Photo: Joseph Gonzalez
My Mother's Famous Chinese Egg Rolls
22 ingredients
Makes 50 egg rolls
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Authentic (but easy!) Chinese Egg Rolls Recipe from cookbook author Jaden Hair's mother.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1849
Calories
68g
Protein
91g
Fat
189g
Carbs
Counts 20 of 22 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 20 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Peanut | 1 oz (28g) | 161 |
| Canola | 1 tbsp (14g) | 124 |
| Vegetable | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Sesame | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Egg Roll | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Broccoli | 1 cup chopped (156g) | 55 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Shiitake | 1/2 cup (73g) | 34 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Mushroom | 1/2 cup sliced (35g) | 15 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Seal | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 50 Spring/Egg Roll Wrappers (about 2 packages), defrosted unopened at room temperature for 45 minutes or in the refrigerator overnight
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch (or flour) mixed with ¼ cup of cool water to seal egg roll
- Oil, for frying
- FOR THE GROUND PORK
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- freshly ground black pepper
- FOR THE VEGETABLES
- 2 to 3 cloves garlic, very finely minced
- ½ head of cabbage (about 11 ounces)
- 3 carrots, shredded
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- 10 fresh shiitake mushrooms (or dried black mushrooms soaked overnight), stems discarded
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil (canola, vegetable, peanut)
- 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- Freshly ground black pepper
Directions
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By steamykitchen ·
Recipe sourced from
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