Recipe: Egg Roll

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! Place egg rolls into heated oil and fry, turning occasionally, until golden brown. You can have Egg Roll using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Egg Roll

1. 10 of whole eggs room temperature.
2. 4 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour.
3. 1/2 cup of white sugar.
4. 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
5. 1 teaspoon of mixed ground spices nutmeg & cinnamon.
6. Pinch of salt.
7. 4 tablespoons of margarine or butter.
8. 1 cup of warm water.
9. of Vegetable oil for frying.

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 instructions

1. Boil the eggs for some minutes until hard boiled. Check out how to make the perfect hard boiled egg. First sift the dry ingredients into a big dry bowl i.e. flour, sugar, baking powder, spices and salt..
2. Add in the margarine to the dry ingredients and rub the butter into the flour with the tip of your fingers until crumbly and somewhat dry. In the centre of the flour mixture, add some water little by little. Mix the water with the flour until a dough is formed. Knead until a smooth, non-sticky elastic dough is gotten..
3. Divide the dough into 10 equal pieces and roll each into balls.. Dust a flat work surface with flour and roll out the dough pieces, one at a time. Wrap each piece around an egg and roll into a ball. Repeat until each piece of dough is rolled and wrapped about an egg..
4. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan over medium heat and fry egg rolls in batches (on low/medium heat) until golden brown and crunchy on the outside. Remove egg rolls from the oil and drain on a paper towel before serving..
5. Enjoy your egg roll.

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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