannot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Leafnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Sesame + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Sesame + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Sesame + garlictop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Ginger + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,402 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Turkey
Provides the main protein, and cooking it in the thickened sauce keeps the filling moist.
Cornstarch
Thickens the soy-water liquid into a glossy sauce that holds the filling together inside the wrapper.
Spring roll wrappers
Form the thin, crisp shell that browns and encloses the filling when fried.
Bean sprouts
Add crisp texture and moisture to the filling.
Green onion
Adds mild sharp aroma and flavor to the filling.
Soy sauce
Adds salty, savory flavor and color to the filling sauce.

The step that matters

Cool the filling before rolling. Hot filling softens the wrapper and can tear it or cause steam blisters, and a thickened sauce still wet from cooking can leak out during frying. Cooling it until it is only warm lets the wrapper hold and seal properly.

Swap the sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, pepper, ginger, garlic, sauce, sugar, turkey):

  1. Sesamethe original
  2. Chestnutfits about as well
  3. Beansfits about as well
  4. Chickpeafits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, pepper, ginger, garlic, sauce, sugar, turkey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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