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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!
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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
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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
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Instructions:
- Preheat 3″ of oil to 375° in a large pot, on the stovetop.
- 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.
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- Next, place the tortillas on a microwave safe plate and microwave for 30 seconds to make them more pliable.
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- Place ¼ cup of the filling onto the center of a tortilla.Fold the outward sides towards the middle, then roll up.
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- Brush the top edge with water to seal.
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- After all tortillas are rolled, let them sit for 1 minute before frying to allow the water to stick the edges together.
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- 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.
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Easy Avocado Ranch Sauce
- In a mixing bowl, combine the avocado, ranch, cilantro, sour cream, lime juice, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper.
- Mix until well combined and smooth. Serve alongside the fried eggrolls.
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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!
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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!
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!
📖 Recipe
Chili’s Southwestern Egg Rolls Copycat
Jessica Burgess
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!
5 from 7 votes
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Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 2 minutes mins
Total Time 32 minutes mins
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Servings 12 egg rolls
Calories 239 kcal
Ingredients
- Oil for Frying
Wrappers
- 12 Taco size – flour tortillas or egg roll wrappers
Filling
- 1 ½ cups cooked shredded chicken
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups pepper jack cheese
- 1 cup fresh spinach
- ½ cup canned corn drained
- ½ cup black beans rinsed and drained
- ⅓ cup diced red bell pepper
- 2 teaspoons lime juice
Avocado Ranch Dipping Sauce
- ½ cup mashed avocado
- ½ cup ranch
- 3 Tablespoons fresh cilantro chopped
- 2 ½ Tablespoons sour cream
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
Preheat 3" of oil to 375° in a large pot, on the stovetop.
Egg Roll Filling
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.
Next, place the tortillas on a microwave safe plate and microwave for 30 seconds to make them more pliable.
Assembly
Place ¼ cup of the filling onto the center of a tortilla.Fold the outward sides towards the middle, then roll up. Brush the top edge with water to seal.
After all tortillas are rolled, let them sit for 1 minute before frying to allow the water to stick the edges together.
Frying
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.
Avocado Ranch Dipping Sauce
In a mixing bowl, combine the avocado, ranch, cilantro, sour cream, lime juice, salt, garlic powder, onion powder and pepper. M
Mix until well combined and smooth. Serve alongside the fried eggrolls.
Nutrition
Serving: 1egg roll | Calories: 239kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 635mg | Potassium: 166mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 679IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 199mg | Iron: 2mg
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
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Reader Interactions
Comments
Shelley says
These were really good. I was in the mood to make them but didn’t have spinach. I left it out, and it was still great . I halved it too, since there’s just two at my house. Will try doing them in the air fryer next time just to see if there’s much difference. Thanks for the recipe.
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Jessica says
That’s so wonderful to hear that you loved these southwest egg rolls! Thank you for taking the time to share. We’d love to hear if you try them in the air fryer too!
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Trisha L Monroe says
O.M.G!
These are just as good if not better than Chili’s. We made them twice, in a one week period of time. I’ll be making them again in a few days.
Because I was limited on time, I bought Tyson Grilled & Ready Fajita Chicken Strips and diced those up. I bought a can of Del Monte Southwest Corn and omitted the red bell pepper.
To reheat, I threw them in the air fryer for a few minutes.
I highly recommend y’all try this recipe.Reply
Jessica says
Thank you so much Trisha for all the awesome words about these Chilis egg rolls! So glad that you liked them, and thank you for sharing how you reheat them!
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Nancy E All says
Didn’t have the stuff for this filling. But I did have the stuff for the dip. It was so good. Of course I put in a little more Cilantro but that was my choice. Also gave it a little more spice. Will make again.Reply
Jessica says
Oh yum!! I do love cilantro and could add some more too! Haha. Thank you so much for sharing!
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Bj says
My family loves this.
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Jessica says
That’s great!! We love these egg rolls too! Thank you so much for sharing!
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