Big Easy Eggrolls W Creole Dipping Sauce Recipes

QUICK EGG ROLL DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Whisk together soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, ginger, garlic powder, and onion powder until smooth. Distribute in small dipping dishes.

IMPRESSIVE CREOLE DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix Creole mustard with the mayonnaise to taste.
• Add lemon juice to taste, (1 Tbsp. will get you going.) Add Creole spices to taste (start with 1 1/2 tsp.).
• Refrigerate for about 1 hour.

EASY EGG ROLLS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Place a heaping tablespoonful of beef mixture in the center of one egg roll wrapper. (Keep remaining wrappers covered with a damp paper towel until ready to use.) Fold bottom corner over filling. Fold sides toward center over filling. , In a small bowl, combine flour and enough water to make a paste. Moisten top corner with paste; roll up tightly to seal. Repeat. In an electric skillet, heat 1 in. of oil to 375°. Fry egg rolls for 3-5 minutes or until golden brown.

EGG ROLL DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine cashews, cilantro, garlic, green onions, sugar, black pepper and cumin in a food processor or blender.
• Blend with short bursts until the mixture is well blended. The cashews and garlic must be well chopped.
• They should be about half the size of a grain of rice.
• Combine the vinegars, honey, tamarind and saffron in a small bowl. Heat mixture for about 1 minute in microwave and stir until tamarind pulp dissolves completely.
• Pour tamarind mixture into blender or food processor with the cashew mixture and mix with short bursts until well combined (about 20 seconds).
• Pour blended sauce into small bowl and add oil. Stir by hand. Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes before serving.

CRAB-FILLED EGG ROLLS WITH GINGER-LIME DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Place an egg-roll wrapper on a work surface. Center 3 Tbs. crabmeat on the wrapper, forming it into a log. Fold the corner closest to you tightly over the filling, then overlap right and left corners. Then, as if forming a cigarette, roll wrapper tightly, moistening the end with wet fingertips. Press to seal. Repeat with remaining wrappers and crab.
• Heat oil in a Dutch oven to 300 degrees. Cook rolls, 5 at a time, turning once, until blond, about 2 minutes. Drain, cool and refrigerate in a zipper-lock bag. (Can be prepared to this point up to 3 days ahead.) Reserve oil.
• Several hours before serving, mix dipping sauce ingredients together. Heat oven to 200 degrees. Reheat oil to 375 degrees in Dutch oven. Cook rolls again, 5 at a time, turning once, until crisp and golden brown, about 2 minutes. Drain on a rack set over a lipped cookie sheet and place in warm oven; can be held up to 20 minutes.
• Cut each roll into thirds, sprinkle with cilantro and serve with dipping sauce.