Cream Cheese Wontons
Chinese · Dessert ·
Difficulty: Advanced · Rating: ★★★ ½ ·
Prep: 30 min · Makes: 40 Wontons
Source: Me
Ingredients
- 1 Package Wonton wrappers
- 1 Package Cream Cheese
- 3 Cup Oil (Peanut or Vegetable)
Preparation
- Preparation is similar to the spinach wontons. Lay several wonton wrappers flat.
- Dip several fingers in warm water, and wet all four edges of the wrapper.
- Add about 1 tsp cream cheese to the middel of the lower half of the wrapper. <br />rnFold the top over, and squeeze to seal the edges.
- pull the corners closest to you together, and squeeze them together to make the traditional shape.
- Repeat 2-5 until you've made as many as you want (you can freeze them for later)
- Deep frying: this is <b>reallly</b> tricky. Here's the basics:<br />rnYou want the oil as hot as you can keep it, without it smoking. At least 400ºF is necessary.<br />rnThe tricky part is that the cream cheese 'superheats' very quickly, and explodes out the side of the wonton, splattering hot oil everywhere, and making a nice empty wonton.<br />rn
- To make it work, you should deep fry the wontons one at a time. Turn them every second or two, and don't leave one in the oil for more than 10 seconds total. After a few bursted wontons, you'll start to develop an intuitive sense for when they're about to burst.<br />rn<br />rnThe idea is to crisp the outside completely without exploding the wonton.
- As usual, drain these on paper towels.<br />rn<br />rnYou can serve right away, or freeze and reheat @ 350º for 10 minutes later. (If you reheat, place a baking sheet on the rack below the wontons to catch the oil)