Egg Rolls with Friends

{Written by: The Mrs.}

My good friend invited us to dinner the other night and she was going to show me how she makes egg rolls. Yummy.

We had some wine and chatted for a while and then finally got around to actually making dinner. I hadn’t made home-made egg rolls since the late eighties (yeah I know my age is showing). These turned out great and we had a fabulous evening. Hope you try and enjoy this recipe.

Egg Rolls:

• 1 pkg egg roll wrappers
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup finally chopped celery
• 3/4 cup shredded cabbage
• 4 finely chopped scallions
• 1/2 cup diced shrimp (optional)
• 1 to 1  1/2 cups ground pork
• 1 can chopped water chestnuts
• 1/2 cup bean sprouts
• Garlic powder
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• a small grating of ginger (optional)

Heat vegetable oil. Stir fry briefly in oil the celery, cabbage and scallions. Add shrimp and pork and cook for 3 minutes. Add water chestnuts, bean sprouts, garlic powder, soy sauce, ginger root and sugar, fry for 5 minutes.

Cool and drain filling mixture.

Place 4 Tbsps of filling in center of egg roll wrappers.

Fold up into envelope shape and wet the edges of wrapper with a little water on your finger tips to hold the envelope closed.

Deep fry in the method of your choice we user a fryer.

Serve with sweet and sour sauce recipe below.

Sweet and Sour Sauce:

• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 3-4 tbsp cornstarch

 Add soy sauce, sugar, 2/3 cup water and vinegar. Bring to boil and stir until sugar dissolves. Blend cornstarch with 1/4 cup water. Add to sugar, soy sauce mixture.

Stir, cooking until thickened.

 

{Susi}

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