How to Cook Yummy Crab or beef wontons

Crab or beef wontons. Ground beef filled wontons are great as a snack or meal, and always a hit as party finger food. They're also a popular Japanese obon festival food. Ground beef wontons are an easy appetizer to make at home, but can also be enjoyed as a meal or even a snack.

How to make cream cheese wontons just like in the chinese restaurants. you can also do variations with imitation crab or real crab. If you have leftover crab meat, use them for these crab meat wontons. Wonton just like dumplings are extremely popular in China. You can cook Crab or beef wontons using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Crab or beef wontons

1. Prepare 2 packages of wonton wrappers.
2. You need 2 packages of cream cheese..softened.
3. It's 1 lb of fresh cooked crab..in pieces for the crab wontons.
4. You need 1 bunch of green onions.
5. You need 1 lb of if making beef ones than use stew meat or steak cut in small pieces.
6. It's 1 1/4 tsp of salt and pepper.
7. It's 1 of cooking oil...your choice.
8. It's 1 of cocktail sauce for dipping seafood wraps.
9. You need 1 of hot mustard or ranch for steak wraps.

Common Chinese wonton is made with ground pork. However, in my hometown Sichuan, beef wonton is usually served with a hot and spicy broth. Wontons may differ in sizes and fillings from one area to another with different localized names. Wonton wrappers are filled with seasoned cream cheese and crab to make these crispy little baked appetizers.

Crab or beef wontons step by step

1. For beef. Cook in pan cut in small pieces.
2. Add meat to cream cheese and diced grn onions in bowl.
3. Add salt and pepper mix well.
4. Now for the fun part lay out wonton wrappers on counter add a small amount to middle of wrapper.
5. This should be step 6 After you have all wraps folded I recommend if doing layers on plate seperate with papertowels fry in oil in pan or deep fryer til golden brown.
6. This should be step 5 sorry new to this Now fold like an envelope sealing with fingers and water covering all edges so it sticks.
7. Set on papertowels to drain.
8. If using crab instead ( shrimp works too) its the same steps add all ingredients ...wrap....fry.
9. Use dipping sauces and enjoy....

Combine garlic, cream cheese, crab, green onions, Worcestershire sauce, and soy sauce in a bowl. Whether you call them crab rangoon or crab wontons these crispy delights are an American Chinese restaurant staple. With this easy recipe, you'll be making them at home in no time! Now I don't know about you but whenever we go out for Chinese food at our favorite local place. Crab Rangoon are crab and cream cheese wontons with green onions pinched into little purses and deep fried, the perfect Chinese restaurant copycat.