Cream Cheese Fried Wontons
Totally addictive!
Ingredients
- 1 pkg square wonton wrappers
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 pkg imitation crab meat, broken up into pieces
- 1 bunch green onions, sliced
- vegetable oil, for frying
- sweet chili sauce, for dipping
Instructions
- Mix together softened cream cheese, green onions and crab meat until well combined.
- Lay down a wonton wrapper on your worksurface.
- Place about a teaspoon of the crab/cream cheese mixture in the center of the wonton wrapper.
- Dip your finger in the bowl of water and moisten the edges of the wonton wrapper.
- Fold wrapper in half to form a triangle.
- Press edges together to seal in the filling, pressing out any noticeable big pockets of air.
- Place a dab of water on the two opposing corners and bring outside points towrds the center. Press together points forming nice little envelopes.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan, oil should be about ½ to 1 inch deep.
- Once oil is hot, use tongs and fry wontons, a few at a time, in the hot oil until nicely browned, turning them over ½ way through cooking so they brown evenly on both sides.
- Remove wontons from the oil with tongs and drain on paper towels.
- Serve warm with Sweet Hot Chili sauce, Sweet & Sour sauce or Soy sauce for dipping.