How to make homemade air fryer won tons in a Ninja Foodi or Cosori is here! With store bought wontons wrappers and ground beef you too can make this easy filling. Great appetizer.
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What can you fill homemade wontons with?
I use ground beef with an Asian sauce and vegetables mixed together this time. Sometimes I will make Air fryer teriyaki chicken and use that too. Prefer ground turkey, chicken, or Jimmy Dean spicy ground sausage?? The latter is one of my go tos also if I have some on hand. You can also fill inside with golden brown meat mixture, like our Asian chicken recipe is amazing.
You can tweak the filling to your liking, for instance with meat like Ninja Foodi Crab Rangoon is great too, but these 3 ingredients are popular with everyone who’s tried them.
I used my GoWise this time but works as a Cosori air fryer recipe too. In a Foodi you will use the lid that is attached. We aren’t bias to any brand you may have on your countertop right now. It’s sort of an assembly line of sorts once you have everything prepared and ready to put together. 😉
Ingredient Notes
Ground beef is what we use typically but really any ground meat of your choice would work for these. You will want to pre-cook this to brown before adding all other ingredients for the filling. Allow to cool a bit before filling.
Won ton wrappers are found near the produce in the refrigerated section, or homemade egg roll wrappers and cut them smaller. We use some Teriyaki sauce, really I just grab what I can find at the store but it needs to be a thick version, not thin like soy sauce
Bagged cole slaw mix makes things a lot easier, you won’t use the sauce in the bag. You could of course slice red and green cabbage for fresh but I like how this has it all done with some shaved carrots too. Beyond this prepared mixture you’ll just need a bit of water to secure the edges when you fold the wonton, and olive oil for air fryer basket.
If you wanted to use this same filling to make air fryer egg rolls not frozen you certainly could. Then it would make less because the wrappers for those are quite a bit larger, but really made the same way other than the folding.
Air Fryer Won Tons Recipe
Equipment
- 1 air fryer
- 1 Bowl
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- 1 cup cole slaw mix, without the dressing, just the chopped cabbage pieces
- 1/3 cup teriyaki sauce
- 1 pkg won ton wrappers
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- olive oil spray
- 4 tbsp water
Instructions
- This will make approx. 24 won tons, you can double the meat, sauce and cole slaw amounts and double if desired.
- In a pan on the stovetop over medium high heat add olive oil and ground beef. Cook until almost no pink is left and then add teriyaki sauce. Mix this in and cook another 2 minutes.
- Pour in cole slaw mixture with ground beef and mix in, cook another 2 minutes and then turn off and remove from heat to sit and cool a bit.
- On a cutting board have a small cup of water, won ton wrappers and cooked won ton filling that has cooled a bit.
- Lay one won ton wrapper down, fill with 1 tbsp meat in the center. Use finger to wet with water and spread on 2 edges of the wrapper.
- Fold wrapper over to contain meat in the center and press top 2 corners on to wet edges. Press with fingers so it is nice and sealed shut.
- Set on to a piece of parchment paper. Make as many as you'd like this way.
- Preheat air fryer to 380 degrees F for 5 minutes.
- Spray top and bottom of about 8 won tons with olive oil spray, lay inside air fryer basket not overlapping.
- Cook for a total of 5 minutes, flip after 3 minutes and spray the other side again with olive oil spray.
- Cook for 1-2 more minutes or until they're as crispy as you'd like. Serve with side of soy sauce for dipping.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
What are cream cheese won ton made of?
In addition to your meat filling, you could grab some cream cheese at the grocery store. Do the same technique but with a softened package + diced chives and soy sauce for a savory choice or even a bit of jam inside. Crisp and enjoy as a dessert won ton of sorts.
For real sweets you would need a mixer to get this smooth. You will need 1 package of cream cheese set on the counter so it is tender + 1 small tub of marshmallow creme as the base. Beyond that you can spoon a tsp of cherry pie filling in there too. The creme and cream cheese is blended until smooth and used as the sweet filling.
Variations
Yes you could make a vegetarian version but I am all about the ground beef, you could use spicy Jimmy Dean sausage for some heat or ground turkey would have less fat. You can slice your own cabbage but the coleslaw mix already has carrots and shredded brussels in there too.
I like the added texture so I don’t cook it very long at all. You could add less meat and more air fryer cabbage if you’d rather. Just mess with the amounts until you get it to your liking.
You could add some chili flakes or powder for a bit of heat. Sriracha can really amp up the spicy as well which is great too or just serve with Sweet Heat Dipping Sauce at the end.
Tips
Instead of deep frying we are going to cook these with some olive oil cooking spray on the top and bottom. Just a light spray will get them as crispy as a deep fryer would but with a lot less fat and greasy flavor.
How to prevent them from falling apart
Once your filling is done and cooling, form a triangle with 1 wrapper and fill a small bowl with some water to seal. Spoon about 1 tbsp full of filling into the center. Use your finger to touch the water and wet the edges of the won ton on the bottom. Then match up the edges and press down firmly. Gently press down to make sure the meat is sealed in there. Set aside and as the water dries it will become a bit like glue.
How long do you air fry frozen wontons?
These are homemade but we have made them and frozen is pretty yummy too. You can follow our air fryer potstickers timing and instructions for that. This is what I like to use in order to make it super EASY peasy:
What is the best temperature to air fry wontons?
380 F is about right in our experimenting. Keep a few paper towels handy. I generously spray the top and bottom of each piece to get them nice and crispy but you’ll want to absorb that before eating. Anything higher than that may get the outsides too browned.
How do you keep wontons crispy?
We have a lot of air fryer appetizers on our site and typically most finger foods are supposed to be crunchy. The best way to get this done is to eat them immediately. If you are cooking a large batch, set the ones done on a cooling rack or on paper towels so absorb any oil on the outsides. The longer they sit though the softer they will get, no matter what.
How do you store leftovers?
Once cooled lay in a single layer on a plate or baking sheet. Sit in the freezer until they are rock hard, then you can transfer them into a freezer bag and keep for a few months. Then follow our frozen wonton method listed above to reheat when you are ready to enjoy again.
