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Air Fryer Scotch Eggs are an easy meal, without the grease from deep frying. Air frying these eggs, gives them a crispy crust, making them a perfect snack or quick breakfast. You just need a few ingredients to make this classic British favorite.
Why you will love Scotch Eggs
I’ve always loved eggs, especially scrambled, fried, and especially a hard-boiled egg. They’re versatile, filling, and delicious. Scotch eggs are one of my favorite brunch foods.
These air fryer scotch eggs ingredients are just eggs, a juicy layer of sausage meat layer, and crunchy crust made with breading mixture. That’s why I was excited to try out this easy Air Fryer Scotch Egg recipe.
This recipe is simple enough for anyone to prepare. Once they’re cooked, these tasty treats are ready to eat in minutes, and you will have the perfect Scotch egg. These scotch eggs are a great snack time, breakfast, or brunch item.
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Ingredients:
- eggs– hard boiled
- pork sausage meat
- eggs-whisked to coat sausage
- traditional bread crumbs-Panko bread crumbs, or Italian breadcrumbs, like Progresso, are already seasoned, making them an easy choice
How to Make an Air Fried Scotch Egg
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To make this perfect snack or brunch menu item, you need to start with a soft or hard-boiled egg. You can follow this Air Fryer Hard Boiled Egg recipe, and have them ready in no time. Then peel, and set aside.
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Divide the raw sausage meat into six evenly sized patties. Shape each portion of sausage flat, and then place an egg in center and wrap sausage around the egg, entirely covering the egg. Repeat until all six eggs are covered.
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Whisk two eggs into a small shallow dish, and place bread crumbs in another small bowl. Then, dip wrapped eggs into whisked egg mixture. Then dip into the bread or panko crumbs until completely coated.
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Place eggs in air fryer basket, after lightly spraying with nonstick oil spray, or lined with air fryer parchment paper.
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Air Fry in a single layer, without crowding, at 400 degrees F for 15-18 minutes, until sausage layer is completely cooked and crispy coating is golden brown.
I use a Cosori 5.8 quart air fryer. Cooking times may vary, depending on size and wattage.
FAQ’s
What sauces go with Scotch Eggs?
I love mustard sauce, especially Dijon mustard, or spicy honey mustard. This delicious British dish can go with any favorite dipping sauce, like hot sauce, or ranch dressing.
How do I store leftovers?
Keep uneaten eggs in airtight containers, in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
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Air Fryer Scotch Eggs
Equipment
- 1 Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 6 large hard boiled eggs
- 1 pound ground pork sausage
- 2 large eggs, whisked
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
Instructions
- To make this perfect snack or brunch menu item, you need to start with a soft or hard-boiled egg. You can follow this Air Fryer Hard Boiled Egg recipe, and have them ready in no time. Then peel, and set aside.
- Divide the raw sausage meat into six evenly sized patties. Shape each portion of sausage flat, and then place an egg in center and wrap sausage around the egg, entirely covering the egg. Repeat until all six eggs are covered.
- Whisk two eggs into a small shallow dish, and place bread crumbs in another small bowl. Then, dip wrapped eggs into whisked egg mixture. Then dip into the bread or panko crumbs until completely coated.
- Place eggs in air fryer basket, after lightly spraying with nonstick oil spray, or lined with air fryer parchment paper.
- Air Fry in a single layer, without crowding, at 400 degrees F for 15-18 minutes, until sausage layer is completely cooked and crispy coating is golden brown.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
The very best!! I used to make Scotch eggs by deep fat frying. What a mess that was. Now I can make them again and they are so easy and delicious!! Tried to post my pictures but no luck. They came out perfect !!!
Perfect every time! The air fryer makes is so easy. I saved this recipe and keep coming back to it just as a reminder. I’ve shared some of these scotch eggs with an older neighbor and he frequently asks me if I’ve made any of “egg ball things” as he loves them now, too!
Followed this recipe step-by-step, (including the hard “boiling” egg in air fryer link included) and am very impressed how easy they were to make and how delicious they were. I used hot pork sausage and 🤌🏻🤌🏻.
The sausage was a little tricky to wrap around the egg but you can finesse it to work. Also, I didn’t use ground pork, I used a frozen Jimmy Dean hot sausage tube and had to thaw it in microwave so that might have affected the texture to wrap around egg, but it didn’t affect the taste at all. Air fried all 6 eggs and every thing stayed where it was supposed to stay.
Thank you for leaving such an awesome comment! We love these scotch eggs.
Recipe was great, however the sausage cracked open, even though I couldn’t see any openings when I put them in the air fryer. I’m celiac so I used crushed Rice Chex for the coating, which worked and tasted good. Any idea what I did wrong for them to crack open? They tasted great though.
I’m not sure why that would happen, unless the sausage was just stretched too thin or it was a little dry? If it only split on a few of them, that would be my guess. You could try adding an egg to the sausage so it can be stretched a little easier.
I’ll be honest, I’m not much of a cook so any recipe or instructions have to be pretty comprehensive for me because I won’t adapt well on the fly when things don’t quite work out.
For me, the prep time of 5 minutes is wildly out of range, it took me way longer than that. Like I said, not much of a cook.
I also struggled to make a pound of meat cover six eggs, I guess egg size plays a part. Next time I will purposely buy smaller eggs just for this.
I managed to cover five, so went with that.
I found the meat stuck to everything I was preparing with so ended up covering everything with flour, it’s not the sort of thing I would know in advance. Once I did that it all worked out.
The actual cooking was the easiest part, I haven’t tried one yet as they are still cooling a little but they seems to look the part.
I imagine I will get better at this the more times I do it.
Amazing, did mine with Parmesan and truffle sausage meat…never going back to buying supermarket scotch eggs… thank you!!!
Came out delicious!!!
Thank you! I am so glad you liked them!
Brilliant recipe. As a kid growing up this was a special occasion treat. So much work needed when deep frying & sasauge meat wouldn’t stay on. But this recipe with Air Fryer is easy peasy.
Thank you! We try to keep recipes simple. This one is a family favorite for sure! We are so glad you enjoyed it.
Try drying your eggs with a paper towel well, then rolling in flour before you wrap your sausage around the egg. It will help adhere the meat to the egg and then you can roll in eggwash and breadcrumbs or panko.
Hopefully this tip will help you.