This ground pork egg roll in a bowl is a simple skillet meal that comes together fast with everyday ingredients. It’s a budget-friendly, flavor-packed dinner that can be served as-is or over rice to make it extra filling.
If you’ve got a pound of ground pork and no dinner plan, this quick skillet meal is one of the easiest places to start!
Why This Ground Pork Egg Roll Bowl Works for Busy Nights
- cooks fast - only 20 minutes for a weeknight meal
- one pan - fewer dishes to wash - hooray!
- inexpensive - ground pork is an economical protein choice
- filling - serve it with rice or cauliflower rice for a complete meal
- flexible ingredients - use pre-cut slaw or chop your own
Check out more dinner recipes using ground pork!
Ingredients
- pork sausage - you can use spicy pork sausage, lean ground beef or substitute ground chicken or ground turkey. If you have extras, be sure to make this dirty rice and sausage.
- water
- coleslaw mix with cabbage and carrots - Save yourself some time by buying a pre-cut mix at the grocery store, or you can chop your own carrots and cabbage. Perfect if you have them from your garden this summer!
- spices - garlic powder, ground ginger, salt, pepper
- toasted sesame oil
- green onions - these aren't essential, but they sure add a nice fresh taste!
- rice vinegar
- coconut aminos or tamari - soy sauce also works if you're non-keto
- sesame seeds - these are for garnish
How to make egg roll in a bowl
The instructions are pretty simple...
Step 1. Brown your sausage or ground meat.
Step 2. Add the water, coleslaw mix (this is kind of genius right - no chopping!) garlic powder, sesame oil, ginger, and green onions. Season with salt and black pepper, to taste.
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Finish the whole thing off with your condiment of choice - coconut aminos, tamari, soy sauce, rice vinegar and a dash of toasted sesame oil.
Don't skip the toasted sesame oil, it's going to up your egg roll skillet game!
Variations
ground turkey or ground beef can be used in place of the ground pork
extra veggies - Want a little extra crunch? Add some sliced water chestnuts or add in your favorites
serve over rice or cauliflower rice
ground ginger - substitute ½ tablespoon fresh ginger for the ground ginger, if you have it laying around. I never do, so ground ginger it is for me!
For another variation, try my ground pork and cabbage stir fry.
What to serve with egg roll in a bowl
You can serve this over cauliflower fried rice, slow cooker brown rice, or eat it as is.
Yes, it does reheat well! Unlike a traditional egg roll, this will not get soggy, making it a perfect candidate for weekday meal prep!
Yes!!! Are you ready for this??? You can make this in advance and then freeze portions to heat and serve later! How's that for some meal prep love?
Yes. Ground beef works, but I've found that ground pork adds more flavor and tenderness.
Please do! It’s the easiest shortcut and saves tons of prep time.
Not at all. You can serve it over rice or noodles to make it a more filling family meal.
Other recipes you'll love
- Low Carb Crustless Sausage Quiche
- Pepperoni Pizza Chicken Bake
- Easy Pork Stir Fry
- Low Carb Unstuffed Pepper Skillet
- Keto Chicken Salad
If you make these egg roll bowls, please leave a recipe rating or comment below. I'd love to hear from you!
Recipe
Ground Pork Egg Roll in a Bowl (Easy One-Pan Dinner)
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Ingredients
- 1¼ pound spicy bulk pork sausage
- ¼ cup water
- 14 ounce package classic coleslaw mix with cabbage and carrots
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 Tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 Tablespoon green onions chopped
- 1 Tablespoon rice vinegar
- 2 Tablespoon coconut aminos or tamari or soy sauce for non-keto
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 Tablespoon toasted sesame seeds Optional for garnish
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook, breaking the meat into small pieces as it cooks, for about 5-6 minutes. Once sausage is no longer pink, remove from heat and carefully drain excess grease from pan.
- Return skillet to heat. Add water and scrape up brown bits from the bottom of the pan with a spatula. Reduce heat to medium and add coleslaw mix, garlic powder, sesame oil, ginger, and green onions. Season with salt and black pepper, to taste, and cook, stirring frequently, until the cabbage wilts and the carrot softens, approximately 4-5 minutes.
- Add rice vinegar and coconut aminos and stir to combine. Cook another 1-2 minutes or until heated through.
- Remove from heat and transfer to a serving platter or bowl. Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds, if using, and serve immediately.
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Nutrition
This Farm Girl Cooks is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. Calories and other nutritional values vary depending on which brands were used.
Original Recipe published October 2019, new photos and enhanced instructions added February 2022.
Tisha says
Great keto recipe for eggroll lovers! All the flavor less carbs and less guilt!
Tisha says
Great keto recipe for eggroll lovers! All the flavor less carbs and less guilt!
Tayo says
So easy to make and delicious, this was a great hit at my home today!
Tayo says
So easy to make and delicious, this was a great hit at my home today!
Emily says
I love this deconstructed egg roll! Such a delicious bowl of keto-goodness!
Emily says
I love this deconstructed egg roll! Such a delicious bowl of keto-goodness!
Amy Pitts says
I am going to try this one too. I have made a version of this before and enjoyed it. I love that you have the freezer instructions along with it. Perfect for meal prep.