I usually try to cook a nice meal on Sundays, especially when my son’s have their girlfriends over. Yesterday, they requested Chinese food. I have made Stir-Fry and Oriental Noodles, lots of times. But, egg rolls, well, that was a new one. While thinking about having to buy either frozen ($2.50 for 4 at Aldi’s) or from Take-Out ($1 each), I knew that was way too much money to spend. So, I had my son look for a recipe online, and I headed to Walmart and Aldi’s for the ingredients.
They were surprisingly very easy to make,(my son and his girlfriend actually made most of them) and only cost about $6.00 for 20 egg rolls.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. Ground Pork
- 1 t. Ground Ginger (I used fresh)
- 1 t. Garlic Powder (I used fresh, again)
- 1 quart Oil
- 2 T. Flour
- 2 T. Water
- 2 c. Cabbage (I bought a bag of broccoli, carrots & cabbage already cut at Walmart for $1.30, it worked great)
- 2 oz. Carrots
- Egg Roll Wrappers (these are in the produce section, they come 20 in a pkg)
Directions
Fry the pork and add the ginger and garlic. Mix with vegetables, set aside.
I took step by step photos, and decided to combine them to make the post a little shorter.
Starting at the top left -
1. Lay egg roll wrapper out with a corner facing you, place 1/4-1/3 c. mixture on the wrapper
2. Fold over corner
3. Fold in side corners
4. Fold over again
5. Combine flour and water to make paste. Spoon a little paste on edge of wrapper.
6. Fold over last time and seal
7. We placed ours on a cookie sheet until frying
8. Fry in hot oil
We were able to fry 4 at a time, so we placed them in a foil lined 13×9 pan to stay warm until we were done.
Cooks Note: Next time we make these, I will add a little more seasoning. Also, we put them on paper towel to soak up some of the oil, they were still a little greasy, next time I will add more paper towel and pat them down a bit.
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I had no idea they could be easy! I might try them one day! They look sooooo good!
Kim
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I have a friend who makes these–she uses pork sausage, the kind that comes in a tube, it has the extra seasoning you may like. For the cabbage, she uses the cole slaw mixture in a bag, it already has the carrots, and mix of red and green cabbage. She adds it to the browned meat and cooks it down just slightly before filling the wrappers. Last time I was home I was telling her it was time for a batch of these! I may have to get the stuff and make some myself now!
@Charlene @ A Virtuous Woman, The sausage is a great idea. I used a bag of already cut up cabbage, carrots and broccoli, but didn’t think about cooking it down some. Thanks for the tips!
And for visiting!
~Liz
This is a great tutorial that could help anyone make these at home. They look great.
Wow–that looks so easy! I am impressed!
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I love making egg rolls. I haven’t made them in awhile. THANKS!!! for the recipe. Geri
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The egg rolls look delicious! We love Chinese food, but I am some what scared of trying to cook it for myself. Thanks for sharing how easy it is.
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Wow, those look so good! Thanks for sharing the recipe and directions with us!
You just may have gotten me over my fear of making eggrolls. Thank you for a clear way to do this.
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Yum — those look absolutely delicious! I love egg rolls!
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these look fantastic! I’ve never made egg rolls – but you make them look easy to make
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We usually do a HUGE batch and then freeze (layered between parchment papers). Then when we want eggrolls, we can take out what we want and fry them frozen
Your eggrolls look delicious
Blessings!
Gail
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This sounds so yummy! I make ragoons every once in a great while but have never tried eggrolls.
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Oh you know I love anything asian, these will go great with my homemade friend wontons!
I’ve never made eggrolls (potstickers, ys). These look so yummy. And atleast you know for sure what’s in the
Homemade egg rolls are a bargain, that’s for sure. Yours look wonderful.
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Very economical to make your own especially these days. I have never made these either. I guess I should put these on my list of new things.
Joyce
I love eggrolls. It’s so easy to change up the fillings, too! Thanks for sharing yours -
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Yum!!! The egg rolls look great. I feel sorry for those girlfriends of your sons. Those boys wives will have some REALLY BIG SHOES to fill, someday!! They better learn to cook pretty darn quick!
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