Egg Rolls

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 2

Cool down time: 15

Total Time: 30

Servings: pieces

Author: Giangi Townsend

Egg rolls are the quintessential Chinese food stuffed with cabbage, carrots, and pork and crisped to perfection.

Ingredients

Egg Rolls

3 carrots, shredded
2 cups white cabbage, shredded
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon fresh ginger, minced
pound cleaned shrimp, chopped into small pieces
1 pound ground pork
1 teaspoon brown sugar
3 teaspoons Chinese rice wine
2 teaspoons garlic sesame soy sauce (or regular)
2 teaspoons oyster sauce
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
white pepper
20 units spring roll wrappers
oil for frying

Dipping Sauce for Egg Rolls

1 garlic clove, chopped
1 tablespoon chopped green onions
1 teaspoon ginger finely chopped
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
soy sauce

US - Metric

Instructions

Egg Rolls Preparation:

Shred the carrots and cabbage. Peel and mince the garlic. Mince the fresh ginger. Chop in small pieces the cleaned and deveined shrimps.
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a wok until hot. Add the ground pork and cook until done. About 4 minutes. Add the shrimps and cook for another 2 minutes. Remove and set aside.
Add the carrots, cabbage fresh garlic and ginger to the wok. Stir and add the brown sugar, Chinese rice wine, soy sauce, oyster sauce and rice vinegar. Cook over high heat until tender to the bite.
Return the pork and shrimps to the wok and mix well with the vegetables
Remove and let it cool off. Can be placed in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
Place egg roll wrapper in a diamond shape on a clean dry surface. Spoon mixture in the lower mid part of wrapper. Cover with tip corner, fold side over tucking meat well inside, roll and wet triangle tip with water and seal. Continue with all rolls.
In the wok heat oil until hot and deep fry the egg roll until golden all around

Sauce Preparation:

Combine all the sauce ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Add more soy sauce as needed or desired.
Serve alongside egg rolls.

Equipment

Notes

To facilitate your prep work, buy already shredded cabbage. Readily available in your grocery produce section.

Squeeze out any excess moisture from the filling before wrapping the egg rolls. Moisture in the filling can be dangerous when frying.

Do not overfill them, and keep them bite-size for everyone to enjoy.

Nutrition

Giangi's Kitchen provides nutritional information, but these figures should be considered estimates, as a registered dietician does not calculate them.