Crab Wontons -Crab & Cream Cheese filled Crispy Wontons
When you go to Asian restaurants these may be called anything from crab wontons to crab puffs to crab rangoon, but either way they are essentially the same thing. A mixture of crab or imitation crab and cream cheese wrapped in a wonton wrapper and fried until golden brown. If that wasn’t delicious enough, to add just a little something extra to this recipe I decided to throw in some fresh ginger, and green onions.
Recipe credit:Lifesambrosia
Makes 20
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 06 min
Ingredients:
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 green onions, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
- 1/4 pound lump dungeness crab meat
- kosher salt to taste
- about 20 wonton wrappers
- bowl water to seal wonton wrappers
- about 2 cups canola oil for frying
Instructions:
- In a bowl mix together cream cheese, onions, fresh ginger, crab meat and salt.
- To make the wontons, place a teaspoonful of the crab mixture in the center of the wonton wrapper, dip your finger into the bowl of water and run your finger along the edges of the wrapper. Fold bottom corner of the wrapper over the filling and press all edges to close the wrapper, you’ll have a triangle. For presentation purposes, with the top of the triangle facing away from me, I folded up the left and right corners, but it is not necessary (Note: When making these use a damp paper towel to cover the wonton wrappers, otherwise they may dry out before you have a chance to fill them).
- Heat 2 inches of oil in a saucepan over medium high heat. Once oil is hot, fry wontons until golden brown and crispy, about 3 minutes on each side. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate, sprinkle with kosher salt.
- Serve. I like to serve them with plum sauce for dipping.
As much as I wanted to eat all of them in one sitting, I figured my waistline wouldn’t respond well so I only fried up a few and froze the rest for future cravings. Just lay them in a single layer on a cookie sheet and place them in the freezer until frozen. After they are frozen transfer them to a freezer bag. When the craving strikes, just defrost a bag and pop them in the fryer. Enjoy!
