Homemade Air Fryer Won Tons

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.

Air Fryer Pork WonTons

Maybe it’s because I grew up in Hawaii, but anything you can find in an Asian restaurant I love! I’ve admitted I am more of a semi homemade kind of cook though, so here’s how I make these and Ninja Foodi Crab Rangoon at our house.

You can tweak the filling to your liking but these 3 ingredients are all I use and it’s really popular with everyone who’s tried them. Ground beef is always in our freezer but anything ground like spicy pork sausage or turkey is great too seasoned well.

Ninja Foodi Air Fryer Won Tons

I used my GoWise this time but the Cosori and Ninja Foodi work just as well. With the latter 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. 😉

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:

Ingredients

1. Ground beef is what we use typically
2. Won ton wrappers are found near the produce in the refrigerated section
3. Teriyaki sauce is great, really I just grab what I can find at the store but it needs to be a thick version, not thin like soy sauce
4. Bagged cole slaw mix – you won’t use the sauce in the bag

Beyond this prepared mixture you’ll just need a bit of water to secure the edges. You don’t want the YUM to spill out so sealing well is a must. Get your kids in the kitchen to help with this process. It takes time but is worth it!

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. Alternatively you could buy a head of purple and green cabbage and make your own filling. At 2 bucks it is easier for me to just grab this.

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.

How to Make Homemade Won Tons

Of course if you wanted to make a lot, just double the printable recipe that is at the bottom of this post. I would say this makes about 24 or so depending on how large your won ton wrappers are. Add different things and offer a selection to your fam bam.

What can you fill homemade wontons with?

I use ground beef with an Asian sauce and vegetables mixed together. Sometimes I will make Air fryer teriyaki chicken and use that too. Prefer ground turkey, chicken, or spicy ground sausage?? The latter is one of my go tos also if I have some on hand. It really adds a whop of flavor for sure, with just enough heat.

So here is how easy it is to do. Get out a cutting board with a small bowl of water or you could use sesame oil even. Lay a wonton wrapper down one at a time.

Fill inside with golden brown meat mixture, like our Instant Pot Asian chicken is amazing. Form a triangle, wet edges with water, match up edges of the wonton and press down. If you wet the bottom 2 triangle edges and fold the wonton over it will kinda’ stick on it’s own. Gently press down to make sure the meat is sealed in there.

Instead of deep frying we are going to make air fryer wontons with some olive oil cooking spray on the top and bottom. This will get them as crispy as a deep fryer would but with a lot less fat and greasy flavor.

What is 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.

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 to Cook Homemade Won Tons in Air Fryer

1. In a pan on the stovetop over medium high heat add olive oil and ground beef or ground sausage. Cook until almost no pink is left and then add teriyaki sauce.
2. Mix this in and cook another 2 minutes. Pour in cole slaw mixture and mix in. Cook another 2 minutes. Remove from heat to sit and cool a bit.
3. On a cutting board have a cup of water, won ton wrappers and cooked filling.
4. Lay one homemade 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.
5. 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.
6. Set on to a piece of parchment paper. Make as many as you’d like this way.
7. Preheat air fryer to 380 degrees F for 5 minutes. Spray top and bottom of of each prepared piece with olive oil spray. Lay inside air fryer basket not overlapping.
8. Cook for a total of 5 minutes cook time, flip after 3 minutes and spray the other side again with olive oil spray.
9. Cook for 1-2 more minutes or until they’re as crispy as you’d like. Serve with side of soy sauce for a dipping sauce.

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 leftover wontons?

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.