why peanut butter? Sounds good tho.

The peanut butter is the secret ingredient. The Chinese restaurant I adapted this recipe from put peanut butter in their egg rolls. You don't really taste peanut butter, it just adds a special something. Peanuts or peanut butter are not unusual for Asian cooking. I also put about 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil in when I cook the filling. Looks like I forgot to add that when I submitted the recipe. And, of course, you can make them meatless, too. Enjoy! (Freeze any leftovers you won't use within 2 days. Cooked cabbage doesn't keep very well)

From someone who managed a Chinese takeout restaurant in NYC for years, we did not add peanut butter in the egg rolls. I'm sure it is delicious though. Another suggestion for homemade egg rolls is dipping in soy sauce. My cousins Mom used to make baked chicken egg rolls that were my absolute favorite and they dipped in regular soy & it was spectacular. If you prefer something less sweet try it!

Absolutely, Peanut Butter is the Secret Ingredient for superb egg rolls! We lived for 20 years close to this Chinese restaurant wheret the egg rolls were just unbelievably good. We would order a dozen egg rolls just to make a meal out of them, even though the rest of their food was excellent. When we got ready to move, we asked the owner, who had become a friend, what made their egg rolls so good. She told us that it was peanut butter. We have tried to find other restaurants who make their egg rolls like that, and have yet to find one that has even close to the taste of their egg rolls. Whenever we go back to our hometown for a visit, we stop back at this Chinese restaurant and order dozens of them, which we freeze and heat up in an air fryer to serve with Chinese food that we make at home. They are that good! You must have peanut butter! I'm excited to try this recipe so we don't have to travel 8 hours to get superb egg rolls!

Delicious. These are now my go-to egg rolls at home. Thank you!