Chilis Southwestern Egg Rolls Copycat & Sauce

Chilis Southwestern Egg Rolls Copycat: An easy recipe that is super popular at a favorite restaurant, along with the delicious dipping sauce that’s a must!

Quick Overview: These southwestern eggrolls, use simple ingredients, ready in about 30 minutes. After wrapping, they’ll be fried in oil for only 2 minutes!

 

Why you’ll love this recipe

If you’ve ever had the egg rolls at Chili’s restaurants, then you know how delicious they are. But I have to say, that the creamy avocado ranch sauce that comes with it, makes them even better! In this recipe, you’ll find out how to make BOTH! It’s one of our favorite copycat recipes to date!

Ingredients

• Oil for deep frying (vegetable oil or canola oil)
• Wrappers – either tortillas or eggroll wrappers

Filling:

• 1 ½ c cooked chicken breast, shredded
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 c pepper jack cheese
• 1 c spinach
• ½ c canned corn, drained
• ½ c black beans, drained
• ⅓ c diced red pepper
• 2 teaspoon lime juice

Avocado Ranch:

• ½ c mashed avocado
• ½ c ranch
• 3 Tbs fresh chopped cilantro
• 2 ½ Tbs sour cream
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• ¼ teaspoon onion powder
• ⅛ teaspoon black pepper

Instructions:

1. Preheat 3″ of oil to 375° in a large pot, on the stovetop.
2. In a large mixing bowl combine the shredded chicken, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, chili powder and salt. Once the chicken and spices are well mixed, add pepper jack cheese, spinach, corn, beans, red peppers and lime juice and mix to combine. Set aside.

3. Next, place the tortillas on a microwave safe plate and microwave for 30 seconds to make them more pliable.

4. Place ¼ cup of the filling onto the center of a tortilla. Fold the outward sides towards the middle, then roll up. 

5. Brush the top edge with water to seal. 

6. After all tortillas are rolled, let them sit for 1 minute before frying to allow the water to stick the edges together. 

7. Place 4 rolls into the preheated oil and fry for 1 minute, then flip and fry for 1 minute, until golden.  Once cooked, carefully remove the rolls from the oil and place on a paper towel lined plate. Repeat the frying process with the remaining rolls. 

Easy Avocado Ranch Sauce

1. In a mixing bowl, combine the avocado, ranch, cilantro, sour cream, lime juice, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper.
2. Mix until well combined and smooth.  Serve alongside the fried eggrolls. 

Storage

If you happen to have leftovers of these egg rolls, they can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. You can reheat the egg rolls in the microwave or in the air fryer if you have one!

Substitutions

• Dipping sauce: If you’re not a fan of avocado ranch, you may prefer this jalapeno ranch dipping sauce!

• Cooked shredded chicken – If you’d like to use something other than chicken, you can use cooked beef, tofu, or cooked shredded turkey instead. However keep in mind that this could change the flavor.  
• Cheese – If you want to use something other than pepper jack cheese, you can. Do note that this could change the flavor a bit. Some ideas for different cheese are, jalapeno jack cheese, monterey jack cheese)
• Additional ingredients: If you’d like to also add other items to this recipe, you may want to consider: jalapeno peppers, cayenne pepper, green onion, green chiles, white or yellow onion, hot sauce
• Dip: If you’re not a fan of the dipping sauce that goes with this recipe, you may want to consider dipping them in something like this Texas queso!

Expert Tips

• You can insert a toothpick into the filled roll before placing it in the oil to keep the roll closed while frying. 

• For a smoother, creamier texture, you can use an immersion blender to blend the avocado ranch!

Related Recipes

If you loved these chilis southwest egg rolls, and love easy appetizer recipes, then you’ll also love this elote dip, chicken empanadas, and this easy guacamole dip!

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