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!
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Brandon’s Egg Roll Tacos
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings (2 tacos each) 1x
Description
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.
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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10/10! Can’t wait to make these on the Blackstone- thank you
This was so easy to make and incredible in taste! I was in a bit of a rush to make and this came together so seamlessly. I was shocked with how great this tasted as so little effort was put in to it! Love and will be making in the future.
What am I doing wrong? The turkey just slide right off the taco shells.
This was a big hit. I made a slaw with the leftover cole slaw mix, sesame seeds, soy sauce, rice vinegar and mirin. The kids loved it too, I just cut way back on the chili crisp for them.
These were fabulous! My husband said to “Pin” the recipe. He has been known to tell me to “UnPin” a recipe from time to time.
These are wonderful!!
One of our all time favorite things, and it’s the recipe that started me on a quest to find all the varieties of smash tacos I could! (I think maybe now we have made 3 more versions: Falafel Indian version, a Chorizo/Sweet Potato version that I created, and a Chicken Caesar version.)
We have made your Brandon’s Smash tacos 5 times in the last 3 months.
Made them when kids and grandkids came. Everyone loved them, even our somewhat picky grandkids. Our 10 year old, who is a very light eater, ate 3! (His parents were impressed!)
Thanks for this recipe and all the others you share!
Amazing, thanks for sharing the POY joy with us!
Hey I used to be a teacher, too! And I had a gourmet cafe for years, so I love food as well. These tacos are the bomb. I made a big batch and really just eyeballed the ingredients. I put the chili crunch IN the taco meat. I also made the slaw with some rice wine vinegar, lime juice, and a splash of acv to add a punch. Thank you so much for this recipe. I recently learned I have alpha gal and I’m scouting for recipes with no dairy that I can easily flip to chicken or fish. You nailed it. We also made a spicy sauce with sriracha, mayo, bbq sauce and oyster sauce. MWAH sooo good!
Have you tried doing this recipe with the scallion pancakes from trader joe’s? I think I’m going to try it tonight!
These were so easy and delicious! Unfortunately, there were no leftovers because everyone in my family loved them! I love the SOS series so much — thank you!
This was so easy and fun! I used meatless veggie crumbles and it was amazing.
So fast, easy, and delicious! For my veg buddies – I used meatless crumbles and it worked well.
Made this for my family of 5 tonight and it was amazing! Big hit with everyone which is almost impossible. Very easy to make and delicious experience.
Made these tonight, using pork.
Oh, my! They were awesome!
These will definitely be put into our meal rotation!
My husband also wants us to try it with some finely chopped shrimp or fish. The texture will probably be different, but I think we’ll give it a try some day, since we have a lot of fresh caught gulf fish in our freezer! (Snapper, Redfish and Mahi mahi).
But I have a feeling that the park will win out most of the time
Thanks so much for posting this.
This is my 12 year old son’s thought of these – WOW!
He ranked in his Top 3 along with gochugang & ground chicken noodles & firecracker tofu lettuce wraps.
I think he likes spice 🙌🏻
5/5 would make again! I made a double batch for my family and a couple friends and my husband cooked them outside on the blackstone griddle- super fast & easy. In addition to the gochujang sauce (don’t skip it) I also offered sriracha and bachans Japanese bbq sauce.
Can sriracha replace the chili crisp?
Yes! Maybe start with a little less than called for so it doesn’t get too spicy.
Super quick to prepare, and turned out very tasty with the gochujang sauce linked to in the recipe. Yum! Will definitely be making again.
Your gochujang sauce looks really creamy… mine is a thicker, pasty and darker red. Did you mix it with anything?
Hi! It is the gochujang sauce recipe referenced in the toppings section.
What was the creamy sauce drizzled over the top?
These are absolutely amazing!
These tacos came out so good! I used ground pork and low carb tortillas. Wow! This is a taco night shake-up. Love them.
My family love these tacos. So practical and soo tasty. Each recipe Ive made from Pinch of Yum is on point! Thank you.
2 questions:
-can i freeze the ground pork with everything mixed in?
-what do you recommend serving/accompanying these tacos with?
Yes, you can freeze the ground pork with mix ins!
Was a no for my family. Too much meat and the meat that was on the tortilla ended up weighing down the tortilla and breaking apart. Very messy
These are insanely good. I doubled the recipe to feed 4 adults and 1 child and had plenty. It was so easy and everyone enjoyed it!
What is your nutritional information based on for this recipe? It says 4 servings but you also say 6-8 tortillas. It seems unrealistic to get 4 servings from 6 tortillas, but I’m guessing that’s what the nutritional analysis does? Trying to watch my carbs per my doctor. I appreciate you including nutritional information with your recipes.