Hey Hey Hey Foodies!
It’s egg roll time! Also better known as Chinese spring rolls, Chinese egg roll, Lumpia, Chả Giò, etc. In Hmong, we call these Kab Yaub. Another one of my fried food weakness. Everyone has their own version of egg rolls and ingredients they like to add etc, etc. My recipe is nothing special, but here is one of my go-to egg roll recipe I wanted to share with you all. Most people like to add bean sprouts, cilantro, onion, ginger, and other ingredients but my version will contain ground pork, cabbage, carrots, LOTS of garlic, green onions, mushrooms, and bean tread noodles. It’s quite simple but still tasty. For me, as long as you have a great tasty egg roll dip to go along with it, egg rolls will always taste good. I love a good egg roll dipping sauce.
So hopefully you guys give it a try and let me know what you like to put in your egg roll filling and what sauce you like eating it with.
Happy Cooking!
THE SAUCE: Sweet Chili Peanut Sauce
Sweet chili with peanut butter is a great combo to go with the egg roll.
THE FILLING: Pork and vegetables
Everyone makes the filling differently. Mine contains ground pork, cabbage, carrots, LOTS of garlic, green onions, mushrooms, and bean tread noodles.
Seasoning:
I use salt, lots of black pepper, eggs, oyster sauce, sugar, and chicken bouillon powder.
Peeling the wrappers. You can find these at any local Asian grocery store. I used the red packet Menlo brand.
HOW TO ROLL
FRIED UP 🙂
Put it in vermicelli bowl OR…..
….DIP IT IN THE PEANUT SAUCE. YUMMM
ENJOY! 
Ingredients
- ---DIPPING SAUCE---
- 1/4 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter
- 1/2 cup sweet chili sauce (I use Mae Ploy)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 1 Tbsp lime juice
- Chopped green onion/ cilantro
- Roasted peanuts (crushed)
- Chili flakes for more spice
- ---PORK FILLING---
- 2.5 lbs ground pork
- 5 oz dried bean thread noodles (4 bundles)
- 1/4 cup minced garlic
- 10 oz shredded carrots (~2.5 - 3 cups)
- 10 oz shredded cabbage (~2.5- 3cups)
- 1 Tbsp black pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/4 cup oyster sauce
- 1/2 tsp chicken bouillon powder (add more if desire)
- 2 cups chopped green onion (2 bundles)
- 1 cup chopped wood-ear mushrooms
- 3 eggs
- 2 packets of Menlo egg roll wrappers (60 sheets total)
- 1 more egg to seal the wrapper
- Oil to fry
Instructions
1) Make the dipping sauce
In a saucepan add in the sweet chili sauce, peanut butter, water, and fish sauce. Heat until the peanut butter dissolves (should take about 2-3 minutes). Turn off heat and then add in the lime juice, fresh chopped green onion and cilantro. Top with the crushed peanuts and stir. Chill and set aside.
2) Soak the bean thread noodles
In a bowl, add in about 4 bundles of the bean thread noodles (5 oz dried). Submerge it in warm water for about 30 minutes until it plumps up and is flexible to use. Drain, and then cut it with scissors into smaller length so it's easier to mix with pork.
3) The filling and wrapper
In a bowl, add in the ground pork and the seasonings. Mix well. Then add in all the vegetables, eggs, and cut up noodles. Mix well. Set aside
Peel the wrappers one by one and have it ready next to the filling to be use.
Crack one egg in a small bowl and whisk it up. Set next to the wrapper. The egg will be use seal the egg roll up.
4) Set and ROLL
Place wrapper diagonally on flat surface and put about 2 tbsp or spoons of the filling inside. Roll from the bottom point, then the outside ends to the top end (just like a burrito). Tuck and roll as you go up so you can get a nice tight egg roll. Seal with a dab of egg on the end point of the wrapper. Repeat until you use up all items. You may have some wrapper left over if you put too much filling in the earlier process.
5) Fry
Heat oil to about 350 F'. Fry batch by batch (10-12 per batch) for about 5-8 minutes. Do not submerge the frying oil with lots of egg roll or else you will get soggy egg rolls. Depending on the deep frying pan you use, add enough to allow space for the egg roll to fry up nicely. After 5-8 minutes or until golden crispy, take it out of the oil and set it on a rack or strainer. Continues until all the egg rolls are fried up. Slightly cool it before enjoying it.
Serve with sweet chili dipping sauce! or eat put it in a vermicelli bowl! 🙂
Enjoy
-CHawjCreations
Notes
Use other protein to your desire. Add other vegetables if you desire as well. Adjust to your liking!
1 comment
Absolutely love your recipes , keep bringing them xx