Easy sloppy joe egg rolls are fun to make at home for dinner!! Kids love them and they are a perfect football party appetizer. Use this homemade easy sloppy joe recipe with 4 ingredients, then wrap up in an egg roll wrapper for a new favorite meal.
So I made pizza egg rolls for my family the other day. I thought I should try sloppy joe egg rolls too! With this homemade ground beef recipe they ended up being really fun and amazing! (affiliate links present)
Sloppy Joe Egg Rolls Recipe
How fun right??!! Of course the kids got a kick out of them and anything finger foods is a big winner with 3 kids at homeโฆbut my husband and I liked them too. Youโre first going to make the filling for our sloppy joe mixture.
We are going to omit the bun this time and instead use our homemade egg roll wrappers instead. We love anything out of the norm. It is really quite simple to make (nothing I make is complicated), let me share how to make these with you.
in Air Fryer
We are going to fry these on the stove with a bit of oil. If you wanted to cut out those calories you could cut that out by following the cooking directions in our air fryer egg rolls post.
While you are waiting for your mixture to cook and simmer a bit get a cutting board out with a small bowl of water and take 1 egg roll wrapper out so you are ready when the meat is done.
When your meat is done put it in a bowl next to your wrapper. Spoon some on like this and leave some room at the end and on the sides of your egg roll wrapper.
Brown your ground beef or turkey and drain before adding these ingredients. To make your own not so sloppy joe sauce you just need mustard, ketchup, and brown sugar. Easy enough right??!!
Lay an egg roll wrapper down. Fill wrappers with filling and then fold the end up. Fold over the sides like this and then roll over and over.
Before rolling all the way over wet the very end with water and then roll all the way over so it sticks and doesnโt come apart. While youโre rolling the first few sloppy joe egg rolls turn your oil on high heat so it can get the outsides golden brown.
Test the oil by putting a tiny piece of egg roll wrapper in and see if it fries nicely, doesnโt just sit there or fry way too hot and burn. Adjust heat accordingly before you put your egg rolls in.
- Set paper towels on a baking sheet so you can set them on top when theyโre done and absorb the excess oil. Serve with some salad and theyโre done!!
Ingredients
- Egg roll wrappers, you can buy them at the store or make your own
- Ground beef precooked before filling inside
- Mustard will give you that tang
- Ketchup is the base of the sauce for richness
- Brown Sugar is how you get it sweet
- Vegetable oil
Variations
This is just one of our recipes using egg roll wrappers here on The Typical Mom blog. One you get the hang of it you will learn that you can fill with all the things. You could choose to add some shredded cheddar cheese inside if you wanted too in this case.
You will not need oil more than just a spray on top if heating with hot air like our air fryer frozen egg rolls. A healthier method for sure but wonโt be quite as crispy or authentic.
Want to add vegetables like our air fryer spring rolls? I mean you could, bean sprouts would work best to soften at the same rate but shredded cabbage would work the same way too.
Fried Sloppy Joe Egg Rolls
Time needed: 20 minutes
Sloppy Joe Egg Rolls
- Prepare
In a pan on the stovetop cook ground beef and diced onions until pink is gone, drain grease.
In a bowl add your meat, add ketchup, mustard, brown sugar and mix until well combined.
Taste and add more of any of these depending on how wet or mustardy you like your sloppy joe mixture. - Roll
Lay out 1 egg roll wrapper and fill with 2 tbsp or so of sloppy joe mixture on one end as you see in pictures in this post.
Leave space on the sides so you can roll them up. Fold sides in and roll the meat up into the wrapper. Once you reach the other end use your finger and dab with water and roll over so the end wonโt come undone.
Do this until all sloppy joe mixture is gone. - Fry
Wait until your oil is hot, hot enough to sizzle a little piece of egg roll wrapper that is dropped in but not burn it immediately when dropped in.
Put sloppy joe egg rolls into oil just until lightly browned on one side, flip and put on paper towel when both sides are light brown to absorb remaining oil.
You can opt to use an air fryer or Ninja Foodi instead if you like.
Want to make these with NO oil? You can!! Just stuff as directed, preheat air fryer and set egg rolls inside just sprayed with a bit of oil on top to get cfrispy. If you love this youโll love our pizza egg rolls too.
Sloppy Joe Egg Rolls Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/8 c mustard, give or take depending on how much you like, taste at the end before adding into wrappers
- 3/4 c ketchup, give or take
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/2 c onion, diced, optional
- 1 pkg egg roll wrappers, homemade or store bought
- 3-4 c vegetable oil, for frying
Instructions
- In a pan on the stovetop cook ground beef and diced onions until pink is gone, drain grease.
- In a bowl add your meat, add ketchup, mustard, brown sugar and mix until well combined.
- Taste and add more of any of these depending on how wet or mustardy you like your sloppy joe mixture.
- Lay out 1 egg roll wrapper and fill with 2 tbsp or so of sloppy joe mixture on one end as you see in pictures in this post.
- Leave space on the sides so you can roll them up.
- Fold sides in and roll the meat up into the wrapper. Once you reach the other end use your finger and dab with water and roll the filled end over on that end so it is well sealed and wonโt come undone.
- Do this until all sloppy joe mixture is gone.
- Wait until your oil is hot, hot enough to sizzle a little piece of egg roll wrapper that is dropped in but not burn it immediately when dropped in.
- Put sloppy joe egg rolls into oil just until lightly browned on one side, flip and put on paper towel when both sides are light brown to absorb remaining oil.
- serve
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
