Tsai Family Egg Rolls with Sweet and Sour Sauce and Spicy Mustard

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Perfect in every way but I adjusted the recipe accordingly.
Used WAY less chilies. Added 2 Tbls more Soy Sauce, 2 more cloves Garlic, 2 tsp Sake, 2 1/2 Tbls Mirin a "japanese" cooking wine instead of Shaoxing a "chinese" cooking wine; Makes it just a hint sweeter. I also added 1 1/2 Tbls sugar (sounds too sweet but when you fry it the sugars melt making it perfect Dissolve the sugar in the liquid ingredients before adding it. Used shitake mushrooms (soak in warm water for 10 mins and squeeze water out before slicing
I used my Thai Asian Sweet Chili Sauce Recipe. Love sweet? TRUST ME it's 2 die 4!
1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup water; 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar; 1 clove garlic minced; 1 tsp salt; 2 tsp garlic chili paste; 1 Tbls Sweet & Sour Dipping Sauce Kikoman brand; 2 tsp chopped fresh cilantro.
In a small sauce pan, combine all ingredients; simmer until syrupy; cool.
WARNING: USE GLOVES WHEN MINCING THE SERRANO CHILIES! I forgot & my hands burned in intense pain for 12 hours!

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The egg rolls came out delicious.

But the star of this recipe is the Sweet and Sour Sauce. Most are a dark red and this one is just the best I ever had. My three teenagers told me it was better than eating out anywhere!!!!!!!

I put the sauce on cooked nuggets of chicken and it was just so delicious!!!!

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My family gobbled this down. I used jalepeno instead of serrano (it's what I had on hand. I also only used cabbage and carrots as my vegetables and fried it only once in order to make it easier on myself. I use sweet rice flour instead of cornstarch, gives it a slightly sweeter taste. I did not make the sauce as I have my own sweet and sour sauce I like. There are lots of ways to change up this recipe to personalize it and pare it down to simplify. Very delicious and I will definitely make it again.

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These were the best egg rolls I've ever had and I made both sauces. I didn't have all the ingredients on hand like the black mushrooms or the noodles but I didn't let that stop me. So, my advice is not to worry if you don't have all the ingredients and go ahead and make it anyway. It was time consuming but I did it in stages and when it came to the final frying I was ready to eat..The two sauces are great tasting and keepers. I plan to mix them together and stir into whole wheat spagehtti with cold roasted chicken and scallions tomorrow.

To the person who said to throw out the serrano chile he/she was wrong. Please don't -- it really makes these egg rolls wonderful and flavorful.

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First, serrano peppers are hardly part of asian cooking; remove the peppers. Remove the bamboo shoots and use shredded carrots. Then I add 1-2 tsps of sesam oil and 1/4 C of chicken broth to the vegetables. I also like to add 1 tsp of Accent (msg to the vegetable mix, but I understand that some people are allergic to msg, so use with caution. Also, add 1/4 Sake wine (not "Shaoxing wine", whatever the hell that is. Then you have a winning recipe.

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I make the mustard sauce often. Add more sugar and use on deli sandwiches.
Can't go wrong with this recipe.

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Yummy eggrolls!

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First time making egg rolls and I was very pleased with the outcome! I like the use of different ingredients in this recipe and it's so very easy to make!

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sooo good. time consuming, but well worth it. i served mine with siracha sauce.