The egg roll is a variety of deep-fried appetizer served in American Chinese restaurants. It is a cylindrical, savory roll with shredded cabbage, chopped meat, or other fillings inside a thickly-wrapped wheat flour skin, which is fried in hot oil.
Some say egg rolls were invented in New York City’s Chinatown restaurants in the 1930s
The name may come from a dish called Dan Gun, which is made of ingredients wrapped in a thin omelet .
An egg roll is a fried, savory roll filled with shredded cabbage, ground or roast pork or shrimp and other ingredients inside a wonton wrapper or thick, wheat flour wrapper. Egg rolls are thought to have been invented in New York City’s Chinatown restaurants in the 1930s.
Egg rolls are made with wheat flour and often contain no eggs! Egg rolls are traditionally dipped in sauces, such as duck sauce, plum sauce, soy sauce or hot mustard. Egg rolls are different from spring rolls in that they are larger and usually contain pork, while spring rolls are often vegetarian.
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