Baked Reuben Egg Rolls with Thousand Island Sauce are filled with corned beef, sauerkraut, and melty Swiss cheese.
The crispy egg rolls are baked and dunked in a Reuben sandwich sauce: a Thousand Island sauce.
All the great flavors of the classic Reuben sandwich recipe in a fun finger food appetizer!
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
St Patrick’s Day always means corned beef, and making something fun with the leftovers!
These corn beef egg rolls are inspired by the classic sandwich and SO easy to make. Instead of being cooked in a deep fryer, we are using less oil and cooking up these crispy egg rolls in the oven!
Whether cooking for St. Patrick’s day party or as leftovers, make something fun like these crispy egg rolls! Get more corned beef recipes here!
Ingredients in Reuben Egg Rolls
Full quantities and recipe details can be found in the full printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.
Here are the simple ingredients you need to make these easy Reuben egg rolls:
Egg Roll Wrappers
Swiss Cheese – the classic cheese used, but you can also use provolone, mozzarella, or Monterey Jack. One slice of Swiss cheese for two rolls.
Corned Beef – you can also use pastrami or turkey pastrami
Sauerkraut
Caraway Seeds – this is how we get the rye bread flavor!
Cooking Spray – any version such as vegetable oil, canola oil, peanut oil, etc will work great. I find olive oil does not get as crispy as the others, but you can still use it if preferred.
Thousand Island Dressing – or if you want a little kick, use our homemade Russian Dressing instead which is very similar but incorporates horseradish!
Garlic Powder
Are wonton wrappers and egg roll wrappers the same?
They are typically the same base dough, but wonton wrappers are much smaller.
If you can only find wonton wrappers, you can just make mini rolls and reduce the cooking time slightly.
Spring roll wrappers are not the same thing and typically made from a very thin rice paper.
How to Get the Rye Flavor
The biggest trick I needed to solve when making these Baked Reuben Egg Rolls with Thousand Island Sauce was how to replicate the flavor of the rye bread in the classic sandwich.
Because there are no rye egg roll wrappers, and I sure was not going to stick bread inside the crispy egg rolls.
The solution? Use caraway seeds sprinkled on top of the egg rolls.
The flavor of caraway is what we associate to rye bread (it is not the rye flour itself) and they also provide a little extra crunch.
Instruction Overview
Baked egg rolls are incredibly simple to make and cook.
I don’t know how many times things have exploded on me in a fryer, and there were none of those problems here!
Plus, baking makes them healthier and easier to make.
To make these rolls, on a flat surface lay an egg roll wrapper down as a diamond. Place half a slice of cheese just below the middle of the wrapper.
Add the corned beef and sauerkraut on top.
Roll up from the bottom corner of the wrapper, tucking in the edges of the egg roll wrapper half way up, and seal the end with some water to stick together.
Repeat for all of the rolls and then spray them with nonstick cooking spray and sprinkle with caraway seeds. No need for an egg wash by spraying them with some oil!
Instead of deep frying, bake the crisp pastrami Reuben egg rolls in the oven at 425 degrees F for about 20 minutes until golden brown.
Make the sauce by combining the dressing with garlic powder and some sauerkraut in a small bowl and chill until serving.
These crispy egg rolls would also be great with dipping sauce like our Copycat Bennigan’s Guinness Glaze or served with a small bowl of Russian dressing!
You can also find more of our Irish and St Patrick’s Day recipes here!
But even though these flavors are associated with the holiday, this recipe would also be great as a game day appetizer! It is SO easy to make and is sure to be a hit!
FAQs
Irish Spring Rolls are egg rolls wrapped up with cabbage and corned beef inside. The sauce used is typically creamy and with parsley.
These Reuben Rolls are very similar!
No! The name comes from the original wrapper recipe which was made with egg.
I just use a little water! This makes them sticky enough to hold together.
After cooking, to keep them crispy, keep them in the oven at a low temperature like 200-250F.
Yes! Assemble and then freeze before baking.
When ready to cook, simply follow the same instructions. It might take a couple minutes longer for them to get golden brown.
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Reuben Egg Rolls with Thousand Island Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 egg roll wrappers
- 6 slices Swiss cheese
- 1/2 pound corned beef cooked and shredded
- 6 Tablespoons sauerkraut
- 1/2 Tablespoon caraway seeds optional
- cooking spray
Thousand Island Sauce
- 1/3 cup Thousand Island dressing
- 2 Tablespoons sauerkraut (or more to taste)
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- Lay out one of the egg roll wrappers like a diamond with points at the top, bottom, and sides.
- Take one slice of Swiss cheese and cut in half. Place the cheese just below the middle point of the wrapper, horizontally.
- Add some shredded corned beef on top of the cheese, approximately 2/3 of an ounce or 1.5 Tablespoons.
- Add approximately 1/2 Tablespoon of sauerkraut on top.
- Fold up the bottom point over the filling so it is snug against the bottom of the filling.
- Snugly fold in the two corners on the sides, over the filling.
- Roll the filling up toward the top point. Stop just shy of the point.
- Wet the top point with a little water to help it stick and seal. Finish rolling the roll and place on a silicone mat lined baking sheet.
- Repeat steps 2-9 for each roll.
- Once all rolls are assembled and on the baking sheet, spray with a cooking spray.
- Sprinkle the caraway seeds on top of the rolls (the spray will help them stick and also help brown the rolls).
- Bake the rolls at 425F for approximately 20 minutes, or until the wrappers are a golden brown.
- While the rolls are baking, make the sauce by combining the Thousand Island dressing, sauerkraut, and garlic powder in a small bowl. Season to taste with salt and adjust ratios as desired.
- Serve the rolls warm with the sauce.
