All the flavors of your favorite Chinese egg roll made lighter, faster, and in one skillet! This egg roll in a bowl is a quick, healthy dinner that’s ready in just 20 minutes.
The best part? It all comes together in one skillet with minimal prep. Thanks to coleslaw mix and pre-shredded carrots, there’s no chopping involved, and you can even snip green onions straight into the pan. Customize it with your favorite ground meat, adjust the seasonings, or toss in extra veggies to suit your family’s tastes.
Eggroll in a Bowl is a Perfect Weeknight Dinner
It’s like an egg roll without the deep fried wrapper!
This egg roll in a bowl recipe is a quick, healthy dinner that’s perfect for busy weeknights. It has all the savory flavor of a classic egg roll filling; no deep frying required! With lean ground meat, crisp veggies, and a simple stir-fry sauce, it’s a wholesome meal you can keep low carb or bulk up with rice or noodles.
Ingredient Notes and Tips for Success
- Use any ground meat that you like. We prefer ground pork, but ground turkey, ground beef, ground chicken, and ground sausage are all tasty here.
- Sesame oil is an essential ingredient for that true Asian flavor. Do not substitute with a different oil. The sesame oil has a unique nutty flavor that’s hard to replicate with other ingredients, and it truly makes the dish! You can find sesame oil in the Asian or International foods aisle at just about every grocery store these days, or order it online. Use any extra sesame oil in recipes like chicken and broccoli lo mein, chicken and bell pepper stir fry, sweet and sour meatballs, and ramen noodle coleslaw.
- Rice vinegar adds an acidic component that brightens up the sauce.
- I prefer low sodium soy sauce (or light soy sauce), but coconut aminos or gluten-free tamari will also work as gluten-free substitutes.
- Hoisin sauce is a thick, rich, sweet-and-salty Chinese bbq sauce that adds great flavor to the stir-fry. Find it in the Asian or International foods aisle at your grocery store, or order it online.
- A bag of pre-shredded coleslaw mix is a perfect shortcut so that you don’t have to shred your own cabbage. Adding some broccoli slaw would yield a different texture and flavor, but would also work.
- You might not need any extra salt (since the sauce has a good amount of sodium), so taste it first and then season.
SO good … fast, easy and SO SO GOOD! I made it, loved it and then made it the following week again. I live on my own so I had it a few times each week!
– Cindy
How to Make Egg Roll in a Bowl with Coleslaw Mix
Have all of your ingredients prepped and ready to go, because this dish comes together very quickly!
- Brown the meat in a large skillet or wok on the stovetop. Don’t stir the meat too much while it’s browning. Let it sit for a few minutes before you break it up with a spoon. This helps the meat retain moisture and stay tender.
- Add the onion, oil, and vinegar; cook until the onion is tender.
- Stir in the slaw mix, carrots, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, and hoisin sauce.
- Stir-fry until the veggies are tender. Add the scallions and serve in individual bowls!
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Egg Roll in a Bowl
Equipment
- Large skillet (I own and love this Smithey Ironware Co. cast iron skillet)
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground meat (we love ground pork, but you can also use ground turkey, ground chicken, or ground beef)
- 1 small sweet onion, diced
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- ¼ cup less sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce (or add extra 1 tablespoon or so for a sweeter, richer sauce)
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh garlic (use pre-minced fresh garlic for an easy shortcut)
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger or 1 ½ tablespoons grated fresh ginger (use a bottle of pre-minced fresh ginger for an easy shortcut)
- 1 (16 ounce) bag coleslaw mix
- ½ cup grated or “matchstick” carrots
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- Kosher salt and ground black pepper, to taste
- Optional garnish: sliced green onions, chives, fresh cilantro, toasted sesame seeds, chopped peanuts, crunchy chow mein noodles, and/or a squeeze of fresh lime juice
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground meat and cook, stirring, until no longer pink, about 5-7 minutes. Drain off excess grease; return meat to skillet.
- Add diced onion, sesame oil, and rice vinegar to the skillet. Cook, stirring, until the onion is tender, about 4-5 more minutes.
- Add soy sauce, hoisin sauce, garlic, ginger, coleslaw mix, and carrots to the skillet. Cook, stirring, for about 5-7 more minutes, or until the cabbage wilts.
- Remove the skillet from the heat. Stir in the green onions and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Notes
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- Do not omit the toasted sesame oil. It’s what gives the dish that quintessential “Asian” egg roll taste!
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- Use this recipe as a base and play around with the ingredients to suit your preferences. You might like to add diced celery, diced sweet bell peppers, snap peas, snow peas, or baby corn. An extra tablespoon or two of hoisin sauce also adds great flavor and richness to the sauce.
Nutrition
Serving Suggestions
This easy egg roll in a bowl recipe is delicious on its own, or equally tasty when paired with sides like rice or cauliflower rice; ramen noodles, rice noodles, lo mein noodles, or spaghetti; frozen egg rolls; and steamed broccoli. The eggroll filling is also tasty wrapped in mandarin pancakes or flour tortillas and garnished with extra hoisin sauce or plum sauce (like mu shu pork).
Preparation and Storage Tips
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. It gets soggy as the vegetables sit and absorb the sauce, but the flavor is still great! Some folks love to double or triple the batch to have extras in the fridge for quick meal prep.
