Sriracha Crab Rangoons or Crab Rangoon Dip
This spicy, garlicky, combination of crabmeat, cream cheese, garlic, green onions and Sriracha is great as a stand-alone dip or stuffed into wontons and deep fried.
Ingredients
- 1 brick cream cheese 8 ounce, brought to room temperature
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha
- 6 ounces drained flaked crabmeat
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 clove garlic peeled and minced or pressed
- 4 green onions *see notes for what to do with the white parts!, green part only, minced
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 36 wonton wrappers **see notes
- 1 egg white beaten until frothy
- vegetable or peanut oil for frying
Instructions
To Make the Dip:
- Use a wooden spoon or stand mixer to beat together the softened cream cheese and Sriracha until it is an even colour.
- Stir the crabmeat, soy sauce, garlic, green onions and sesame oil into the cream cheese mixture.
- Chill, tightly covered, and serve as dip. Or...
To Make the Sriracha Crab Rangoons:
- Preheat about two inches of vegetable or peanut oil in a high-sided frying pan or pot until it reaches 375°F.
- Line a pan or large platter with paper towels, set aside.
- Lay a single wonton wrapper in front of you oriented like a diamond.
- Brush all four outer edges of the wonton wrapper with the beaten egg white.
- Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the filling below the top point, but above the centerline.
- Fold the bottom corner up over the filling to match with the top corner and form a triangle.
- Carefully and firmly seal the outer edges completely by pressing the edges tightly.
- Fry the stuffed wontons in batches of 2-3, taking care not to overcrowd the pan, for 3-5 minutes, or until golden brown, delicious and crispy looking.
- Carefully transfer the rangoons (this is where they like to pop) using a skimmer or slotted spoon, preferably, or tongs to the towel lined platter.
- Repeat until all rangoons are fried.
- Let rest 2-3 minutes before eating, but serve while still hot!
Notes
*Don't toss out those white root ends of the green onions! Put them, roots down, in a jar with water about halfway up the white portion and stick in a sunny window-sill. Change the water every two days and before you know it, you'll have more green onion ends to use! **Most wonton wrappers are available in the frozen section of grocery stores. Be sure to thaw them completely before using or you'll have to fight to separate them!
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