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Homemade Cream Cheese Wontons

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.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 5 servings
Calories 586 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Dutch oven or soup pot

Ingredients
  

  • 4 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 2 Tablespoons finely chopped green onions
  • 20 wonton wrappers
  • 3 Tablespoons pepper jelly
  • 3 cups vegetable oil for frying

Instructions
 

  • 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.

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Notes

 

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

  1. Fill cream cheese wontons as outlined above.
  2. Preheat the air fryer to 375 ℉.
  3. Spray filled dumplings with cooking spray or brush with vegetable oil on both sides.
  4. Place in a single layer in the air fryer basket. Don't crowd, 
  5. 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.
  1. Place filled wontons in a single layer on a lined baking sheet.
  2. 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.

Nutrition

Calories: 586kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 4gFat: 52gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 26gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 247mgPotassium: 70mgFiber: 1gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 333IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 40mgIron: 1mg
Keyword appetizer, cream cheese, wonton
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