I'm making vietnamese egg rolls HELPPPPP :(

Oh, one other thing. If you're using toasted sesame oil, it should probably only go in the dipping sauce. Toasted sesame oil has a really low smoke point - it will smoke, burn and generally taste awful if you leave it on high heat too long. If I'm cooking something and the sauce has toasted sesame oil, I generally swirl it in right at the end.

I'm a bit skeptical of the recipe as well. Usually the mixture contains ground pork and possibly ground shrimp. Wood ear mushrooms. Grated carrots and bean threads. I don't know about the sesame oil. We rarely cooked with sesame oil growing up.

As for fish sauce I prefer the Red Boat brand for dipping. The depth of flavor is superior to most other fish sauces. But for cooking I use other fish sauces like the crab one mentioned.

No corn syrup in the fish sauce dip. Just plain sugar is fine.

Hope this helps.

You can use any fish sauce brand in the mixture. I would advise against using fish sauce from the Philippines. It's a totally different flavor and is much more pungent. My favorite brands are 3 Crabs, Red Boat, & Squid. Any of these should be fine.

I am a bit skeptical of the recipe since most Vietnamese egg rolls I've had is made with ground pork, not ground beef, nor does it include sesame oil. Not that there's anything wrong with either ingredients. It's just that Vietnamese egg rolls are usually made with ground pork and does not have sesame oil in it. My Viet mother would not approve ;)

As for the dipping sauce, we make a sauce called nuoc cham which does not have any corn syrup in it. Here's a good recipe from Andrea Nguyen, http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2008/11/basic-vietnamese-dipping-sauce-nuoc-cham.html

Vietnamese cooking does not use corn syrup much, if at all.

Hope this helps.

THANKS GUYS!!! :)

Hey Lena! I love vietnamese egg rolls. I've heard good things about Red Boat Fish Sauce if you need a specific brand but I think you might be fine with a generic brand if the stores near you don't provide a lot of options. I've only made them a couple times with my family, but I'm thinking you can use sugar instead of corn syrup and toasted sesame oil. Good luck!

I like the three crabs brand of fish sauce (I don't know what it's called but it has a picture of three crabs on the label). I don't know why you would have to use corn syrup for a dipping sauce - regular sugar or brown sugar would work fine. It's what I use. Just sweeten to taste and keep the other ingredients the same. And I would imagine that toasted sesame oil is what's traditional. Again, it's what I use. Good luck!