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Craving that perfect, crispy gluten free egg roll? I’ve researched recipes for Rice Paper Egg Rolls and am sharing my discoveries with you. I’ve combine all the tricks of the trade and came up with the best Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Rolls ever! You’ll hear the satisfying snap when you take that first bite—and no soggy wrappers in sight. It’s all about that crispy finish, and these egg rolls nail it.

Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Rolls

Name: Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Rolls
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: Gluten Free
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil; 1 tablespoon garlic oil or 1 tablespoon avocado oil + 1 clove minced garlic; 2 (14-ounce) bags tri-color coleslaw mix; 1 cup green onion, thinly sliced; 1 pound cooked chicken breast, finely chopped; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 large eggs; 1 (20-ounce) bottle Coca Cola, not diet; 1 cup hot water; 4 large egg yolks; 2 large egg whites; 18 rice paper sheets with tapioca; high smoke point oil, like peanut, avocado or sunflower; favorite dipping sauce

Craving that irresistible crunch of a perfectly fried egg roll but need to keep it gluten-free? NEED the secret to perfect gluten-free egg rolls? Crispy perfection, every time? Frying them to golden, crackling crunch takes can be no simple task! I’ve researched recipes for Rice Paper Egg Rolls and am sharing my discoveries with you. I’ve combine all the tricks of the trade and came up with the best Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Rolls ever!

You’ll hear the satisfying snap when you take that first bite—and no soggy wrappers in sight. It’s all about that crispy finish, and these egg rolls nail it.

These are Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Rolls. Not a soggy egg roll in sight!

Coming up with Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Rolls

It all started with December 25th. Eating Chinese food on X-Mas became a thing around 100 years ago! If you do a Google search or ask Siri you can get a whole history of the Jews on the Lower East Side of New York and the Chinese immigrants who lived there too.

A couple of years ago, my Dear Social Media Guy asked me if I had a Chinese recipe to share on X-Mas. I ended up creating Pineapple Chicken Stir Fry, and it was delicious – a sweet and delicious crispy chicken with a pineapple sauce and crunchy colorful veggies.

Ta Da!!! Pineapple Chicken!!!

And then Chanukah Came out on December 25…

This year when Dear Social Media Guy asked me what I was cooking up for December 25th this year I knew that it had to be something fried, because this year, Chanukah starts on the evening of December 25th!!!

I could have done a “Chinese Latke”, but I already have a lot of Latke recipes on koshereveryday.com. I wanted a new challenge. Something that I just couldn’t get right before.

Air Fried Hash Brown Latkes are an easy way to make fabulously delicious, healthier, less greasy, super quick, Chaunkah potato latkes. Using hash brown potatoes speeds up the latke prep, and using an air fryer allows you to still fry the latkes without all the fatty oil. Air Fried Hash Brown Latkes are a Chanukah miracle!

Remaking Gluten Free Egg Rolls

Gluten Free Egg Rolls are not a new concept for me. A few years ago, I wanted to make traditional egg rolls gluten free using my own dough. While the dough was delicious, and the filling was delicious, they didn’t really turn into traditionally shaped egg rolls – although at the time I called them Gluten Free Egg Rolls and Pockets. Close… but not exactly what I was looking for.

Gluten Free Egg Rolls and Pockets are the gluten free egg rolls you’ve been searching for. The dough is easy to roll and fries like a dream. You can make traditional egg rolls, or stuff the delicious filling into gorgeous pocket bundles. Add a dipping sauce and you’re fans will shout with joy.

Getting the outer Gluten Free Egg Roll wrapper right

My dear friend, Esther Anzaroot, makes amazing gluten free doughs and pitas under the Gluten Free Easy brand. At the time of this writing, her egg roll wrappers aren’t as readily available as her other products are. It’s a work in progress which I’m sure will be utterly successful.

However, I know that people want to try to make their own stuff. One of the methods I’ve used in the past to make gluten free egg rolls is by using rice paper as the wrapper.

The Process of researching how to get rice paper to become the Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Roll wrapper of everyone’s dreams

I went online and began researching “rice paper egg rolls”, trying to see if anyone else had cracked the code for getting rice paper to turn out like traditional egg roll wrappers. In the end, I ended up using techniques from several different media sources. Some were really surprising, and I would never have thought of in a million years. Here the secrets to making the perfect Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Rolls.

The most shocking secret ingredient necessary for making Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Rolls!

