Egg Rolls: Why Are They Called Egg Rolls? (2024)

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Egg Rolls: Why Are They Called Egg Rolls? ›

Featured in a Chinese-American cookbook from 1917, the recipe calls for chicken, ham, sprouts, and mushrooms to be wrapped in a thin egg omelette. So, literally, an egg roll.

So, how did they become known as egg rolls? Most assume the name came from a dish published in a 1917 Chinese American Cookbook called “Dan Gun,” which translates to “Egg Roll.” This dish consists of vegetables and meat wrapped up in an egg and are sliced once wrapped up.

Egg rolls do not typically contain egg in the filling. In addition to the disputed origin of the dish, it is unclear how the word "egg" appeared in the name, since the predominant flavor in American egg rolls is cabbage, not eggs.

The exact origins of springs rolls and egg rolls are a bit unclear, though both have their roots in Chinese cuisine. While the jury is still out on the specifics, many food experts believe that spring rolls came first, and that they were adapted to become what was later on deemed the egg roll.

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There isn't an equivalent dish back in china but modern egg rolls are very much like spring rolls which are meat and vegetables wrapped in a thin rice paper wrapper. Another possible origin for the misnomer could be a dish called "Dan Gun" or Egg Roll.

Generally, spring rolls are healthier. In Vietnam and Thailand, spring rolls are packed with raw vegetables and fresh herbs. The rolls are also made with a thinner wrapper than egg rolls and often served fresh, rather than fried.

Harumaki (or spring roll actually in Japanese) are deep-fried egg rolls which are known well in Chinese cuisine in the US. Many people who are not familiar with much Japanese food may even have had Harumaki at some point of life. Harumaki is also a popular Chinese dish in Japan, similar to Gyoza dumplings.

Spring rolls and egg rolls are both popular Chinese appetizers, but one has traditional Chinese roots while the other emerged from American Chinese cooking.

Sure, there are veggies in the filling. But egg rolls are anything but healthy. They're wrapped in dough and deep-fried. The result is an appetizer that packs more than 220 calories and 10 grams of fat in each one.

What is the outside of an egg roll called? ›

An egg roll is a fried, savory roll filled with shredded cabbage, ground or roast pork or shrimp and other ingredients inside a wonton wrapper or thick, wheat flour wrapper.

As far as the difference in fillings, egg rolls are typically filled with cooked cabbage, some other vegetables, and pork, while spring rolls typically contain only cooked vegetables. But like any generalization for food so beloved worldwide, you're sure to find exceptions if you look hard enough.

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Foodtimeline.org says, “egg rolls (and their lighter counterpart, spring rolls) date back to ancient China. It is quite likely that egg-roll type foods were made and consumed in the USA by the first Chinese settlers in the mid 1800's.” Okay, now we are getting somewhere.

According to The Square Peg, egg rolling was originally practised in Scotland as a way to imitate the movement of the sun. Later, in Christian times, the act was used as a way to represent the rolling away of the stone from the tomb of the resurrected Jesus Christ.

I know what Americans call an egg roll as served in Chinese restaurants and carry-outs is a spring roll or pancake roll here. In Scotland an egg roll would be a fried egg in a Morton's morning roll. In England it might be a fried egg in a barmcake/bap/bread roll according to location.

Egg roll is a literal translation from Chinese into English and the name is used for many variations of egg dough sheets stuffed and rolled with a filling of some kind.