egg roll

Crispy stuffed appetizer

An egg roll is a cylindrical appetizer in American Chinese cuisine—a wheat wrapper filled with shredded cabbage, pork, and other vegetables, then deep-fried until crispy and blistered.

The wrapper distinguishes it from the thinner, more delicate spring roll: We ordered egg rolls and fried rice.

Served with duck sauce or hot mustard for dipping.

wrapper

wonton

Stuffed Chinese pasta pocket

  • doughFlour-liquid mixture for baking
  • crispyBrittle and snapping
  • goldenBright yellow, or precious

fried · blistered · bubbled · flaky · pastry · shell · skin · sealed · tucked · folded

takeout

Chinese

Of that Asian nation

order · fast food · restaurant · fortune cookie · chopsticks · lunch special · combo · appetizer · side order · drive-thru

dipping

duck sauce

Sweet fruity Chinese condiment

plum sauce · hoisin · chili sauce · sriracha · dunk · drizzle · condiment · vinegar · sesame · peanut sauce

filling

cabbage

Leafy vegetable head

carrot · bean sprouts · bamboo shoots · water chestnuts · mushroom · spring onion · garlic · ginger · celery · glass noodles

texture

crispy

Brittle and snapping

bite · golden · crispness · flaky · brittle · greasy · hot · steaming · savory · satisfying

cuisine

dim sum

Chinese small-plate tradition

lo mein · potsticker · siu mai · lumpia · samosa · fried rice · General Tso · sweet and sour · mu shu · wok

Categories
Opposites
culinary category

egg rollspring roll

Fried filled wrapper

dumpling · steamed bun · sushi · dim sum · wonton

cooking method

egg rollrice paper roll

Translucent wrapped Vietnamese appetizer

summer roll · sashimi · shumai

wrapper style

egg rolldumpling

Cooked dough morsel

steamed bun · bao · soup dumpling · mochi · rice paper roll

Family

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Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G