I have to tell you, this one blew me away! I was watching The Rice Paper Lady on YouTube. It’s super fun to watch her mother explaining how she makes traditional rice paper egg rolls. The filling is completely not kosher, but the secret is in how she softens the rice paper.

Her secret ingredient is adding Coca Cola to the rice paper softening water!!!!

WHAT???

She says (translated): “Mix a can of Coke into the rice paper water bowl. This will give the eggroll the golden crispy color”

Part of the reason is that the Coke gives the rice paper a caramel color to begin with, and when you dip the rice paper in a sugary beverage like Coke, the sugar caramelizes a little creating a crispy exterior.

Genius.

I ended up adding a cup of hot water to the Coke, but it was still a little too cold, so I microwaved the liquid until it was warm enough to soften the rice paper.

A couple of videos I watched recommended using a lemon lime soda, or a little sugar (Marion’s Kitchen) but I really liked the idea of adding a caramel color to the wrappers.

Sealing the Egg Rolls and making them Extra Crispy

Some of the tricks that KT Food Adventure uses are to brush the outside of the rice paper with coconut cream, and to dip the rice paper rolls in clear soda (like 7Up). Not only that, but she brushes the inside of the rice paper with egg yolks and seals them with a little egg white.

While I did like the idea of brushing the inside of the rice paper with egg yolk and sealing them with egg white, I already was inspired by the Coca Cola method, and didn’t love the idea of adding a coconut flavor to the egg rolls.

I ended up using separated egg yolks and egg whites, however in the end I needed way more yolks than whites.

One other thing she recommends is that you can make a lot of unfried egg rolls, storing them in layers on a baking sheet, divided by plastic wrap. You can freeze them, and fry a few a a time when you like. I thought this was a great tip!

My Conc lusions for Making the absolute Best Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Rolls

I tried to incorporate the best tips and tricks I found online. What I concluded is that sometimes it takes an online village to come up with the perfect recipe.

Sometimes the perfect recipe takes a village!

For the Filling

I started out with my traditional, crazy simple, egg roll filling. Very little is faster than dumping bags of pre-washed, pre-mixed coleslaw mix into a bowl along with some cooked chicken and green onion.

However, based upon the recommendations from expert egg roll makers, and lessons learned while developing the recipe, that some changes needed to be made to my original concept. It was great in theory but needed to be tweaked.

My original Egg Roll filling.

Tweaking my original Egg Roll Filling

Here are some of the things I did to make the filling perfect.

Prepping the vegetables

Rather than using raw shredded vegetables, it’s better to sauté them for a short time, softening them.

Making sure the chicken was properly prepped.

I normally would just shred the cooked chicken, but watching all the videos, the chicken needed to be chopped more finely to create the proper texture of the filling.

Getting the gluten free egg roll filling exactly the right texture

After rolling the the first few egg rolls, I realized that the filling was way too loose. Listening to the tips from Marion’s Kitchen, I knew that if I didn’t change things up all my egg rolls would explode. First I added one egg, then a second and the filling was perfect. Looking back, most of the egg roll recipes I watched used raw meat and shrimp. That gave the filling a thicker texture, and the filling was able to be shaped into little oblong shapes that stuck together. It also made rolling the egg rolls way easier. In the end, the ones with the loose filling did explode. Go figure 😉 .

Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Rolls. Can you tell which ones had the original, loose filling???

The whole place a finger on the edge of the start of the covered filling

I’m sure you’re like “What is she talking about???”.

After placing the filling on the prepped egg roll wrapper, you fold the wrapper over the filling, tucking it in under the filling.

Here’s the good part.

Before you fold the sides over the already folded part, you place your thumb on the edge of the filling before folding over the side. This means that you get a sharp fold, the filling is compressed into the center of the egg roll (with no air holes), and the egg roll is wrapped just tightly enough with no air pockets.

Rolling a Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Roll

Here’s the recipe for Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Rolls

The Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Rolls recipe is super versatile.

This recipe is for 18 egg rolls. You can halve it to make it for 9, but the truth is if you’re already making them, just make 18 and freeze the rest.

Feel free to change/eliminate the protein. If you like you can make these “meat-free” by eliminating the chicken completely or substituting it for chopped extra firm tofu. Change the chicken for beef.

The most important part is to make sure that the filling isn’t loose. The rest is up to you.

I’d love to hear about all the creative ideas you have for Super Crispy Gluten Free Egg Rolls. Take pics and make sure to tag @koshereveryday