Air Fryer Egg Rolls in 35 Minutes
A basic recreation of the egg rolls you get when you order takeout. These egg rolls are air fried and ready in about 35 minutes.
Equipment
- Air Fryer (any make/model will work)
Ingredients
- ½ lb ground pork
- ½ teaspoon ginger fresh or ground
- ½ clove garlic minced
- ¾ oz soy sauce
- ¼ teaspoon sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon Chinese 5 Spice
- ¼ teaspoon white sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup shredded cabbage and carrots I use bag coleslaw mix from the store
- 1-2 green onions chopped
- 6 egg roll wrapper
- water small cup
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil for brushing the egg rolls before cooking
Instructions
Prepare the filling
- In a skillet pan, cool the pork ginger and garlic until lightly brown with no pink. Drain and return to same skillet
- In a separate bowl, stir together soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, Chinese 5 spice and salt. Pour over the pork and stir to mix in.
- Add the chopped carrots, cabbage and green onions to the skillet. Stir well to mix in.
- Cooke the egg roll filling until the cabbage has wilted (about 5 minutes)
- Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Rolling the Egg Rolls
- Take your egg roll paper and lay it out in front of you to form a diamond. With your finger or a brush, wet the edges of the wrapper with water.
- Put 2-3 tablespoon of filling on the wrapper near the lower triangle corner pointing to you. Take the lower triangle corner pointing to you and pull up to cover the filling completely.
- Take the lower triangle corner pointing to you and pull up to cover the filling completely.
- Take the triangle corner on the right and fold inwards toward the middle.
- Then take the left triangle corner on the left and fold inwards and over the right corner.
- Roll up to top triangle corner, seal with some water and set aside.
Cook in Air Fryer
- Lightly brush or spray the basket of the air fryer with oil. Set the temperature to 390 degrees.
- Brush some oil on both sides of the egg rolls.
- Place the prepared egg rolls seam side down in the basket in a single layer so they are not touching.
- Cook for 6-7 minutes. Flip over. Cook for another 6-7 minutes until the outside is gold and crispy.