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Crab Rangoons

Here's a little something different for y'all. I'm going to start by saying I LOVE Chinese food. Well, American Chinese food anyways. I've never had the real stuff. REGARDLESS, Crab Rangoon's are my absolute favorite thing so, in typical Phat Chef fashion, I set out to make my own because... Why buy what you can make yourself? (Even if they're not as pretty)


Crab Rangoon


Ingredients:
  • 1/2 lb imitation crab meat or lump crab meat
  • 3 stalks of scallions, very finely chopped
  • 1 tsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce... (Worchestershire? Warcesterchire??)
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • 1 pkg Wonton wrappers (or you can make your own. They're reeaallyy easy)
  • 1 pkg (8 oz) Cream Cheese
  • 1 water ( I know there's no measurement there so just fill a condiment cup and set aside. It's not an actual ingredient. )
Directions:
  1. Separate your imitation crab meat into weird fine threads. (Kind of makes you uncomfortable once you realize it's an odd stringy fiber thing, doesn't it? Not to late to use the real stuff.) In a mixing bowl, combine your crab strings with you're cream cheese, Worcester sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and scallions. You're basically just throwing it all into a bowl and mixing it into a lumpy paste.
  2. Fill your wrappers by the spoonfuls'. 
  3. Wet all your edges with the water you've set aside in your condiment cup. Fold it in half, corner to diagonal corner, to create a triangle. (For those of us who aren't exactly proficient in wrapping wontons I have provided a link to a video on how to wrap a wonton 5 different ways via Pailin's Kitchen YouTube channel.)
  4. Seal all your edges. (TIGHTLY. You don't want your filling pouring out once it gets hot. Yes, I've made that mistake as well. Learn from me. I will be your guiding light.)
  5. With your burner on medium, deep fry your wontons for about 1 to 2 minutes or until they're golden brown and crispy. 
  6. Drain the excess oil on a paper towel and enjoy with whatever sauce you prefer or just have them straight up. 
There we have it folks! This is just the basic crab rangoon recipe that you can get at your local China Buffet (because let's face it... they're all called China Buffet), but you can feel free to make them into just about anything else, including, but not limited to:
  • jalapeno popper wontons with jalapeno, bacon, cream cheese, and cheddar
  • spinach and artichoke with mozzarella and cream cheese
  • or...dare I say even make a desert out of them! (Side Note: I've done the desert one. Just freeze some left over cheesecake and cut into squares. Put the squares in the wrapper. Fry them and dust them with powdered sugar. Honestly. They're amazing.)
Anyways, that's all for now you guys. Hope you take some of this and run with it!

Until next time
      -S



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