We tried to make air fryer scotch eggs and have been surprised by the results, in a cracking way.
We’ve been thinking about eggs these past few days; particularly chocolate eggs but you can’t air fry those unless you especially want to make a mess, and we really want to use our air fryer. A quick search online has identified that air fryer scotch eggs are a ‘thing’ (mind blown) so we thought that it would be rather apt to give the recipe a go.
Air fryer scotch eggs can be an easy meal or tasty snack depending on where you are in the day. By air frying these sausage meat-wrapped hard-boiled eggs, you achieve a crispy crust without the use of oil, making them a healthier alternative to those scotch eggs that you shop-buy and, indeed, the scotch eggs that you may well have been deep-fat frying before now.
Read on to find out how we got on making them in our best air fryer, so you can give making them a go this holiday.Air fryer deals
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We followed the air fryer scotch eggs recipe by @airfryingfoodie who have an Instagram following of 4,987 users. Although this particular recipe has only attracted 30 ‘likes’ on the platform, it received 2.4K shares on Pinterest – and we feel that it deserves more attention.Air fryer scotch eggs ingredients
4 medium eggs
1lb / 450g sausage meat
1 medium egg, whisked
1 cup of breadcrumbsAir fryer scotch eggs method
To make air fryer scotch eggs I used the Swan Duo Digital Digital Air Fryer, and followed our recently published air fryer eggs recipe to make hard-boiled eggs.
We got the air fryer scotch eggs recipe right the first time round, but what can make a difference is the size of your air fryer and the size of your eggs. The Swan Duo is a dual drawer basket air fryer so we could only comfortably fit two scotch eggs into each basket; if you have a single-drawer air fryer basket you could expect to fit six scotch eggs into the drawer.
