My family loves Chinese food…so this Baked Egg Roll Recipe is in our menu rotation quite often! This recipe freezes well, and they are perfect to have on hand whenever the kids (or husband) want a quick meal! Making your own egg rolls is easy, fun and so much healthier than your local Chinese restaurant because they are baked, not fried! Now, let’s get started!
Baked Egg Roll Recipe
First, preheat your oven to 400˚ and lightly spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and set aside.
Now, it’s time to prep all the veggies and chicken. This is a great way to use up your left over chicken, just dice it up nice and small (you could also substitute left over turkey or pork). You can also make some short cuts with this recipe by using pre-chopped vegetables, like cole slaw mix, but I just used what I had on hand. Once you get chopping it’s not bad at all…maybe even a little therapeutic…ok, maybe that’s just me.
Next, using a large pot, preheat the 3 Tablespoons of oil over medium heat. Add all the veggies and chicken to the pot and cook for 5 minutes or until vegetables start to soften, stirring occasionally.
In the meantime, whisk together the cornstarch, water, soy sauce, vegetable oil, rice vinegar, and ground ginger. Add this mixture to the pot and let cook another 2-3 minutes.
Remove from the heat and let cool slightly, so you can handle mixture without burning your fingers…I’ve learned this from experience. Once the mixture has cooled you are ready to roll!
If you have trouble finding egg roll wrappers at the store, they are usually in with the produce…weird, I know. Open your package of egg roll wrappers and place the first wrapper on your workspace with 1 corner pointing towards you (like a diamond shape). If your wrappers are more rectangle shaped (like mine were) don’t worry about trimming them, they work just fine. Make sure to keep the rest of the wrappers covered with a damp paper towel so they won’t dry out.
Next, put about 1/3 cup of the cooled filling in the middle of the egg roll wrapper. Then, fold both side corners in to the middle.
Fold the bottom corner up to overlap the side corners. Use the beaten egg white to moisten the top corner with your finger, it will act as a glue to hold the egg roll together.
Keep rolling, making the roll tight, and place on the prepared baking sheet, seam side down. Continue, this process until you have used all of the filling and wrappers.
Spray the tops of the egg rolls with cooking spray, it will make them nice and brown while baking. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown, flipping the egg rolls over half way through the cooking time.
Don’t these look yummy? This Baked Egg Roll Recipe is easy as pie…actually, easier than pie!
Freezer Meal Directions
If you plan on freezing this Baked Egg Roll Recipe, bake as instructed and leave them on the baking sheet to completely cool. Once cooled, put the pan in the freezer for a few hours to flash freeze (you shouldn’t have to use wax paper since the pan was already sprayed with cooking spray). Then, remove the pan from the freezer, put the egg rolls in a freezer safe zip lock bag, and back into the freezer they go.
To reheat, preheat oven to 350˚and bake frozen egg rolls for about 18-20 minutes or until heated through.
My family loves to dip these egg rolls in plum sauce. You should be able to find it in the Chinese food isle at the grocery store. Mmm, now I’m getting hungry! I’m gonna go see if they left any egg rolls for me!
Below is a printable recipe card. Enjoy!
Baked Egg Roll Recipe {Homemade Freezer Meal}
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked chicken small dice
- 2 cups cabbage shredded
- 1 cup carrots small dice
- 2 green onions sliced
- 1 tsp garlic minced
- 1 small can canned water chestnuts
- 1 can bean sprouts
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil for sauteing
- Cooking spray
- 16 egg roll wrappers
- 4 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1 egg white beaten
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400˚ and lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
- In a large pot, heat the 3 tbsp vegetable oil over medium heat. Add cooked chicken and vegetables and saute for about 5 minutes or until vegetables start to soften. In the meantime, in a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch, water, soy sauce, vegetable oil, rice vinegar, and ground ginger. Add sauce mixture to pot. Cook 2-3 minutes longer. Remove from heat and let slightly cool.
- Open egg roll wrappers and keep covered with a damp paper towel while working with them, they tend to dry out quickly. Place wrapper at a diamond shape on your workspace (1 corner pointing toward you). Add 1/3 cup of veggie mixture in the middle of wrapper. Fold side corners in to meet in the middle. Pull bottom corner up over the side corners. Moisten top corner with beaten egg white and continue to roll up wrapper (try to keep the roll tight). Repeat will all remaining egg roll wrappers.
- Place egg rolls seam side down on prepared baking sheet. When finished, lightly spray the tops of the egg rolls with cooking spray. Bake for 6 minutes, turn egg rolls over and continue baking an additional 6 minutes or until browned.
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Comments & Reviews
Bethany says
These look fantastic! Is there a way to make your own egg roll wrappers, or do you have to buy them?
Happy.MoneySaver says
I haven’t tried making them before. I just buy them but maybe someday… 🙂
Nicole says
Bethany, I know this is two years after your question was posted, but in case you are still interested in homemade egg roll wrappers, this is a great recipe/tutorial.
http://www.chinasichuanfood.com/wonton-wrappers/
Tiffany says
These look so yummy! I’m gonna pin so I remember to give them a try!
Sissy says
I would love to try these – my daughter (2.5) loves egg rolls, but I would prefer to know what’s in them… perfect!
Jennifer says
I thought egg rolls would be too difficult to attempt at home but these look yummy and seem easy!
Donna Violando says
Can’t wait to make these!! Love that they are baked, not fried.
Amy Carter says
These look amazing and I can’t wait to pull them out of the freezer on a night when I just do not feel like cooking!
Rhoda says
These look wonderful. My kids and I love eggrolls and only occasionally order them. This will be a wonderful addition to my recipes. Even better that the kids can help make them too.
Rossi says
This is one of my favorites.
Deborah says
These look amazing!! Glad for an alternative
Kori says
These look absolutely delicious…I love that you can get all that great taste without the frying. Thanks for sharing!
Azura L says
These look so good. I can’t wait to try!
Stacy C says
These look delicious. I normally fry mine, but I want to make them better for my family. Thanks.
Becky @vintagebeckym says
Baked Egg Rolls…..I love it and love you for sharing. I can have egg rolls again. Pinning this. Thank you for sharing and Have a Fabulous Day!
Anna Liu says
This looks yummy and healthy! I’ll have to give this a try. 🙂
TriciaB says
These looks delicious! What a great snack to have on hand!
Kris says
I love eggrolls but can’t have much in the way of fried foods. These are perfect. Thanks so much.
sommer says
This look so good.
joellyn says
Looks Yummy!! And they’re baked too!!
Gigi says
Tried to Pin this but can’t. The photo is not showing up in Pinterest.
Happy.MoneySaver says
Try again! It should be working! 🙂
ed says
my wife say, you can’t bake egg rolls/lumpia. i’m going to surprise her. thank you. note: can sub water chestnut w/fresh jicama. leave meat for vegan. will use olive oil or coconut oil. my wife usually use menlo brand for wrappers made in nor. calif. place in microwave if frozen & pull each sheets apart. she use water instead of egg white to seal. love your DIY. will do the sustainable,environmentally friendly soaps.
Happy.MoneySaver says
Yes surprise her! I hope she loves them! Great notes!