The Chiko Roll: An Aussie Culinary Icon
Home fried Chiko
Roll for late lunch today
The filling
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The Chiko Roll: An Aussie Culinary Icon |
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Frank McEnroe's Australian
(from Bendigo, Victoria) food idea was born in 1951. Frank had
seen Chinese spring and egg rolls but wanted to make available
something more robust which can be held and eaten with one hand
while watching footy matches. Thus was born this roll containing
pulped beef, beef tallow, cabbage, barley, green beans, carrot,
wheat cereal, celery and onion all wrapped up in a thick egg and
flour skin. The roll is deep fried. Today, this roll can be
found in some bakeries, fish and chip shops, or in boxed frozen
uncooked format for home frying. I used to buy them from a deli
near college in Nedlands during uni days and they were a warm,
filling night-time snack to supplement college diner food. |
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03 April 2024 created by Clem Kuek
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