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Turon (Banana Spring Rolls) with Cheese

Still making turon with strips of langka (jackfruit)? Too cloying… try strips of cheese. Sweet and salty make a better flavor combination.

Turon (Filipino banana spring roll) with cheese

What is turon?

In the Philippines, turon is a spring roll filled with (over)ripe saba banana. As street food, they are sold along sidewalks by ambulant vendors who cook them on gas stoves set on rolling carts. Sold that way, turon is laced with plenty of brown sugar and filled with lots of langka (jackfruit) strips. Which makes it too sweet. Much too cloying for my taste.

Why cheese and banana make a better combo

Substituting strips of cheese for the langka gives turon a totally new flavor. The salty cheese softens inside the wrapper and blends wonderfully with the natural sweetness of the saba bananas. That’s why it’s so important to use very ripe bananas. Semi-ripe bananas are too firm and lack the right amount of sweetness.

Won’t the cheese ooze out during frying?

There’s a trick so that the cheese softens to the point of melting without oozing out of the wrapper. After wrapping and sealing the rolls, sprinkle with a little corn starch, stack in a covered container and freeze for a few hours.

During frying the wrapper of the frozen turon will brown and turn crisp, the filling will get heated but not to the point where the cheese melts.

Turon (Banana Spring Rolls) with Cheese

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
Saba banana, a cultivar that originates in the Philippines, is used for turon. You'll need very ripe (overripe is even better) saba to make the best turon.
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 6 mins
Freezing time 3 hrs
Total Time 3 hrs 16 mins
Course Snack, Street Food
Cuisine Filipino
Servings 8 people
Turon with cheese
Print Recipe

Ingredients
  

  • 4 saba bananas very ripe
  • 150 to 200 grams cheese
  • 8 spring roll wrappers
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • cooking oil for deep frying

Instructions
 

  • Peel the saba bananas and cut into halves lengthwise.
    Halved saba bananas and cheese strips on bamboo chopping board
  • Cut the cheese into thick sticks.
  • Lay a spring roll wrapper flat with one corner facing you. Lay a banana half near the corner near you and top with a stick of cheese.
    Laying cheese over banana half before rolling the spring roll
  • Take the corner of the wrapper near you and fold over the banana and cheese.
  • Lift one corner on the side and fold over the filling.
    Rolling and folding the wrapper to seal the turon (banana spring roll)
  • Repeat with the opposite corner.
  • Wet the remaining empty portion of the wrapper with a little water then continue rolling until the filling is sealed.
    Moistening the edges of spring roll wrapper to seal the filling
  • Repeat with the rest of the banana halves, cheese and wrapper.
  • Roll the uncooked turon in cornstarch, stack in a covered container and freeze for three hours or longer.
  • Take the frozen turon out of the freezer and, without thawing, fry them in hot oil at least two inches deep.
    Frying turon (banana spring roll) in oil
  • Roll them around in the oil until the entire surface of the turon are golden and crisp.
  • Serve your turon with cheese immediately.

Notes

Updated from two recipes published in May 11, 2003 and March 23, 2018
Keyword fried spring rolls
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Published: November 5, 2021 • Last modified: November 10, 2021 ♥ All Recipes, Filipino, Snacks, Southeast Asian Food, Street Food
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