Chicken-Shrimp Egg Rolls


Course : Chinese
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Serves: 20
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Ingredients:


1/2 pound chicken breasts -- minced

1/2 pound shrimp -- minced

8 medium green onions -- minced

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 cup bean sprouts -- chopped

1/2 cup Chinese water chestnuts -- chopped

1 tablespoon fresh ginger root -- grated

1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 pound egg roll skins -- *see note

--- sweet-sour sauce: ---

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1/2 cup cider vinegar

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 1/2 cups pineapple juice
 

Preparation / Directions:


* Use egg roll skins of about 6-1/2 by 7 inches 1. Sauté chicken, shrimp and onion in hot oil. Stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add bean sprouts, water chestnuts, ginger root and soy sauce. (Use low-sodium soy sauce if you wish.) 2. To make rolls, spread 1 tablespoon filling along one side of each egg roll skin. Fold over ends of skin and roll up like jelly roll, folding in the ends. Seal with a little water. 3. Fry in hot fat (about 375F) for about 6 minutes or until skin is crisp, bubbly and browned. Cut each roll in half or leave whole. Serve as an appetizer with sweet-sour sauce. Sweet-sour sauce: Combine all sauce ingredients in small saucepan. Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes or until sauce is thick and clear. Yield: about 20 rolls


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