Air Fryer Scotch Eggs (2024)

By Becky Abbott on May 25, 2022 · 11 Comments
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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.

For more easy air fryer recipes, check out air fryer roasted garlic, air fryer poached eggs, air fryer stir fry, and air fryer pesto pinwheels.

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

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.

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

Becky

Air Fryer Scotch Eggs are an easy meal, with a crispy crust, making them a perfect snack or quick breakfast.

4.61 from 23 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 6

Calories 390 kcal

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

For a low carb coating, you can substitute pork rinds or parmesan cheese for the breadcrumbs.

Nutrition

Calories: 390kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 21gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 272mgSodium: 686mgPotassium: 297mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 362IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 69mgIron: 2mg

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Comments

June
June 14, 2022 at 6:21 pm

Came out delicious!!!
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- Rebecca
  June 15, 2022 at 12:41 am
  
  Thank you! I am so glad you liked them!
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- Jackie
  July 07, 2022 at 12:59 pm
  
  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.
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  - Rebecca
    July 07, 2022 at 9:55 pm
    
    Thank you! We try to keep recipes simple. This one is a family favorite for sure! We are so glad you enjoyed it.
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  - Kay
    December 28, 2022 at 9:25 pm
    
    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.
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Mark
February 04, 2023 at 11:48 am

Amazing, did mine with Parmesan and truffle sausage meat…never going back to buying supermarket scotch eggs… thank you!!!
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Sparky
February 07, 2023 at 5:12 pm

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.
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Linda Compton
May 12, 2023 at 2:46 pm

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.
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- Rebecca
  May 26, 2023 at 3:21 pm
  
  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.
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Randy
March 14, 2024 at 2:57 pm

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.
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- Jen West
  March 15, 2024 at 10:18 am
  
  Thank you for leaving such an awesome comment! We love these scotch eggs.
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