These crispy homemade Chinese-style cream cheese wontons have a creamy sweet filling that practically melts in your mouth. Serve them hot with a savory soy dipping sauce or homemade sweet and sour sauce.
Combine cream cheese, green onions and pepper jelly in a bowl. Mix until creamy.
Put 1 teaspoon of cream cheese mixture in the center of a wonton wrapper. Moisten the edges of the wonton wrapper with water, and fold to form a triangle. Press out air and seal.
Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet or cast iron pan over medium heat. When oil is 350° F, almost bubbling, add wontons in batches, being careful not to crowd the pan.
Fry in small batches until golden brown on all sides, Remove from the oil using a strainer or tongs. Drain on a plate lined with paper towels.
Serve appetizers warm with wonton dipping sauce or homemade sweet and sour sauce.
Use vegetable oil, canola oil or peanut oil for frying wontons.
Where to find wonton wrappers
Look for wonton wrappers in the produce section of the grocery store, near the tofu, egg roll wrappers and fresh packaged herbs.
Storage
Store leftover cream cheese wontons in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days.
Reheating
Reheat leftovers in an air fryer at 325 ℉ until crisp or in the oven for 5 minutes at 350 ℉.
Air Fryer Cooking Method
Fill cream cheese wontons as outlined above.
Preheat the air fryer to 375 ℉.
Spray filled dumplings with cooking spray or brush with vegetable oil on both sides.
Place in a single layer in the air fryer basket. Don't crowd,
Air fry for 5 minutes, then flip and cook for another 5 minutes until golden brown and crispy.
How to Freeze
Can be frozen before frying or afterwards.
Place filled wontons in a single layer on a lined baking sheet.
Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for several hours before transferring to a freezer-safe bag.
Fry uncooked cream cheese wontons from frozen, adding more time as needed.If the frozen wontons were previously cooked, reheat them in the oven or in an air fryer at 300 ℉ for about 10 minutes, or until heated through.