Chicken-Shrimp Egg Rolls Recipe - Cooking Index
1/2 lb | 227g / 8oz | Chicken breasts - minced |
1/2 lb | 227g / 8oz | Shrimp - minced |
8 | Green onions - minced | |
1 tablespoon | 15ml | Vegetable oil |
1 cup | 160g / 5.6oz | Bean sprouts - chopped |
1/2 cup | 73g / 2.6oz | Chinese water chestnuts - chopped |
1 tablespoon | 15ml | Fresh ginger root - grated |
1 1/2 tablespoons | 22ml | Soy sauce |
1 lb | 454g / 16oz | Egg roll skins - *see note |
Sweet Sour Sauce: | ||
1/2 cup | 80g / 2.8oz | Brown sugar |
2 tablespoons | 30ml | Cornstarch |
1/2 cup | 118ml | Cider vinegar |
2 tablespoons | 30ml | Soy sauce |
1 1/2 cups | 355ml | Pineapple juice |
* Use egg roll skins of about 6-1/2 by 7 inches
1. Saute chicken, shrimp and onion in hot oil. Stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add bean sprouts, water chestnuts, ginger root and soy sauce. (Use low-sodium soy sauce if you wish.)
2. To make rolls, spread 1 tablespoon filling along one side of each egg roll skin. Fold over ends of skin and roll up like jelly roll, folding in the ends. Seal with a little water.
3. Fry in hot fat (about 375F) for about 6 minutes or until skin is crisp, bubbly and browned. Cut each roll in half or leave whole. Serve as an appetizer with sweet-sour sauce.
Sweet-sour sauce: Combine all sauce ingredients in small saucepan. Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes or until sauce is thick and clear.
Yield: about 20 rolls
Source:
Jo Anne Merrill
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