How to Make Egg Rolls in an Air Fryer

Making egg rolls in an air fryer will give you a perfect, crispy shell without all the grease and mess of the traditional fried egg roll.

We are not experts in Asian cuisine but Asian foods certainly inspire us. Among our favorite dinners that we go to in our household repeatedly is bacon fried rice with sausage egg rolls.

The egg rolls have always been the hardest part of that dinner to cook. We used to deep fry them and then have to deal with the smell of hot grease, the clean up of all the splatter, and the disposal of all that oil. Ugh.

When we got our air fryer, sausage egg rolls were high on the list of “Things We Want To Try.”

I’m happy to report that they turned out just perfect! So much easier than the traditional deep-fried egg roll. Egg rolls in the air fryer are definitely the way to go!

We dipped these in the Panda Express Beijing Sauce we found at Walmart. It’s a little sweet, sour, and spicy. Perfect for egg rolls!

Ingredient Notes:

• Sausage- We use pork breakfast sausage. Any variety of sausage or any other meat will work as long as it is fully cooked before proceeding to step two.
• Coleslaw mix- Buy this in a bag ready to go near where lettuce is sold in your grocery store.
• Egg roll wrappers
• Seasonings-Minced ginger, minced garlic, and soy sauce are needed for flavor.

How to Make Sausage Egg Rolls:

1. Brown your meat – we use sausage, but you could use whatever ground meat you like. Just be sure to add extra seasonings if you go with chicken or beef instead of sausage.
2. Add the drained sausage, coleslaw mix, ginger, garlic, salt, and pepper to a large bowl and stir.
3. You should taste the filling at this point, and it should taste good. If not, adjust the salt and garlic to your taste. You can never have enough garlic, in my opinion.
4. Spoon approximately a 1/4 cup of the egg roll mix into an egg roll wrapper.
5. Fold in each side of the egg roll and roll tightly! You will want to dip your finger in water and brush it on the top corner of the egg roll to finish rolling. This will help keep the egg roll stay closed.
6. Spray each side of the egg roll with vegetable oil.
7. Cook in air fryer for 7 minutes. Make sure that none of the egg rolls are touching each other. Cook in batches if necessary.