Egg roll

This article is about the Chinese snack/pastry/dish. For the similar Chinese dish, see spring roll. For the traditional Easter activity, see egg rolling. For the Japanese dish, see tamagoyaki.

Egg roll

An American-style egg roll, with a view of its interior
Details
Course	Hors d'oeuvre or side dish
Variations	Kab yob

Egg roll
Chinese	蛋卷
Literal meaning	egg roll
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin dàn juǎn Min - Hokkien POJ tàn-kòan Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping daan6 gyun2

Egg roll is a term used for many different foods around the world.

Egg roll 

Varieties of egg rolls are found in mainland China, many Chinese-speaking regions of Asia, and Chinese immigrant communities around the world.

Egg rolls as referred to in China.

In Guangdong and Hong Kong, egg roll usually refers to biscuit roll. This is a type of biscuit. The ingredient included egg, flour and sugar. Egg roll also is a dish in Canton and Hong Kong, this is usually made with vegetable.

Within China egg rolls are eaten predominantly in the southeast and are not as commonly consumed in the north and western parts of China.

In American Chinese cuisine, an egg roll is a savory dish typically served as an appetizer. It is usually stuffed with chicken, pork or shrimp, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, bean sprouts and other vegetables, and then deep fried. This variety of the egg roll is very common and popular, across even regional varieties of American Chinese food, and is often included as part of a "combination platter".

In Montreal, Canada, open-ended eggrolls are a Jewish-Chinese fusion dish. They can be either kosher certified or merely kosher style.

Other foods

In West Bengal in India, and especially Kolkata, "egg roll" refers to a fried egg wrapped inside a paratha flat-bread. After the paratha has been prepared, an egg is cracked on a pan and while the egg is still uncooked, the paratha is added. It is cooked until the egg is well done and is stuck to the paratha. After that, the contents are removed from the pan and sliced raw onions, sliced green chilis, a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and black salt is added. An optional choice is adding tomato ketchup at the end.

In Britain and Australia, an "egg roll" can also refer to a fried egg in a bread roll (sometimes with bacon).^{[citation needed]} The terms "pancake roll", "mini spring roll" or "spring roll" are often used by Chinese restaurants in the UK and Australia to describe what is called an "egg roll" at Chinese restaurants elsewhere.^{[citation needed]} In France, a similar hors d'œuvre is called a "nem".

A "Mexican egg roll" is an egg roll wrap filled with beans, cheese, and, optionally, meat, as well as various peppers and spices.^{[citation needed]} It is then deep-fried and served with sour cream or salsas, like the chimichanga. In Mexico the residents refer to it as a burrito or in some rare cases, a taquito. Though in many Chinese restaurants in Mexico, egg rolls are comparable to those in the USA.

In the United States, several restaurant chains (such as Chili's) market a "Southwest Egg Roll", which is a Tex-Mex dish consisting of a deep-fried flour tortilla containing (among other ingredients) corn, black beans, spinach, chicken, monterey jack cheese, peppers, and other spices. Other variations on the egg roll, especially common on menus of bar appetizers in the Northeastern United States, include the pizza roll (filled with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese) and the cheese steak roll (imitating the Philadelphia cheese steak with chopped beef and cheese).

See also

• Lumpia – Eastern Asian egg rolls of Chinese origin
• Kati roll – Indian egg rolls
• Kabyob – Hmong egg rolls
• Biscuit roll
• Spring roll
• Burrito
• Taquito
• Pizza Roll
• Pocket sandwich