Air Fryer Scotch Eggs

This classic British picnic favourite doesn’t need to be greasy. Air Fryer Scotch Eggs are easy to make and have a crispy crust. Once you make these, you won’t be eating another poorly made shop-bought Scotch egg again.

I love eggs be them poached, scrambled or boiled and encase them in some tasty sausagemeat and I’m happy. Unfortunately, many shop made Scotch eggs are poorly made tasteless things. These are meaty, crispy crusted, tasty good uns. Have them for breakfast, brunch, lunch as a snack, at-home beer nights and when on a picnic. Try this with our smashed cucumber salad or Shirazi salad.

What is a Scotch Egg?

A Scotch egg is a soft or hard-boiled egg wrapped in ground sausagemeat and then coated with bread crumbs and baked or deep fried. I have no idea how Scotch eggs came to be however a google says…The Oxford English Dictionary gives the first instance of the name as 1809, in an edition of Maria Rundell’s A New System of Domestic Cookery. London department store Fortnum & Mason claims to have invented Scotch eggs in 1738, as a traveller’s snack and helped make them popular by including them in their hampers. Today you will find Scotch eggs in supermarkets, pubs and even petrol stations.

Egg boiling time

For ease of eating when at a picnic, I usually have a hard-boiled egg. A soft-boiled egg is ideal if eating with a knife and fork.

Ingredients

• Powters Chef’s Pig Sausagemeat
• Boiled eggs
• garlic powder
• brown sugar
• breadcrumbs
• flour

See the recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

Eggs – I used medium eggs If you use different size eggs, the boiling and cooking times may need to be adjusted. 

Breadcrumbs – standard breadcrumbs were used here, for a change in taste try panko breadcrumbs.

Place the peeled boiled egg in the centre of the sausagemeat and wrap the sausagemeat around the egg using your hand.

Then place your three bowls of ingredients.

Bowl 1: flour & garlic powder combined

Bowl 2: Beaten egg.

Bowl 3: Panko or breadcrumbs, brown sugar and smoked paprika powder.

Roll each sausagemeat-covered egg in bowl 1then dip in bowl 2 and then  roll in bowl 3

Hint: Cooking times may vary, depending on the size of your air fryer.

Air Fryer Scotch Eggs

Perfectly crisp Scotch Eggs for picnics and snacking

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Course Breakfast, brunch, lunch, party food, Snack

Cuisine british

Ingredients

  

• 6 boiled eggs peeled
• 1 packet 400g Powters Sausagemeat
• 30 g Flour
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 large egg beaten
• 120 g Breadcrumbs
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/2 smoked paprika

Instructions

 

• Divide the sausage into 6 equal portions
• Roll each portion into a ball
• Place a sausage meat ball onto your counter, or parchment paper if you want to save cleaning up later.
• Pat the sausage meatball down until it is an oval that has enough space to hold an egg.
• Place the peeled boiled egg in the centre of the sausagement and wrap the sausagement around the egg.et and pressure from your hands.
• Then place your three bowls of ingredients
• Bowl 1: flour & garlic powder combined
• Bowl 2: Beaten egg.
• Bowl 3: Panko or breadcrumbs, brown sugar and smoked paprika powder.
• Roll each sausagemeat covered egg in bowl 1then dip in the bowl 2 and then roll in bowl 3
• Preheat air fryer at 190°C for 10 minutes.
• Set the scotch eggs on the bottom of your air fryer basket.
• Be sure to leave space around each one for air to circulate.
• Air-fry eggs for 12 minutes, turning halfway through for even browning.

Keyword breakfast, brunch, lunch, party food, pub food, snack