Wok of Life has a good recipe for egg rolls.

A lot of their recipes are traditional American Chinese dishes. Their chicken chow mein recipe is very similar to the one we got at a carry out restaurant in my childhood neighborhood.

Anonymous wrote:Now I’m craving an old school eggroll! I’m a vegetarian and you can find plenty of veg spring rolls but almost never a veg eggroll. I don’t think I’ve had a proper one in decades.

They're not too hard to make. This is a basic recipe https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/61913/authentic-chinese-egg-rolls-from-a-chinese-person/

I do my own mix and it's 70% cabbage and 20% carrot with added celery, bamboo shoots. I do add ground pork but so little I should leave it out. I have a huge pot and I cook it all down and add soy sauce, hoisin sauce and a little gochujang sauce. You have to be careful how much liquid you add or they're sloppy. My dh and I work together to roll them and stick them directly on large baking sheets covered with parchment paper to go in the oven.

Fried versions taste better but I prefer to make them healthier. The more oil you spritz on them the more fried they seem if you want them to be a bit more authentic. Once they cool, I put a bunch in ziplock bags and toss in the freezer.

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Anonymous wrote:Giant, HT, Safeway - all the grocery stores have them. Real egg roll wrappers are usually in a cold case fridge near the produce.

I make my own egg rolls all the time because the Chinese restaurants around me only make spring rolls now. I don't fry them though. I hate dealing with the grease.

OP here. Same -- I'm only finding spring rolls in restaurants. Are you baking them? Air frying?

I do both. I make a huge batch and freeze a good portion of them. They taste better than any frozen product I can find. I spritz them with oil before cooking. I usually have 2 trays in the oven and if I have more they go in the air fryer. After they cool I throw a bunch in a freezer bag.

Now I’m craving an old school eggroll! I’m a vegetarian and you can find plenty of veg spring rolls but almost never a veg eggroll. I don’t think I’ve had a proper one in decades.

Shanghai Peking i old town still has the old school egg rolls (they have the crispy spring rolls too)

I can’t tell you if they’re any good because they’re totally an American thing (I’m Asian) so I’m not clear on what’s the ideal taste, i just know that my white husband gets them with our takeout from there.

You want to look for these.

https://www.twinmarquis.com/products/egg-roll-wrapper/

They are a little thicker, a little yellowish because they have egg as an ingredient. This is what is used in most Chinese restaurants.

I haven’t made them in years but check Great Wall or ranch 99.

Egg rolls- frozen large flour wrappers
Dumplings- frozen small flour wrappers
Spring roll- dry round rice wrappers

Anonymous wrote:Giant, HT, Safeway - all the grocery stores have them. Real egg roll wrappers are usually in a cold case fridge near the produce.

I make my own egg rolls all the time because the Chinese restaurants around me only make spring rolls now. I don't fry them though. I hate dealing with the grease.

OP here. Same -- I'm only finding spring rolls in restaurants. Are you baking them? Air frying?

Giant, HT, Safeway - all the grocery stores have them. Real egg roll wrappers are usually in a cold case fridge near the produce.

I make my own egg rolls all the time because the Chinese restaurants around me only make spring rolls now. I don't fry them though. I hate dealing with the grease.