I have never actually had these avocado egg rolls at the Cheesecake Factory but as soon as I came across them on pinterest via Lil’Luna I knew that I would have to try making them. I mean you really can’t go wrong taking creamy avocado, wrapping it up in crispy egg rolls and serving them with a tasty tamarind and cashew dipping sauce. This copycat recipe is essentially a simple avocado ‘guacamole’ with sundried tomatoes that is wrapped up in egg rolls and fried until crispy. I would wolf down a plate of the avocado egg rolls just by themselves but they also come with a tasty sweet and tart cashew sauce for dipping that is fabulous in it’s own right! I can’t wait to make these avocado eggs rolls again!
Golden brown, crispy and good!
Cheesecake Factory Avocado Egg Rolls
Crispy avocado and sundried tomato egg rolls with a tasty tamarind and cashew dipping sauce.
ingredients
- 2 large avocados, diced
- 4 sundried tomatoes packed in oil, sliced
- 1/4 cup red onion, diced
- 1/2 jalapeno, finely diced
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
- 1 tablespoon lime juice (~1/2 lime)
- 8 egg rolls
- 1 egg white
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1/4 cup cashews, chopped or ground
- 1 teaspoon tamarind concentrate or 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
- chili sauce sauce as sriracha to taste
- salt to taste
For the egg rolls:
For the cashew and tamarind dipping sauce:
directions
- Mix the avocado, sundried tomatoes, red onion cilantro and lime juice, divide the mixture between the egg roll wrappers and roll them sealing with the egg white.
- Heat some oil in a small pan over medium-high heat add the egg rolls and fry until golden brown and crispy, about 3-5 minutes and set aside on paper towels to drain.
- Puree the oil, cashews, tamarind, balsamic vinegar, honey, cilantro, garlic, ginger, chili sauce and salt in a food processor.
For the egg rolls:
For the cashew and tamarind dipping sauce:
"Sundered" tomatoes? 😉
This will be great now the waiting for the Avocado to ripen so I can try it!
yes please…. I could down about a dozen of those things right now.
That dip sounds fantastic – fun food!
Do you mean "sundried" tomatoes?
These look truly awesome! I can't wait to try them – love crunch with avocado! Wondering about the cashews – raw? or roasted?
I've never had these but apparently I am missing out because they look delicious. How can anything with avocado not be good?
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Surprised by the balsamic in the dipping sauce, but I'm all for it!
How could you go wrong with these?!? Amazing!
These look so yummy!! I actually have never had one at the cheesecake factory either, but they look like so tasty!
Oh man!! Love how stuffed with avocados these are!
Your ingredients list says 6 egg rolls (I'm assuming egg roll wrappers). But how does that translate into 8 servings. And since that seems like a lot of filling for 6 egg roll wrappers, how many does the recipe make?
These egg rolls look insanely delish! Pinning
Ed McGee: Sorry about that, it should have been 8 egg roll wrappers not 6.
The dipping sauce sounds incredible!
I saw the Lil Luna version too and I've been dying to make these myself!
Great appetizer!
I made it as a grilled cheese with chevre – excellent!!!!
miscook: This would be so good as a grilled cheese with chevre! Great idea!
Delicious! Crispy and creamy!
I love these!! I can make a meal out of them!! Thanks for sharing the recipe!! Definitely making!!
These look amazing! Pinned to Pinterest! Thanks for sharing such an awesome recipe!
Nutrition facts — doesn't go on to say per what, is that for the whole recipe, 348 calories? Or is that per single egg roll?
Randal Oulton: That is per egg roll.
I found this recipe on TheBerry.com. Gonna make it tonight. Thank you!
Can this be baked in the oven instead? For a healthier alternative?
Minerva Guerrero: Yes, you can bake these instead of frying them.
Oh my, made this tonight and it was out of this world. The sauce is awesome. I think next time i will probably make 3x the sauce. Unfortunately there is only one place you can get tamarind from where i live and i didn't have time. So i used lime juice. Also i used fish sauce instead of salt in the sauce. I think it would even be better with tamarind. Both me and my wife absolutely loved then. Thanks for posting the recipe
With the quantity in the recipe i was about to make 7 egg rolls. One thing you might have missed is that you call for 1/2 jalapeno but its not in the directions. Again thanks for the Xcellent recipe.
Sounds yummy- perfection would be with some crispy crumbled bacon added. yes?
irene: Bacon would be the perfect addition to these!
These sound great Kevin!
I think though I would be tempted to add bacon to the filling.
How could it go wrong?
CharlesR: Bacon is an amazing addition!!!