The Zoo

Egg rolls

ZooNana's Egg rolls
Recipe makes 20 rolls.
38 cents per serving (serving size 2 rolls)

• Oil for pan frying or deep fryer.
  I prefer to use peanut oil. (heat to 350 degrees)
• 1 lb  ground meat or meat substitute.  
  Turkey, beef or TVP (like Boca or Morningstar Farms crumbles)
• 1/2 lb shredded cabbage and carrots
  The easiest way to do this is to use a bag pre-shredded cabbage made for cole slaw.
  I use my Tupperware Quick Chef to chop it into smaller pieces. (you could use a food processor)
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 2 T soy sauce
• sesame oil (optional, for a little kick)
• package of 20 egg roll wrappers
  Usually found in the cold case in the produce section
• small bowl of water to moisten egg roll wrapper

Brown meat with sesame oil (optional).  Drain meat and add garlic powder, onion powder, ginger and soy sauce, cook until mixed well.  Let meat cool.

Lay egg roll wrapper on plate in diamond shape.  Place one heaping tablespoon of each meat and cabbage mixture in center of wrap.

Fold bottom corner up over filling.

Dip fingers in bowl of water and moisten right and left corners and fold in.

Moisten top corner and roll egg roll together.

Deep fry or pan fry in 350 degree oil until golden brown.  Flip halfway through frying.

Serve with Sweet and Sour Sauce or mustard.

You can make the egg roll wrappers and sweet and sour sauce from scratch to make this cost even less.  I'll post recipes for both soon.

Make egg rolls up in large batches and freeze while raw for later use.  Lay uncooked rolls on a pan so they aren't touching and freeze. Then throw them in a ziplock or vacuum sealed bag until ready to thaw and fry.

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{ 08:48, Friday 11 August 2006 } { Posted by autumnberry }

Mmmmm.....So glad I found this! I can't wait to try this recipe, but I will have to try to just fry them in deep oil in a regular pan, because we do not have a deep fryer. We love egg rolls, but they can be expensive to buy and are not as healthy prepackaged as they would be if homemade.