How to make cream cheese filling for wontons?!
How to make cream cheese filling for wontons?
I have an abundance of crab meat and I want to mix it with a cream cheese filling to put in wontons. I don't want to just wing it, if anyone out there has a recipe I can go off of.
Answers:
CRAB AND CREAM CHEESE WONTONS
1 pkg Philadelphia Cream Cheese
1 can crab meat, drained
2 T flour or Wondra
3 scallions, minced
1/4 tsp onion powder
1 egg, beaten
oil for deep fryer
Wonton Wrappers
Finely mince the scallions. Combine with cream cheese, crab meat, and flour or Wondra.
Beat the egg in a small bowl - this will be used to brush the edges of the wonton wrappers before folding, and helps to keep them together.
Place large tablespoonfuls of the crab mixture in the center of each wonton skin and brush edges with egg mixture. Fold over to form a triangle, then press edges together to seal.
Bring the two side edge corners of the triangle to the middle and press these together to form a ring.
Heat oil to 350 degrees in a large, heavy bottomed pan, sufficient to cover the wontons.
Fry wontons until golden, turning once, about 2-3 minutes. In order to avoid lowering the temperature of the oil, do not attempt to fry too many at once. Remove with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels and serve.
Variation: You can substitute the cream cheese and crab mixture with pre-packaged crab / seafood spread. Check the ingredients label and use only cream cheese based products. Add finely minced onions or scallions and use as above to fill wonton skins.
Source(s):
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,cr...
These are called fried wantons or crab rangoons. One of my all time faves.
Check out this recipe:
http://chinesefood.about.com/od/partyapp...
Hope this helps!
there used to be a really good recipe on the food network site, not sure if it's still there. i've been a vegetarian for years, but sometimes, i still crave them. restaurant ones have never been as good as these were!!!
Crabby Cream Cheese Wontons
INGREDIENTS
1 quart oil for deep frying
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 (12 ounce) package imitation crabmeat
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 bunch green onions, finely chopped
1 (14 ounce) package wonton wrappers
2 egg whites
DIRECTIONS
Heat oil in a large, heavy saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, imitation crabmeat, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, Worcestershire sauce and green onions.
Place approximately 1 teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture in the center of each wonton wrapper.
Place egg whites in a small bowl. Using the fingers, spread egg white over two edges of the wonton wrappers. Fold into triangles and press to seal edges.
In small batches, deep fry the wontons until golden brown, 2 to 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels and serve warm.
CREAM CHEESE WONTONS
6 oz. cream cheese
2 green onions, chopped
1/2 tsp. soy sauce, lite
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/3 c. seafood shreds (imitation crab meat)
Pkg. won ton wrappers, sm. squares
Blend together ingredients. Drop approximately 1 teaspoonful on each of the small size wrappers. Fold in corners and seal with egg white. Fry in hot oil until crispy and brown. Serve with Sweet & Sour Sauce.