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- Word comparison: spring roll vs. egg roll
spring roll vs. egg roll
spring roll vs. egg roll: ’s the difference?
The terms spring roll and egg roll are sometimes used interchangeably—they’re both wraps and are often filled with the same things, like cabbage and other vegetables. But the name egg roll usually indicates that its wrap consists of fried wheat flour and egg dough, while spring roll usually indicates its wrap is rice paper (which may or may not be fried). Spring rolls are associated with East and Southeast Asian cuisines. Egg rolls are most common on Chinese American restaurant menus and more often have ingredients like pork or shrimp.
noun
- (in Asian cuisine) a cylindrical casing of rice paper, or sometimes wheat-and-egg dough, filled with a shredded mixture of vegetables and often meat or seafood, served fresh or deep-fried. Compare summer roll.
noun
- (in Chinese–American cuisine) a thin cylindrical casing of wheat–and–egg dough filled with a shredded mixture of cabbage, bamboo shoots, meat or shrimp, etc., and fried in deep fat.