Egg Roll. Egg rolls are a variety of deep-fried appetizers served in American Chinese restaurants. An egg roll is a cylindrical, savory roll with shredded cabbage, chopped pork, and other fillings inside a thickly-wrapped wheat flour skin, which is fried in hot oil. Learn how to make egg rolls right at home!
These homemade egg rolls are filled with pork and vegetables, all wrapped up and fried to crispy perfection.
The perfect make-ahead appetizer for any event!
Egg Roll - Popular Chinese appetizer, and this recipe makes for the best egg rolls.
You can cook Egg Roll using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Egg Roll
- Prepare 2 Cups of Flour.
- You need 1 of Egg.
- Prepare 1 Tsp of Baking powder.
- It's 1/4 Tsp of Salt.
- You need 1/2 Tsp of Nutmeg.
- You need 2 Tbsp of Margarine.
- Prepare 8-9 Tbsp of Water.
- You need 5 of Eggs Boiled.
- You need 3 Tbsp of Sugar.
Jen shares her easy egg roll recipe (with sweet egg roll) and step-by-step picture cooking guide. Baking egg rolls definitely creates a different texture than frying, but I still liked them A LOT. I also experimented with freezing the egg rolls uncooked. After freezing I put them straight into a hot oven.
Egg Roll instructions
- Get a large bowl, mix the Flour, Baking powder, Salt, Sugar and Nutmeg together.
- Use your fingers to blend the Margarine into the flour until it’s like bread crumbly. Add the beaten egg and mix together. The dough should look very dry..
- Add the water a little at a time and work the dough till dough is soft and sticky but still workable. work the dough for about a minute then cover it and let it rest for about 20to 25 minutes. Work the dough again for a couple of seconds to a minute and divide it into 5..
- Tightly wrap each of the dough around each Egg. Fry on a medium heat turning over and over again until it’s golden brown. Serve your Egg Roll hot or warm. Enjoy!.
Egg rolls are so called because the wrappers (or "skins") are made with egg; spring rolls wrappers are not. Story goes that Chinese immigrants to the US came up with a spring roll recipe more acceptable. See more ideas about Egg rolls, Egg roll recipes, Recipes. These are the BEST Homemade Egg Rolls made with seasoned ground pork and fresh vegetables tightly rolled up in egg roll wrappers. Egg rolls are a classic appetizer at Chinese restaurants, but there are also many simple simple varieties to make at home yourself and enjoy anytime.