Egg rolls meet tacos! I love this! Easy to make and ridiculously good with a classic egg roll filling, crunchy veg, pillowy tortillas, and a spicy gochujang sauce.
Brandon’s Egg Roll Tacos
Egg Roll, Meet Taco.
Are you even ready for this? What we have here is like an egg roll filling (meat, cabbage, carrots, soy sauce, garlic, ginger) meets a fried little taco (flour tortilla, fresh veg on top, gochujang sauce for serving) and the whole thing eats a lot like a folded sandwich.
That’s going to be a big yes from me.
My friend Brandon has been telling me about these for weeks. I know the whole idea of meat smashed into tortillas is really having a moment on social media (smash burger tacos, chicken Caesar smash tacos, etc.), but the concept has always seemed a little strange to me.
Until I tried these ones – and now I’m a believer.
Besides being super yummy (don’t skip the gochujang sauce it is DIVINE on there) – these are shockingly easy to make. I know some of the recipes in the last SOS series leaned a little more towards “involved” than I normally do – there were some extras that I just couldn’t let go of. Shallot crispies, panko breading, house sauce, etc. So let’s think of this as a BONUS SOS recipe. You can easily make this in 20 minutes without breaking a sweat.
Hope you love it! And thanks to Brandon for sharing this idea with me! YOU WERE RIGHT!
Watch Me Make This Recipe
Brandon’s Egg Roll Tacos
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings (2 tacos each) 1x
Ingredients
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Egg Roll Tacos
- 1 lb. ground chicken, turkey, or pork
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon chili crisp
- 1 tablespoon garlic paste (or 2 cloves garlic, grated)
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste (or a 1/2-inch piece ginger, grated)
- 1 cup shredded cabbage and carrots mix (great time to use a store-bought coleslaw or salad mix, where the base is cabbage)
- 6–8 small flour tortillas (I like the Mission Street Taco ones for this)
- 2–3 tablespoons avocado oil or toasted sesame oil
Toppings
- More fresh cabbage / carrot mix (can use the same bag from before!)
- Fresh cilantro or green onion
- Chili crisp
- Gochujang sauce
Instructions
- Make Filling: Mix the ground meat, soy sauce, chili crisp, garlic, ginger, and veggies together. I just mix it all up with my hands.
- Spread Filling: Press the mixture onto one side of the tortillas. I find it easiest to do all of them at once, before you start cooking them.
- Cook Tacos: Heat a skillet over medium high heat. Add the oil. Working in batches, add the tacos, meat-side down, and cook for 3-4 minutes until they are browned. Flip to the back side for 1 minute to get the tortillas a bit golden, and then finish with one more flip to being meat-side down to ensure it’s cooked through. (165 degrees for chicken and turkey, 160 for ground pork.)
- Top and Eat: Top with more fresh cabbage, cilantro or green onions, and your sauces of choice. Fold in half – it eats kind of like a hybrid between a taco and sandwich, but tastes like an eggroll. I *love* these with the gochujang sauce!
Notes
Egg rolls meet tacos! I love this! Easy to make and ridiculously good with a classic egg roll filling, crunchy veg, pillowy tortillas, and a spicy gochujang sauce.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Asian-Inspired
Keywords: egg roll tacos, egg roll recipe, taco recipe
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June 17, 2025
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Just wondering why beef was not given as an option? 😅 Want to know before I try and mess it up 🫣as always those look so yummy! 💕
Same question!!
If you wanted to lean into the eggroll vibe then pork or poultry would be closest to that! Beef would be okay, but just less common as an eggroll ingredient.
Hi Lindsay,
I have to ask. What is chili crisp? I’ve never heard of it!
Hi! Chili crisp is a flavorful, crunchy condiment made by infusing oil with fried chili peppers, garlic, onions, and other aromatics. It’s delicious!
Was wondering if this could be made with crumbled tofu? We’re a no meat household but these sound great!
same question here… I may give it a try and will report back!
Saying this with love. If you aren’t doing this with the frozen scallion pancakes instead of tortillas you are doing it all wrong.
Made these crazy egg roll tacos tonight and holy moly they are delicious! I know the recipe serves 4, but it only served 3 here because my sons are in college and each wanted 3 of them. Next time I will double it when we have the full family and/or friends here for dinner. Shockingly good with that Gochujang sauce, just like you said!
So glad they were enjoyed! Thanks for making the recipe, Susan.
Can’t wait to try this recipe. It looks so good but I will definitely use another brand of tortillas. The ingredients in the Mission Street Tacos are not the best 🙁
Wow! I made these last night (with ground chicken), and they are delicious! Very easy to make . I prepped mixture before guests arrived so time in kitchen was minimal.
Glad they were enjoyed, Kris!
Can’t wait to make this – cooking for a crowd – what temperature on electric griddle please. PS fun ingredients easy to find locally!
I just made them on a griddle set to 300. I used avocado oil spray and also sprayed the tortilla before flipping. Worked great!
These were delicious! Ended up mixing the gochujang sauce with the cabbage/carrot topping to make a slaw. SO easy too, have a feeling these will now be in our dinner rotation!
Oh, a slaw is a great idea!
I make a lot of POY recipes. And I do have favorites, although all of them are pretty delicious! But this one–omgosh–these egg roll tacos hit it out of the park! My husband and I both loved them, everything about them, and they will be going in constant rotation. Along with a lot of other POY recipes that are already there. If you are on the fence about making these, do it! They are easy to make, and the flavor is amazing! I followed the recipe to a tee, used coleslaw mix, and cilantro and scallions, and both the gochujang and/or the chili crisp were the perfect sauce. Thank you for another delicious one, Pinch of Yum!
These turned out amazing! My husband went on and on about how good they were! Next time I’ll do all my prep in the morning so items can marinate longer. Thanks so much for the recipe!
So good! I made the gochujang sauce listed in the recipe and it was so good with it! Gochujang is a new to me ingredient, I used Mother In Laws garlic version. These came together quickly and were so flavorful.
Yay, thanks for making the recipe!
Wow! These were delicious, and such a fun new twist on taco night. I made half as written and half without the slaw and chili crisp for the kids and everyone loved them. Thanks for another crowd pleasing weeknight recipe!
Glad the whole crew enjoyed them!
Really enjoyed these. The sauce is a must!
Got rave reviews tonight with these eggroll tacos tonight! I tried with both the little Mission flour tortillas as well as regular corn tortillas — both worked great. Made a slaw with the sauce, green onions, cilantro, and cabbage as someone suggested and that helped keep things together better.
Love that you tried both kinds of tortillas!
These were SO good. My husband wolfed them down as fast as I could get them off the skillet. Definitely will make again and again.
That’s great to hear! Thanks for making the recipe.
These are DELICIOUS! More than the sum of its parts. My husband said it was like fancy restaurant flavors ✨
Sooooo delicious, and super easy to make! My husband I will be making these on repeat. I added an extra cup of cabbage.
WOW so so good! These were the perfect blend of yummy and easy to prep. Dare I say even fun enough for having friends over for dinner?? These will definitely be joining the rotation, thanks for a great recipe!
Holy cow these are good! I made them last week and my husband requested them again tonight for his bday dinner! Incredibly tasty AND easy! Can’t beat it. This will be in the regular rotation for sure!
What would be the best way to make these vegetarian? 😍
Will this work well with corn tortillas if you’re GF?