Make your own Crab Wontons

Hello it's Darryl Mickler and I wanted to respond to a request for a classic Red Lobster appetizer that we served some years ago but is no longer on the menu.

We have recreated the item for you to enjoy at home. On the menu these were called Crab Wontons, but they are really a version of a popular Chinese style appetizer that is often found in American style Chinese restaurants called Crab Rangoon.

This item uses Asian ingredients, but it is not a traditional type of Asian item. This is particularly obvious as it uses cream cheese, which, along with most dairy, is not typically used in Chinese kitchens. Though the origins of Crab Rangoon are a mystery, the name is from the former capital of Burma (now Myanmar), they are very tasty!


1 pound lump crab meat
1 1/2 teaspoons minced green onion
1/2 pound softened cream cheese
1 tablespoons Soy Sauce
1 tablespoon Dry Sherry or Chinese Rice Wine (Shaosing)
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon sugar

2 beaten eggs mixed with 1 teaspoon water

Wonton Wrappers (50)

1. Mix together the lump crab meat, green onion and cream cheese.
2. Add Soy sauce, wine, garlic and sugar.
3. Spoon 1 teaspoon of mixture into center of wonton wrapper.
4. Brush edges of wrapper with egg mixture and fold over, sealing edges, to form a triangle.
5. Deep fry wontons for about two minutes until nicely browned. Drain on paper towels.

Ginger Dipping Sauce:

1 tablespoon Sherry Vinegar
6 tablespoons cold water
1 1/2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons shredded ginger.

1. Simmer together all ingredients except ginger until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and add ginger and allow to cool for 1 hour.

The sauce is a thin ginger dipping sauce. Alternatively, Chinese Plum Sauce could be used (one might need to thin some varieties with a little water).

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