Air Fryer Scotch Eggs

These scotch eggs are healthy and easy to make. They use a simple homemade sausage with ground turkey and instead of deep frying them with oil, they are air fried to save on calories.

This weekend, I went to the Boiler Room. It's this fun little sit-down restaurant in downtown Fargo that serves the best Scotch eggs with this spicy dipping sauce. I think I ended up getting pretty damn close their sauce also. It has maple and a few chipotle peppers for spice. The sauce pretty much makes the Scotch Eggs. I'd use it for dipping chicken fingers or french fries. I went there with my new friend and we had a few Moscow Mules.

For more air fryer recipes be sure to check out Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts, Everything Bagel Chicken Tenders, Air Fryer Chicken Quesadillas, and Air Fryer Chicken Cordon Bleu.

Weight Watchers Scotch Eggs

This recipe was posted back in 2016 and I recently edited this recipe to death to make it more WW friendly and also adapted it for the Air Fryer. There is also a recipe for 0 point turkey sausage below using 98% ground turkey! Pretty stoaked about this recipe and now I want some scotch eggs. Using storebought sausage is also fine.

Homemade Turkey Sausage

I love any kind of sausage period, but it is crazy how much salt there is in those packaged sausages and how many points it can be! Making your own turkey sausage at home is pretty simple and cuts out a lot of salt! One normal scotch egg is 560 mg of sodium this recipe is half the sodium.

What Ingredients do I need?

98% fat-free turkey breast, ground - or any type of sausage that you prefer such as Italian, Hot, or Mild (points will be different

Spices - Sage, Marjoram, Red pepper flakes, Black pepper, Salt

Hard boiled eggs  - You can see my recipe on how to make hard-boiled eggs in the air fryer.

Panko bread crumbs

salt and pepper

Parsley flakes for garnish (optional)

½ cup of mayonnaise - can sub plain Greek Yogurt

⅓ cup of real maple syrup - can sub sugar-free Syrup

Chipotle pepper in adobo sauce

How to make Air Fryer Scotch Eggs

1. Combine mayonnaise, maple syrup, and adobo sauce in a small bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.

2. Mix sage, marjoram, red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper in a small bowl. Place ground turkey in a large bowl and mix the spice mixture into the turkey using your hands.
3. Divide turkey sausage into 6 even portions. Flatten each portion into a thin patty. Place one hard-boiled egg in the middle and wrap the sausage around the eggs, sealing all sides. Set eggs aside on a plate.
4. Preheat air fryer to 390 degrees F (200 degrees C).
5. Place beaten eggs into another small bowl. Place panko bread crumbs onto a plate. Dip each sausage-wrapped egg into beaten egg, letting the excess drip off. Roll in bread crumbs and place onto a plate.
6. Spray basket of the air fryer with cooking spray and place eggs into the basket. Do not overcrowd; cook in batches if necessary. Cook for 12 minutes, turning eggs over halfway through. Repeat with remaining eggs. Serve with dipping sauce.

What air fryers are best?

I've had 3 or 4 different air fryers or the past 5 years and each one of them has worked very well with the air fryer recipes on this site. If you want to be able to cook more food for your family at once then get an air fryer with a large basket such as 5.3 quarts. Look for ones that say nonstick on them and has multiple program settings.

Power XL Air Fryer 5.3 Quart Basket. - This was my very first air fryer.

Our 5.3QT Power Air-Fryer comes in handy in preparing amazing meals from your cookbook, and frying a variety of dishes, such as: French fries, chicken, steak, roasts, fish tacos and sticks, waffle fries, pies, pudding and donuts.

Ninja Foodi Grill and Air Fryer - This air fryer works very well too but the air fryer setting doesn't go below 300 degrees. If there's a recipe that calls for lower temperatures you have to use the bake setting. It air frys, roasts, grills, and dehydrates food.

Other  Recipes To Try 

Easy Cowboy Caviar 

Grinder Salad Sandwich 

Chocolate Covered Dates 

Baked Feta Pasta 

Stuffed Italian Sausage 

Sour Cream Noodle Bake 

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