Recipe: Egg roll & Empanada pork filling

Egg roll & Empanada pork filling. 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! Place egg rolls into heated oil and fry, turning occasionally, until golden brown. You can cook Egg roll & Empanada pork filling using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Egg roll & Empanada pork filling

1. 4 tbsp of olive oil, extra virgin.
2. 1 of thumb size ginger (finely minced).
3. 9 of garlic cloves (minced).
4. 2 medium of size red onions (but you can use 1 white & 1 red)(white onion for sweetness and red for flavor & fragrance) (minced).
5. 1 small of bunch of scallion / spring onion (minced).
6. 3 tbsp of fish sauce.
7. 1/2 kg of ground pork.
8. 1 of carrot (use food processor to mince but you could also use a knife).
9. 1/4 small of cabbage (minced).
10. 125 grams of raisins.
11. 1 of salt & pepper to taste.
12. 4 tbsp of tomato sauce (optional).

Remove from oil and drain on paper towels or rack. Put on serving plate and top with sesame seeds if desired. These Chinese homemade egg rolls rival any restaurant! They are bursting with juicy pork, cabbage, mushrooms, carrots, and bean sprouts all wrapped up and fried OR BAKED to crispy perfection.

Egg roll & Empanada pork filling step by step

1. Heat pan, once it's hot add olive oil.
2. Add ginger first, cook until brown (this allows the ginger to give its fragrance and removes its spicy rooty flavor).
3. Add garlic (cook until slightly brown).
4. Add onions & scallions/spring onion (sautee until fragrant).
5. Add fish sauce (gourmet tip: allow the fish sauce to simmer until its fragrant, this adds more flavor on your food without affecting the base flavor of the herbs).
6. Add ground pork (mix well and stir until pork is cook).
7. Add carrots & cabbage (mix in well to incorporate flavors).
8. Add raisins (mix in well).
9. Tomato sauce is optional, it further enhances the flavor of your mixture, but adjust your salt level since tomato sauce is already a sodium based substance.
10. Add salt and pepper to taste.
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Warning: these egg rolls are RIDICULOUS. We think the Nilla coating really takes them over the This isn't your average egg roll recipe! The filling is delicious and you can change it up to any fruit you. 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.

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