With a garlicky-ginger pork and cabbage filling tucked inside a crisp and chewy wrapper, egg rolls are a much-loved Chinese-American dish that is fun to make at home. Inspired by traditional East Asian spring rolls, egg rolls are thought to have first appeared at a Chinese restaurant in New York City in the 1930s. Unlike spring roll wrappers, egg roll wrappers are thicker and made with eggs, so they develop delightfully crackly bubbles on the surface during frying. The filling in this version includes ground pork, shredded carrots and cabbage (you can use a bagged slaw mix) and vermicelli rice noodles, but feel free to swap out half the pork with shrimp, or replace the meat with mushrooms for a vegetarian version by adding them to the slaw mix. Prepare a batch of egg rolls in advance and freeze (see Tip), then fry when the mood strikes.
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Naz Deravian | 2024-01-09
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