Skinny Baked Vegetarian Egg Rolls with Peanut Sauce

Normally you would not think egg rolls would be healthy but these Skinny Vegetarian Egg Rolls are!  They’re loaded with good veggies and baked, not fried.  They should make a wonderful appetizer or complement a stir fry dinner night.

Skinny Baked Vegetarian Egg Rolls with Peanut Sauce

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Ingredients for Egg Rolls:

2 ½ cups shredded cabbage

2 ½ cups broccoli slaw

1 cup snow peas, chopped

1 cup carrots, shredded

1 cup scallions, chopped

1 tsp. vegetable oil or olive oil

2 tsp. ginger

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 tbs. rice vinegar or seasoned rice vinegar

1 ½ tbs. soy sauce

A little fresh ground pepper

12 egg roll wrappers

Cooking spray

Ingredients for Sauce:

¼ cup peanut butter

3 tbs. fresh lime juice

2 tsp. soy sauce

½ tsp. red pepper flakes

Instructions:

1.     Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Coat a baking pan with cooking spray.

2.     In medium bowl, combine cabbage, broccoli slaw, carrots, pea pods and scallions.

3.     Heat oil in large non stick pan over medium-high.  Add ginger, garlic and cook for 30 seconds.  Stir in cabbage mixture, 1 ½ tbs. soy sauce, rice vinegar and black pepper.  Cook for about 5 minutes until soft-crisp.  Chill in refrigerator for 15 minutes

4.     Place 1 egg roll wrapper at a time onto work surface with 1 corner pointing toward you (wrapper should look like a diamond).  Spoon 1/3 cup cabbage filling into center of wrapper.  Fold lower corner of egg roll wrapper over filling.  Fold in corners and roll up jelly roll fashion.  Repeat procedure with remaining wrappers and veggie filling.  Lightly coat egg rolls with cooking spray and place, seam side down, on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.  Bake for 10 minutes.  Turn over and bake 10 minutes more until golden brown on both sides.

5.     To prepare sauce:  In blender add all sauce ingredients and blend until smooth.  Taste and add more red pepper flakes, if desired.  Serve sauce on the side with egg rolls.  Use ½ tbs. sauce to dip with each egg roll.

6.     Serve at once.  To heat, preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Place egg rolls on baking sheet.  Place in oven and heat until crisp.

Makes 12 egg rolls

Tupps Tidbits ~…most supermarkets have egg roll wrappers, normally they are in the produce, refrigerated aisle

 I loved this so much and could eat them all day!  We are going to add chicken or pork next time.  Of course taste is not quite up to “fried” standard but if you are trying to be healthy these are an excellent option.

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