It's very important that you choose the right egg roll wrappers. Apparently the type of wrappers in regular grocery stores are thicker than the ones you can get at Asian grocery stores. So the thinner the better.Ingredients:
5 potatoes diced
1+ cups finely chopped cabbage
4-5 carrots diced
4 stalks celery finely chopped
5 green onions sliced
2 1/2 cups bean sprouts
dash of pepper
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2-3 Tbsp canola oil + more for frying the egg rolls
Thin egg roll wrappers
Optional: cooked ground beef
Directions:
Heat 2-3 Tbsp of oil in large frying pan. Add the potatoes, cabbage, carrots, celery, green onion, and bean sprouts. Add a couple tablespoons of soy sauce and a few dashes of pepper. Saute for about 10 minutes. It doesn't need to be cooked completely because it will cook more when you fry and bake the rolled egg rolls. Take the filling and prepare to wrap the egg rolls. Have a small amount of water handy. Place an egg roll wrapper in front of you so it looks like a diamond in front of you--with a point toward you. Put about 1/4 cup of the filling on the egg roll wrapper on the end closest to you. Then dip your finger in the water and put a drop of water on the tip of the wrapper closest to you. Take that end and wrap it over the filling and the water will make the wrapper stick to itself.
Take the right point of the wrapper and fold it to the left so that no filling is coming through and do the same with the other side. Now roll it as tightly as you can. When you come to the end get another drop of water to seal the wrapper shut. Once they are all rolled up it is time to fry them.Heat about a half in layer of oil in a frying pan. It needs to be hot enough that it will fry the egg rolls quickly. This step is just to get them crispy not to cook them completely. Just put the egg rolls in for a couple minutes on each side. Place them on paper towels to soak up excess oil. Once that is done you can put some aside to freeze and eat later. When you want to eat them you take them and do the next step which is to bake them in a 400 degree oven for 10 minutes. Flip them over halfway through baking. These were so good. My sister in law also adds ground beef to hers which is very good too.
