Egg Roll in a Bowl

by Sabrina Snyder

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4 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
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Egg Roll in a Bowl is a delicious, healthier Chinese recipe made with all the traditional fillings of an egg roll turned into a hearty meal!

This is the main course version of my super popular Egg Rolls and Spring Rolls recipes mixed together. If you love Chinese Pork Recipes, you should definitely check out my Singapore Noodles Recipe as well as my Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Pork too!

Sabrina’s Egg Roll in a Bowl Recipe

This healthy meal is great for people who don’t like a lot of meal prep or long cook times. Without the wrapper, Egg Roll in a Bowl is a low carb, gluten free, dairy free meal packed with vegetables and protein that is quick and easy. Perfect for weekday meals and much more tasty, and healthy, than take-out.

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Egg Roll in a Bowl Recipe

Egg Roll in a Bowl is a delicious, healthier Chinese recipe made with all the traditional fillings of an egg roll turned into a hearty meal!
Yield 4 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Chinese
Author Sabrina Snyder
pork and slaw mix with rice in a bowl
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Ingredients
 

  • 1 pound ground pork sausage
  • 16 ounces coleslaw mix
  • 1 tablespoon ginger , minced
  • 2 cloves garlic , minced
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil

Instructions

  • Cook pork in large skillet on medium heat until browned, about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease.
  • Add in cole slaw mix, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil, vegetable oil, and vinegar into the skillet.
  • Cook until coleslaw softens, about 8-10 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 477kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 82mg | Sodium: 1552mg | Potassium: 518mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 196IU | Vitamin C: 43mg | Calcium: 62mg | Iron: 2mg

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Chef’s Note

Looking to cut down on your prep time even more? Keep frozen garlic and ginger cubes in the freezer. Pop two of each of them in place of the fresh ingredients. Keeping these on hand is perfect to speed up other weeknight recipes too!

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About this Recipe

This recipe has all the flavor of traditional egg roll flavors without the wrapper. Ground sausage, cabbage, fresh ginger, garlic, lemon and fresh cilantro, the key ingredients to the traditional Chinese food favorite, make up this weeknight dinner that the whole family will like and that you don’t need a slow cooker for. If this is your first time making a low-carb dinner recipe, this is an easy, tasty one to try, and all of the ingredients are available at any grocery store. This recipe is also great for people on the keto diet.

Can this be made ahead of time?

  • Yes, this can be made ahead of time and is perfect for meal prep for the week. Make a big batch and portion it out into containers for the week. Then in the mornings, you can just grab and go!
  • This recipe already cooks up really quickly, but you could always brown your pork up ahead of time. When you are ready to make dinner, add the cooked pork in at the same time as the other ingredients since it will just need to get warmed through which will happen at the same time the slaw is cooking.

Serving Ideas

  • Have a fun Chinese take-out night with the family! Serve up Ground Orange Chicken (1 Pan!) which is the healthier version of my all time favorite Orange Chicken Recipe (Panda Express Copycat!). You can also make my P.F. Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps (Copycat) to serve as an appetizer. Make sure to include some Panda Express Super Greens (Copycat) and some Chinese Fried Rice as sides. Serve it up family style and let everyone take a little bit of everything! If you are really looking to go the extra mile, then you should make Fortune Cookies. (I bet you didn’t think I would have a recipe for fortune cookies, but I do, and they are delicious!)
  • If you are making this for meal prep, keep it simple and add a scoop of Instant Pot Rice or Perfect Brown Rice (Baked Brown Rice) to your meal prep container.
  • Try topping your bowl with some sesame seeds and black pepper for an added crunch, or top with hot sauce or low sodium soy sauce. Add a squeeze of lime for a bit of brightness too!

How to Store

  • Serve: You shouldn’t leave your Egg Roll Bowl out for more than 2 hours after it’s done, or it will start to go bad. 
  • Store: Wrap your bowl in plastic wrap or put it in an airtight container, and it will last up to 3 days in the fridge. Always allow your food to completely cool to room temperature before you wrap it up and put it in the fridge to avoid sealing up bacteria in with it.
  • Freeze: Properly sealed in a container, this bowl recipe is good for up to 3 months before you should make a new bowl.

Variations

  • Veggies: You can add any veggies you like, from green onions to broccoli slaw. Celery would also add some nice crunch to this recipe. Finely chop them and add them to the coleslaw mix to stir fry them. They’re delicious and don’t add to the meal’s net carbs.
  • Ginger: In a pinch, you can also use ground ginger instead of minced ginger, but ground ginger will have less of a bold taste.
  • Protein: If you feel like changing it up a bit, ground turkey or ground chicken can be substituted for the ground pork sausage. If you want to pack protein into this dish do a mixture of two meats.
  • Spice: If you love the this recipe but you are looking for a little more kick, you can add some crushed red peppers or Sriracha while it is cooking. You could also add some Gochujang or Sambal Oelek. Remember, a little goes a long way so add a little, taste, and then add more if you like. You can always add more but can’t take it away!

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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  1. Wow! Fabulous! I only had good quality ground beef so I used that then followed the recipe! We added just a bit of siracha and some pieces of fresh avocado to top our bowls, we were in heaven! After looking at many recipes I chose your version, cooking is my gift and I know a good recipe when I see it. Thank you!!

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  3. I’ve been looking for new meal idea’s. My husband has a pacemaker and I have gained a ton of weight! I’m looking to help us feel better.

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  5. I made this last night and it was awesome! I prepped all the ingredients before cooking but when I got to in instructions, it wasn’t clear in #2. It didn’t mention the 2 T vegetable oil or Rice Wine Vinegar. It lists the ginger and garlic twice. Can you please clarify?

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    1. Whoops! Looks like I didn’t get enough coffee before I posted that. You would add the vegetable oil and vinegar at that point. Thanks for letting me know!

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  6. I give 5 stars to any recipe (and I use yours a lot) that I have made from your recipes. I love your site and dearly love to cook and enjoy your recipes. Thanks for showing this learning cook how easy and great Chinese food can be.

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      1. Make this alot my kids LOVE it I used extra lean ground turkey and liquid aminos and didn’t use oil to cook the meat!! No sub for the sesame oil but the amount of fat split 4 ways isn’t much at all lol. That’s a healthy option for people!!!

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  9. Such a great idea and so delicious! My family loves egg rolls so it was a pleasant change to not hear a collective sigh when I told them what we were having for dinner last night.

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  13. This sounds delicious, for sure, but (in my opinion) it needs ‘something else’ in order to call it a main dish. Personally, I’ll serve this over “Shirataki Noodles”, which are very low in calories & carbs. BTW, I don’t have Rice Wine Vinegar on hand, so is there a substitute which can be used instead?

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    1. You can use apple cider vinegar (that’s the best substitute). Definitely play around with adding noodles or other ingredients to make it heartier!

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