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How can I make egg rolls less greasy?

I don't have a deep fryer so I usually fry them on a pan quickly in about a 1/4" of oil. They come out pretty greasy. What if I put them in the oven afterwards, would that dry them out a bit?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    You don't need a deep fryer. Use the largest heaviest pot you have and fill it deep enough so the eggrolls with be completely submerged, but not so high that you can have oil boil over. Use a thermometer and get the oil up to around 365-375 degrees. If the oil temp is too low, the oil will seep into the eggrolls and make them greasy. If it is too high, they will burn on the outside and the inside will remain raw. I like to use a spider - long handled chinese tool that allows oil to drip out while picking up hot oily things - to fish food in and out of the pan. Only fry three or four at a time. If the pot is too overcrowded the oil temp will drop and you will have greasy eggrolls. After taking them out, place them on cookie sheets with raised metal racks so the oil drips away from the eggrolls. Good Luck.

    Source(s): Mainly Alton Brown's episode on Good Eats in which he makes fried fish and chips.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Instead of frying the eggrolls, you brush the egg rolls with warmed sesame oil or regular oil, place on a non-stick baking pan (seam side down) and bake at 400 F for about 20 minute or until golden & crispy.

  • 1 decade ago

    my mom makes eggrolls and they turn out delicious. incidentally she also doesn't have a deep fryer so she doesn't use a lot either like 1/4" or so. just make sure the oil is nice and hot, they should make that sizzling sound the moment it gets in. also the paper towel after works well too.

    Source(s): I've seen it cooked and I've eaten it many times:)
  • yblur
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Make sure your oil is nice and hot. If it's cooler than the eggroll will just soak up the oil. Make sure you after you take the eggroll out of the oil you place it on a paper towel to soak up any extra oil.

    I suggest if you don't have a deepfryer, to go ahead and use a deeper pot and deepfry in there.

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  • MARY L
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I usually do all the cooking in the oven with a non stick spray - they come out crunchy, and not greasy at all.

  • MB
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I put them on a baking sheet and spray them with cooking spray. The texture is a little different than fried, but still very good.

  • 1 decade ago

    KEEP ON TRYING WITH MUCH LESSER OIL ,SEE WHAT HAPPENS TILL U GIVE NO OIL AT ALL,THIS BEING NON COOK MY THINKING IS.TRY ALL THE AVENUE STILL U R FAR SORT OF U R OBJECTIVE,THEN PUT QUESTION

  • 1 decade ago

    use less greas

    thanxs for the points

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