Best Egg Roll, Spring Roll, and Dumpling Recipes from Mama Li's Kitchen

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From Mama Li’s Kitchen to yours. Learn to make delicious egg rolls, spring rolls, and dumplings with Mama Li’s best recipes Mama Li showed me everything I know about cooking Asian foods. One of the fondest memories I have from Mama Li was helping her make dumplings, egg rolls, and spring rolls for a friend’s wedding. It was a family affair, and everyone was helping out. We were doing everything from rolling the dough, making the shapes, making the fillings, folding the egg rolls, spring rolls, and dumplings just right, cooking them and finally getting them packed and ready to go. We had made what seem to me to be thousands of them! She had 12 different kinds of filling, and each one had a different shape. It took us two full days to make all these little packets full of goodness. Some she would fry, others would be steamed, and some were just baked in the oven. They were all done from scratch. For those two days, we ate, lived, and laughed dumplings! They were the best that I had ever tasted. It has become a tradition in our family to cook like Mama Li. In this book, you will find a collection of her best recipes for egg rolls, spring rolls, and dumplings…and a few bonus recipes! They are filled with flavors from Asia, delicate and so fragrant. The ingredients are fresh, healthy, and wholesome. They are easy to find. If you happen to be living near an Asian market, don’t hesitate to visit and get some of your ingredients there. It will make it even more authentic. In this book, you will find everything you need to know about making delicious, home-made egg rolls, spring rolls, and dumplings, including: •How to make the dough for egg rolls, spring rolls, and dumplings. •How to make fillings. •The basic techniques including rolling, cutting, and folding the dough for egg rolls, spring rolls, and dumplings. •How to stock your pantry with the basic ingredients you will need to make egg rolls, spring rolls, and dumplings. • Five bonus recipes for making the most popular appetizers in Chinese restaurants, including garlic spare ribs and shrimp toasts. INTRODUCTION COOKING ASIAN APPETIZERS Flavors Asian Ingredients Cooking Methods Used Tools Needed to Cook Asian Appetizers Difference between Egg Rolls and Spring Rolls COOKING TECHNIQUES Folding Egg Rolls Two most popular ways to fold egg rolls. Folding Spring Rolls Making Dumplings Using a Bamboo Steamer EGG ROLL RECIPES Egg Roll Dough Recipe Traditional Pork Egg Rolls Dragon Egg Roll Vegetable Egg Roll Roast Pork-Stuffed Egg Rolls Po-Pia Thot (Thai) Shitake Mushroom and Tofu Egg Roll Chicken Egg Rolls Water Chestnut-Speckled Egg Rolls Sesame Chicken Egg Roll Beef Noodle Egg Rolls Spicy Carrot Egg Rolls Mixed Egg Roll Mushrooms and Beef Egg Roll Turon Saba (Filipino Dessert Egg Roll) COLD SPRING ROLLS RECIPES Vietnamese Fresh Spring Roll Avocado and Mandarine Spring Rolls Roasted Pork Spring Rolls Peach Spring Rolls Asparagus Spring Roll Apple and Chicken Spring Rolls Ginger Chicken Spring Rolls Green Papaya Spring Rolls Rice Paper Recipe FRIED AND BAKED SPRING ROLLS RECIPES Vietnamese Spring Roll Shrimp Spring Rolls Vegetable Lumpia Hoisin Chicken Spring Rolls Sesame Vegetable Spring Rolls Baked Pork Spring Rolls DUMPLING RECIPES Dumpling Dough Recipes Pork and Shrimp Dumpling Pepper Pork Dumplings Beef and Caramelized Scallion Fried Dumplings Spicy Shrimp Dumplings Thai Trifecta Dumplings Mushroom Dumplings Curried Beef Dumplings Chicken and Leek Fried Dumplings Classic Chinese Dumplings Chicken Dumplings with Ginger-Coriander Dipping Sauce Shanghai Dumplings Mandu Dumplings (Korean dumplings) Dim Sum Favorites Baked Pineapple Buns Steamed Barbeque Pork Buns Fried Taro Dumplings Seafood Dim Sum Dumplings Dipping Sauces Quick & Easy Peanut Sauce Spicy Peanut Sauce Spicy Soy Dumpling Dipping Sauce Ginger Sauce Hoisin Dipping Sauce Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce Classic Soy and Vinegar Dipping Sauce for Dumplings Classic Plum Sauce Quick and Easy Orange Dipping Sauce Sweet and Sour Dipping Sauce Sweet and Hot Dipping Sauce Hot Chili Sauce Honey Ginger Sauce Caramel Dipping Sauce for Turon Bonus Recipes Shrimp Toasts Crispy Fried Wontons Shrimp Balls Kon Tiki Bobo Meatballs Tanguy BBQ Pork Short Ribs – Chinese style CONCLUSION REVIEW More Books by Sarah Spencer Appendix - Cooking Conversion Charts