- Reheat individual servings in the microwave for about 1 minute, or reheat a larger quantity in a skillet over low heat just until warmed through.
- I do not recommend freezing the leftovers. The cabbage and other vegetables will have a mushy texture when thawed, and will release extra water that thins the sauce.
Recipe Variations
- Use any ground meat that you prefer. We love ground pork in this dish, but ground beef, ground chicken, ground sausage, and ground turkey are also good options.
- Add egg to the filling. Just before serving, make a well in the center of the pan. Crack an egg into the pan, scramble, and cook until done. Mix the egg into the rest of the ingredients.
- For a vegetarian egg roll in a bowl, omit the ground meat and bulk up the stir-fry with mushrooms, diced tofu, or other veggies of choice (like bean sprouts).
- If you choose to shred your own green cabbage instead of using a bag of coleslaw mix, you will need a total of about 6 ¾ cups of finely-shredded cabbage.
- Make it spicy by garnishing individual servings with sriracha sauce or crushed red pepper flakes.
- Cooking just for two? Cut the ingredients in half. The instructions remain the same.
- If you’re looking for even more quick stir-fry recipes, be sure to try this ground beef stir fry with cabbage, a pan of chicken and broccoli stir fry, this 15-minute honey garlic shrimp, this pepper steak with onion, and this teriyaki ground beef, too!
Awesome! My husband was skeptical at first but finished all and wants it again.
– Connie
More Asian-Inspired Recipes to Try
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Dump-and-Bake Egg Roll Casserole
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Originally published in May, 2018, this post was updated in August, 2025.
This is a great recipe! Super easy and tasty. Loved it! I added a dash of sriracha for some heat and used ground chicken. Yum!
This was so incredible! And all four of my kids ate it!
Yay! Thanks, Jessica!
Absolutely LOVED this recipe! Added some mushrooms and shrimp, but otherwise followed the recipe. Great for leftovers as well.
Yay! I bet the shrimp were a delicious addition!
For a bit of a Korean twist I used gochuchang sauce instead of hoisin and added a fried egg on top. Super good!
Sounds perfect! Thanks, Peggy!
I’m obsessed with this dish!! The only variation I made was using fresh grated ginger. I finish it with a drizzle of sriracha – YUM!
I have found that the refrigerated minced garlic quickly takes on a rancid odor and avoid it, but I only recently discovered the frozen squares that I have fallen for and now use almost exclusively. Aldi did not have ground pork when I was there so I used Italian sausage and liked the result. Good quick dish when you have that yen for Chinese.
Just made this, and. I am deliciously addicted! Such a great meal, and so incredibly flavourful!
This was very good and so easy. We don’t do keto so I topped it with a few chow mein noodles. It was a great week night dish. Thanks so much.
Wonderful! Thanks, Rose! 🙂
Yummy the best one yet, will keep this one as favorite egg roll in a bowl
Thank you!
This is absolutely awesome, thank you so much. My husband can’t get enough !!
Excellent! Thanks, Rose!
Hi Blair,
Your recipe is really awesome. I will try to make this recipe. Can you tell me that heart patient take it? Thanks
This has been a regular in my dinner rotation for about 6 months now. It’s a family favorite! When we want a little heat to it we top it with gochujang. YUM!!
That’s awesome, Ashley! Thanks for taking the time to leave a note and let me know. So glad that you like it!
Sesame allergy, Amy suggested replacement?
Hi, Annie! The sesame oil gives the dish a rich, toasty taste that’s classically Asian. I don’t know of a substitute that will give you that same unique flavor. You can certainly swap it out for another oil of your choice, though. 🙂
This was my favorite so far. I wonder if it will be good with shrimp as the protein?
Thanks so much for your recipes
Now a happy cook
I think it would be delicious with shrimp! Thanks for your kind note, Brenda!
This is such a good idea, and it looks amazing too! Thanks for sharing!
Made it as described with ground chicken and it turned out delicious. Would recommend some kind of egg roll sauce for the next day if your keep left overs. . Could certainly double the sauces and add more vegetables or meat.
Great tips. Thanks, Kendra!
so easy and very tasty has anyone added shrimp to this recipe I used fresh ginger as well
Thanks, Linda! Shrimp would be a delicious addition to this dish!
I make a double batch with ground chicken. I move it to my small crockpot on WARM. Everyone comes and goes at my house so it’s always ready during the day. I love it served in butter lettuce leaves as wraps. Always a huge hit!!
That’s a great tip, Christina! Thank you!
Just made this recipe for dinner using ground chicken… it was FABULOUS! So easy and came together in less than 20 minutes. I did not have hoisin so I simply added a couple scoops of sugar to the soy sauce and it tasted great. I also didn’t have sesame oil (used a little olive oil) or rice vinegar (used a little apple cider vinegar). I served with rice and sriracha. SOOOOO GOOD! I can’t believe I haven’t made something like this before.
That’s awesome, Amy! I’m so glad that you made it work with the ingredients in your kitchen. Thanks for the helpful tips!
Thank you! This was an easy to follow recipe. My coleslaw mix included broccoli, carrots and cabbage. So good and so healthy!
Thanks, Mara! So glad that you liked it!