Think you can make delicious restaurant-quality egg rolls at home? Think again! This easy to recreate homemade egg roll recipe will have you frying up a batch in no time!
We're HUGE lovers of Chinese cuisine and flavors here in my home. My aim was to make egg rolls like our favorite Chinese take-out restaurant.
PORK FILLED EGG ROLLS {PRINT THIS RECIPE}
½ lb ground pork
3 cloves garlic, grated
salt and pepper
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger, divided
1 medium carrot, grated
1 tablespoon red onion, grated
2 cups prepared coleslaw mix (cabbage, red and green)
2-3 tablespoons bean sprouts, drained
2-3 tablespoons water chestnuts, chopped
2-3 scallions, sliced
1 teaspoon soy sauce
½ teaspoon rice vinegar
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
Egg Roll Wrappers (found in the produce section of your grocery store)
Peanut Oil for frying
-In a large skillet, over medium-high heat, brown the pork until no longer pink.
-Add the garlic, ginger, salt, and pepper and reduce the heat to medium.
-Add the carrot, red onion, slaw mix, bean sprouts, and water chestnuts.
-Cook the mixture until it's just wilted. Approximately 5 minutes.
-Add the scallions, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and oyster sauce.
-Continue to cook just another minute or two and remove from the heat.
-Allow to cool so the mixture is easy to work with.
-Using one egg roll wrapper at a time, fill with the pork/cabbage mixture, roll up and seal the ends with water.
-Continue wrapping and rolling until all the meat mixture is used up.
-In a large, deep-sided skillet, heat several inches of the peanut oil for frying.
**Note - You know your peanut oil is ready when you dip the handle of a wooden spoon in the oil and millions of tiny bubbles form off the spoon handle.**
-Carefully fry a few egg rolls at a time until golden brown, turning to brown all sides.
-Allow your egg rolls to cool slightly and serve.
While my egg rolls were good, they were still lacking 'something' that our favorite Chinese take-out egg rolls have.
Maybe it's the msg? Who knows?
Still, for a first-time egg roll making experience, I was pretty pleased with how they turned out!
Until we eat again,
Kirstin says
Yummy! These look like they came from a restaurant!!!
Baking Addict says
Hi! I'm visiting from SRC Group D. I've never made my own egg rolls and this looks delicious!! I love the stuffed rice component - yours looks better than restaurant quality 🙂
Kristy Lynn says
i always love a good egg roll. i don't eat Chinese food as much as i used to because i can't find a good restaurant where i live - maybe making my own is the answer...?
happy belated SRC reveal day!
withoutadornment says
Oh man! These egg rolls look so good! Good job for making them from scratch!
Nicole @ The Daily Dish says
I can't believe you made egg rolls at home and they look beautiful. We love egg rolls and would love a recipe that mimicked our local chinese restaurant. I cracked up at your missing ingredient - MSG. haha That's probably exactly what it was - or extra grease?
At any rate, yours look fantastic! Great pick!
Gingered Whisk says
So delicious, and how fun!! This was a great SRC pick!
Rituparna says
Those rolls look delicious ! Great SRC pick.
Kels @ K and K Test Kitchen says
Ah I've always wanted to make eggrolls too! I believe you when you say these were "missing" something though... my Chinese food inspired SRC dish was missing something too, but I couldn't quite pinpoint it.
Paula says
Wow Renee, you really impress me with these fabulous looking egg rolls!
Shari TheSaucyGourmet says
I haven't made egg rolls in forever, I think you have just motivate me to make some today! I love being a new member of SRC, what fun!
Fran@fransfavs.com says
Making egg rolls has been on my bucket list for a while now. You've given me inspiration!
Asiya @ Chocolate and Chillies says
I've always wanted to make egg rolls at home but have avoided it b/c I hate heating up a huge pot of oil...yours look so good I may have to try it (but substituting something else for the pork) Great SRC pick!
Sarah E. says
Happy to have inspired you to create that goodness - love all the different ingredients!! 🙂 I really never knew how easy it was to make egg rolls and I make them all the time now! Thank you for such a sweet post!
Lisa~~ says
You did a wonderful job with the recipe and I could easily enjoy a plate of your egg rolls.
If you haven't already, I'd love for you to check out my group "A" SRC entry: Double Chocolate Mousse Cake.
Lisa~~
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Angie Barrett says
I wish I had that plate sitting in front of me now.
mybeautifuldisastersblog.com says
yum! What a fun recipe!! I've been tempted by making my own eggs roll, but have always been too gosh darn intimidated. yours look like they turned out great!
katie says
I have always wanted to try and make egg rolls at home, these look great.