Easy Spinach and Cream Cheese Wonton Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is cream cheese wonton made of? ›

A Midwestern favorite: baked cream cheese wonton wrappers. The recipe ingredients are simple: 1 wonton wrapper plus 1 teaspoon cream cheese. You can add chives, crab, and other kinds of cheese — just decrease the amount of cream cheese accordingly.

Yes, they are very similar to each other. Both cream cheese rangoons and fried wontons use fried wonton wrappers stuffed with cream cheese. The difference is what they are stuffed with. When they have crab, they are called crab rangoons.

Conventional Oven:

Preheat oven to 425°F. Remove wonton(s) from carton and inner wrapper. Place wontons on foil lined baking tray and place on top oven rack. Heat for 10 to 11 minutes.

Wet the edges and fold in half, pinching the edges and bring the middles together. Spray with olive oil and cook in preheated air fryer at 370 for 6-8 minutes. Delicious!

Wonton filling

There are many types of wonton fillings, but I'd say that pork and shrimp/prawns are the most common. Then there are all sorts of additions, including mushrooms, water chestnuts, chopped up Asian greens and even carrots.

Crab Rangoon, sometimes called crab puffs, crab rangoon puffs, cheese wontons, or cream cheese rangoons, are filled crisp dumpling appetizers served primarily in American Chinese restaurants.

What is the difference between crab wonton and crab rangoon? Crab rangoon is a type of fried wonton, so they are really very similar. The difference is all in the filling. Traditional wontons are not ever filled with cream cheese (which is one of the main components in crab rangoon recipes).

Can egg roll wrappers be used in place of wonton wrappers? While egg roll wrappers can be used as a substitute for wonton wrappers in some recipes, the texture and thickness of the wrappers will be different, which may affect the overall dish.

INGREDIENTS: CREAM CHEESE (MILK, CREAM, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM), WONTON WRAPPER (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], EGG YOLK, EGG WHITES, WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, CORN STARCH, MONOGLYCERIDES), CHILI SAUCE (SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR, WATER, VINEGAR, CORN STARCH, ...

Often they burst during cooking because they have too much filling for the amount of dough. Some doughs are too dry, so the dumplings won't stay sealed. Others can be too wet and sticky and end up tearing. If the filling isn't cohesive enough, it will tumble out when you bite into it.

How do you keep wontons crispy after frying? ›

The best way to keep fried foods crispy? Just place them on a cooling rack set over a baking sheet. If you're frying multiple batches, throw the whole setup into a low oven to keep everything warm as you keep frying and adding to the rack.

Wrappers – do not lay/spread them out but keep them in the opened package. Take out a few wrappers at a time (so they don't dry out). Cover the opened package with a damp tea towel.

Bring a wok halfway full with water to a boil, and then reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook the wontons in batches until they float to the surface, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon.

Editor: Deep-fried foods tend to get quite hot quickly and puff up, thus the hollowness.

The skins should be thin and near-translucent. To do this, rest the dough several times during the kneading process so the gluten can relax, making it more pliable. Dust your surface and dough with cornstarch instead of flour, as extra flour will make the skins tough.

What Makes the Panda Express Cream Cheese Rangoon the Best? These crispy wonton apps are stuffed with a mixture of cream cheese, scallions, and a dash of garlic powder. They make satisfying finger food for game day, or you can try dolling them up to make casual co*cktail appetizers.

Cream Cheese Rangoons

The inside of these crispy rangoons contains cream cheese and diced scallions (no crab here!), so they're technically vegetarian-friendly if you can get past the fact that they are fried in the same fryers as non-vegetarian items.