Homemade Egg Rolls?

[mackeeg]

I'm going to try and make these tomorrow. What do you put in your egg rolls and how do you make them at your house?

[TATTRAT]

Typically, eggroll wrapper(won ton skins), cabbage, carrot, a little ginger, I like doing pork, chicken and shrimp(all ground and cooked), and I add a little cilantro too.

I deep fry in peanut oil at 350degrees untill they float and the skins are really crispy and bubbley.

[VeraBlue]

Depending on the size I want them to be, I'll either use an egg roll wrapper or a won ton skin. The wrappers are a bit thicker and larger in size.

Typical egg roll filling would be shrimp, chicken, pork, cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, celery, ginger, garlic, soy sauce.

I've also filled them with sweet potatoes, carmelized onions, goat cheese and port.

Mushrooms, spinach and feta cheese

apples, dried cranberries, fresh bread crumbs, madiera

bananas, brown sugar, rum.

I prefer frying to baking.

Good luck!

[kitchenelf]

TATT - love the cilantro addition!

Vera - what great combos!!!!!

[boufa06]

Back home, we prepare a filling consisting of shredded turnip/bamboo shoot, carrot, shrimps, fermented beans and chopped garlic, roll it up and deep fry in hot oil and then serve with sweet chilli sauce. There is another version called 'Popiah' which uses freshly made spring roll wrapper. Altogether there are at least 8 ingredients for the individuals to do their own wrapping. The 'Do-It-Yourself' Popiah parties used to be the craze those days but eventually the popularity died down due to the amount of work it entails. This type of spring rolls is now available in hawker's centres (small eating places) and restaurants.

[Ayrton]

Originally Posted by VeraBlue

...shrimp, chicken, pork, cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, celery, ginger, garlic, soy sauce ...

... and fresh bean sprouts if you can get them. They add a really desirable, fresh crunch!

[htc]

Not sure if we're all talking about the same thing, but using wonton shells would not produce an egg roll. It'd be something more like gyoza. (which to me is not an egg roll) Maybe I'm missing something?? Depending on the type of "egg roll" you want to make a couple of shells would be: egg roll wrap, rice paper, lumpia.

[urmaniac13]

I like making the homemade version with what htc called "rice paper", I believe. (it is a semi transparent paper thin, round sheet made of rice)
You dump it in a water for a few second, roll with your choice of stuffing, thinly coat the surface with EVOO and oven bake it.
I like my stuffing with shredded cabbage, onion, carrots, mushrooms (if available shiitakes are nice), and small prawns, seasoned with ginger, garlic, sesame oil, pepper and ketjap (indonesian soy sauce).
I also like a bit of fusion variation with crumbled sausage.

[Shunka]

Many of us have discussed this before and have posted very good recipes in this same forum. Have you went through all the pages of this forum yet? Please do!! I know you will find many wonderful ideas besides the great ones posted in this thread!!!!

[Loprraine]

I'm trying something different today. I had a party catered last spring, and the Chef made Tourtiere Eggrolls. The traditional stuffing, but wrapped, and baked instead of fried. They were fabulous, and a fun takeoff on a traditional Quebec dish. Just trying to reach him to figure out what temp my oven should be.