LeeLee’s Egg Rolls

Cook the meat of your choice in the sauces. Drain all fat off of the meat. Add the coleslaw mix, chopped water chestnuts, bean sprouts, and carrots to the meat. Steam for a few minutes until desired doneness. Flavor the mixture with a little sugar and ginger, to taste.

In a small bowl, mix the water and flour to make a paste. This is to seal the edge of the wrappers.

Lay an egg roll wrapper on the counter with one of the corners pointing towards you. Spoon the filling just below the middle of the wrapper. Fold the corner nearest you up and over the filling. Fold the two corners on the left and right in. Moisten the edges of the last corner with the water-flour paste. Roll the egg roll and seal the last corner. Lay the flap-side down until ready to cook. (The rolling instructions are usually included on the insert in the package of egg roll wrappers.)

Deep fry at 350 degrees in an electric skillet or deep-fryer, a few at a time, turning occasionally, until golden. Drain standing up on one end, on paper towels, in a baking pan. (This is so that the oil does not pool in the egg rolls.) Serve.

I usually serve these with sweet-and-sour sauce and my own homemade dipping sauce for dipping.

If you want to make my homemade dipping sauce to dip the egg rolls in, you just boil 1 cup of red wine vinegar and 1 cup of sugar. After the sugar has melted, add chopped peanuts to the sauce. (Everyone loves this sauce! I made it one day because I didn’t have anything to dip the egg rolls in.)

If you don’t want a meat in the egg rolls, just add enough cabbage to substitute for the meat. If there is something you want to add to your egg rolls, do it. I always just use whatever I have on hand. If you want to, you can chop the cabbage instead of buying the prepackaged coleslaw mix. I buy the coleslaw mix, because it saves me time. I also usually make 3 or 4 packages of the egg rolls at one time. 1 package contains around 20 egg roll wrappers. (I have NEVER had any leftover egg rolls! These get gobbled up as soon as my family and friends find out that I have them.)