Egg Rolls
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.
Homemade egg rolls are a bargain, that’s for sure. Yours look wonderful.
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I’ve never made eggrolls (potstickers, ys). These look so yummy. And atleast you know for sure what’s in the 😉
Oh you know I love anything asian, these will go great with my homemade friend wontons! 🙂
This sounds so yummy! I make ragoons every once in a great while but have never tried eggrolls.
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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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these look fantastic! I’ve never made egg rolls – but you make them look easy to make 🙂
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Yum — those look absolutely delicious! I love egg rolls!
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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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Wow, those look so good! Thanks for sharing the recipe and directions with us!
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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I love making egg rolls. I haven’t made them in awhile. THANKS!!! for the recipe. Geri
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Wow–that looks so easy! I am impressed!
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This is a great tutorial that could help anyone make these at home. They look great.
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
I had no idea they could be easy! I might try them one day! They look sooooo good!
Kim
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