Chef John's Crab Rangoon

Chef John's Crab Rangoon

These deep-fried crab and cream cheese wontons contain just as much crab meat as cream cheese. They're served with a spicy sweet-and-sour dipping sauce.

Preparation Time
30 mins
Cooking Time
3 mins
Total Time
33 mins
Calories
590 Calories

Recipe Instructions

Step 1
Mix cream cheese, crab meat, green onions, garlic, soy sauce, fish sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, sesame oil, and cayenne pepper together with a fork until ingredients are blended thoroughly. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, 1 or 2 hours.
Step 2
Heat oil in deep fryer to 350 degrees F. Fry wontons in batches until golden brown and crispy, gently moving them around in the oil with a strainer to brown each surface, about 3 minutes. Let cool about a minute before eating. Serve with the dipping sauce.
Step 3
Whisk ketchup, rice vinegar, brown sugar, and sriracha sauce together in a bowl for the dipping sauce.
Step 4
Keep wonton wrappers moist by covering with a damp paper towel. Place a small bowl of water nearby on the work surface. With a wet fingertip, moisten surface of wonton. Place 1 1/2 teaspoons of crab filling in center of wonton. Fold 2 opposite corners toward each other over the filling but without touching tips together yet. Fold up the other 2 corners. Working gently from the bottom, squeeze out any air bubbles; pinch together the 4 seams from the bottom up to create a modified pyramid (or "warhead") shape. Place on a dry surface. Continue with remaining wontons.
Chef John's Crab Rangoon
Chef John's Crab Rangoon
Chef John's Crab Rangoon
Chef John's Crab Rangoon

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 1 clove crushed garlic
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • canola oil for frying
  • 1 tablespoon Sriracha hot sauce, or to taste
  • 8 ounces crab meat, drained well
  • 60 (3.5 inch square) wonton wrappers
  • 0.5 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt, or to taste
  • 0.5 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 0.25 cup rice vinegar
  • 0.25 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 0.33333334326744 cup chopped green onions
  • 0.5 teaspoon fish sauce

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