When mentioning Thanh Hoa, surely many people will immediately think of the specialty nem chua with many different ways of processing and packaging. Among them, Nhu Thanh land is famous for bamboo spring rolls, also known as pork spring rolls or pork spring rolls with armpit.
Unlike most types of spring rolls that are wrapped in banana leaves or vacuum bags, bamboo spring rolls have fillings stored in fresh bamboo tubes or luongs, selected right from the forest in the mountainous districts of Thanh Hoa. The bamboo tubes are carefully cut, not only to hold ingredients but also to help the spring rolls have a unique flavor and aroma.
An indispensable ingredient to make delicious spring rolls is pork (black pig, grass pig). This is a breed of pig with fragrant, sweet meat, considered a specialty of mountainous areas.
People often choose pork shoulder, buttocks and pork skin to make sour rolls. Rice, beans or corn are roasted until fragrant, then ground into small pieces and fermented for meat.
After preliminary processing, the meat and pork skin are sliced thinly, marinated with spices such as sliced garlic, whole chili, shredded pepper, MSG, sugar, salt... and the indispensable ingredient is mushrooms. , mix well to ferment.
The selected bamboo tube or bamboo tube is usually a bamboo tube, cut into pieces about 10cm long, with one end covered with a notch. The spring rolls are stuffed into a bamboo tube, the other end is sealed.
According to local people, spring rolls stored in bamboo tubes will not dry out and will retain the characteristic flavor of pork. In addition, spring rolls also look beautiful and are easy to transport everywhere.
When eaten, the finished spring rolls have a sweet, slightly sour taste typical of spring rolls, mixed with the aroma of fresh bamboo tubes. When eating, diners can wrap it with herbs and dip it with chili sauce or spicy and sour fish sauce.
In the past, bamboo spring rolls were only made to serve local people, now this specialty spring rolls has been brought all over the country, even exported to foreign countries such as Korea and Japan. ... Bamboo spring rolls have also become a typical rustic dish, sought after by tourists to enjoy every time they have the opportunity to come to Thanh Hoa.
