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Food blogger, Bella Bucchiotti of xoxoBella, shares a recipe for air fryer crab cake egg rolls with fire sauce. You will love these seafood egg rolls with lump crab meat.
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5 from 9 votes

Air Fryer Crab Cake Egg Rolls

Crispy air fryer crab cake egg rolls with bold flavors and spicy fire sauce—perfect as an appetizer, main, or side dish!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Meals, Side Dish
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: air fryer, crab, seafood
Servings: 12 egg rolls

Ingredients

For the Egg Rolls:

For the Egg Wash:

  • 1 egg
  • 1 Tablespoon water

For the Crab Cakes:

For the Fire Sauce:

Instructions

  • Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F for 5 minutes

Make the Crab Cakes:

  • In a medium mixing bowl, combine all ingredients for crab cakes. Mix well. Use a cookie scoop to scoop out crab cake mix and form into balls.
  • Press between your palms to tightly form the crab cake balls.
  • Add crab cake to the air fryer and cook for 10 minutes.

Make the Fire Sauce:

  • While the crab cakes are cooking, prepare the fire sauce. Combine all ingredients in a small mixing bowl and whisk. Set aside ¾ of a cup to use as dip.
  • Add shredded cabbage to the bowl and toss with remaining sauce.

Assemble the Egg Rolls:

  • Remove the crab cakes from the air fryer. Cut each crab cake in half.
  • Prepare the egg rolls. Lay an egg roll wrapper flat on a solid work surface. Spread 2 tablespoons of the cabbage mix down the center of each egg roll wrapper in a diagonal line.
  • Add 3 crab cake halves on top of the cabbage cut side down.
  • Make the egg wash by whisking together the egg and water in a small bowl.
  • To fold the eggroll, position it in front of you like a diamond. Brush the egg wash along the edges. Think of the corner furthest from you as corner #1, the left corner is #2, right is #3, and the closest corner is #4. The filling inside of the egg roll should be going diagonally between #2 and #3. Take corner 1 and fold it over the filling. Next, fold corner 3 towards the center. Do the same with corner 2. Tightly roll the egg roll towards corner 4. Put the finished egg rolls onto a parchment lined baking sheet as you work.
  • Brush each egg roll with egg wash on all sides.

Air Fry Them:

  • Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F for 5 minutes
  • Lightly spray the air fryer basket with nonstick cooking spray. Place into the air fryer and cook for 8 to 10 minutes - about halfway through the cooking time, turn the egg rolls over to evenly cook. Check the egg rolls have a golden brown color before removing.
  • Serve with the fire sauce.

Notes

Make double: Since these do take a little longer to prepare and assemble that other appetizers, I like to double (or triple!) the recipe and freeze some for future meals.
Don't overcook the crab cakes: They should be done in 10 minutes. Overcooking them will make them dry.
Grease your air fryer basket: This will stop your egg rolls from sticking.

Nutrition

Calories: 201kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 50mg | Sodium: 813mg | Potassium: 168mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 278IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 72mg | Iron: 1mg

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