You have to try our ground beef egg rolls in the air fryer. They are cheap and can be filled with cheddar cheese too for an ooey gooey cheeseburger egg roll meal. A fun finger food dinner idea you’ll love.
Ready for some ground beef egg rolls?? You can really add any sort of filling you like but this one is simple and cheap to make. Make it as an easy air fryer recipe or in a deep fryer.
We have made a variety of air fryer egg rolls. Some use packaged wrappers and I have instructions in the printable recipe card to make those homemade too. The filling is up to you but hamburger is easiest. Want thin strips of precooked beef instead with peppers and onions? Go for it!
Once you get the hang of how they’re made you can make varieties like pizza egg rolls and lots lots more. This go around we are using beef but literally shredded chicken or any other meat would work the same way.
Tips: My Favorite models are the Cosori or making Ninja Foodi recipes with the lid that is attached.
It is best practice to put food into a hot basket. This is how to preheat air fryer first before adding your food so it becomes as crispy as possible. For best results, here’s a printable free air fryer cooking time chart here for your fridge.
Ingredient Notes
You can either use the obvious, ground beef or incorporate some spicy sausage into the mix to add some heat in there is incredible too.
Egg roll wrappers can be found in the refrigerator section near the produce section. They are larger than the won ton size. You can certainly start by making Homemade Egg Roll Wrappers too if you would rather.
You could dice half an onion and add that when browning meat. They will cook down and get quite tender but if your kids are going to oppose then just leave them out.
Worcestershire sauce has a pop of flavor to it that we love, soy sauce would be an alternative just to add flavor to it.
And you will need olive oil spray for the outsides so they get golden brown and crispy on the outsides.
Cheeseburger Egg Rolls
This time shredded cheese was added to our air fryer ground beef recipe, that is optional of course. If you are lactose intolerant or need a dairy free option you wouldn’t need that. Sharp cheddar is a wonderful add in though. This is what was used this go around that you’ll need to get ready;
If you wanted to make more of a Korean egg roll you could add some thick teriyaki sauce into the mix as well. Or just use that as a dipping sauce at the end. Onion and garlic, minced, are great add ins as well.
How to Fill Egg Rolls
Once you brown your meat you can toss everything else together and start folding like a present. If you’ve never prepared them it’s quite easy. Just spoon 2 heaping tablespoonful in the center and roll up the bottom over the top.
Then fold the sides of the egg roll wrapper over the beef mixture and roll all the way up. Dip your fingers in a bit of water to wipe at the very end on the underside to seal up well.
You definitely don’t want it to unravel no matter what method of cooking you decide to use. That will be a real mess.
Ground Beef Egg Rolls Recipe
Equipment
- 1 air fryer
Ingredients
- 8-12 large egg roll wrappers
- 1 lb ground beef , precooked and drained
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 cup relish, dill, optional
- 1.5 cup cheese, optional, shredded if you want cheesy
- 1 spray olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat machine to 360 F. for 5 minutes.
- Cook ground beef on stovetop until browned, drain and add into a bowl with onion powder, salt, pepper, dill relish and W. sauce. Stir together.
- Place egg roll wrapper on a cutting board so it looks like a diamond in front of you. Put 2 tbsp of mix in the center.
- Fold the bottom corner over the mix and roll once, fold sides in and then roll all the way up so it is sealed. Before rolling all the way up use your finger to put a bit of water at the very end on the underside so it sticks and seals well.
- Place inside air fryer basket and spray outside with olive oil spray. Cook for 6 minutes flipping over halfway through the time or until as golden brown as you would like them to be.
Video
Notes
Pan fried egg rolls directions
If frying add oil to pan on medium high heat. Once it is hot, pinch a bit of wrapper off and put into oil. If it immediately fries it is hot enough. Put a few in a time, turn over when browned and place on paper towels when all sides are golden brown.Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
What goes good on egg rolls?
Like I said, we make these and air fryer potstickers all the time. I use the same sort of sauces for all of them;
- Soy sauce is a given
- Garlic chili paste or sauce has a bit of tang and sweetness
- Sriracha for heat if you want it spicy
- Wasabi is that kinda wow!
- Hot mustard works well too
- My kids actually like using our bang bang shrimp sauce
Other finger foods you’ll love
If you are making this like a cheeseburger or sloppy joe egg rolls, then you might go the route of ketchup and yellow mustard. Looking for other ideas to make that use these a similar wrapping technique? Try these other goodies:
- Air fryer empenadas are similar but have more Mexican flavors
- For dessert you can make our cheesecake egg rolls with cherry pie filling inside
- Using smaller versions of this you can make air fryer won tons like you see here below. I used the same meat, cole slaw cabbage mix and teriyaki sauce. Super easy to throw together but tastes similar to a restaurant.
What is the best way to reheat egg rolls?
This is similar to cooking air fryer frozen egg rolls but takes less time. Remove from fridge and for best results allow to come to room temperature. Best method is to again use your air fryer at 400 degrees F for 4 minutes flipping after 2. Alternatively you can deep fry for a few min.
Why do they call them egg rolls?
Well nobody knows absolutely for sure but it may be because homemade wrappers contain egg in them. In an old Chinese cookbook it calls for wrapping ingredients inside a thin egg omelette. Who knows.
