Crab Rangoon (Or Really, Krab Rangoon)
- 12 ounces crabmeat (or Krabmeat, if that's what you can get)
- 8 ounces cream cheese (one standard package)
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 2 green onions, sliced thin
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 12 teaspoon sugar
- 40 wonton wrappers, square (1 package, from the produce section of the grocery store)
- 1 -2 liter frying oil (peanut or canola)
- Beat together the cream cheese, garlic powder, and sugar until smooth.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the sour cream, c(K)rab, soy sauce, and sliced green onions.
- Beat until combined.
- Prepare a work space - you will need a surface that can be dried intermittently to fill the wrappers , a cookie sheet (and probably backup sheets) lined with wax paper to receive the filled wrappers, a small dish of water to moisten the wrappers so that they seal after being filled, and a towel to keep your workspace clean and dry.
- You will also need a paper towel-lined cookie sheet to place the fried rangoon on to drain after frying.
- Fill the wrappers by laying out six individual wrappers onto your prepared work surface.
- Place about a teaspoon of filling into the middle of each wrapper.
- Moisten the outside edges of the wrapper with water and then pinch opposite sides of the wrapper together above the filling.
- Alternately, you could fold the wrapper into triangles.
- Secure the seams of the wrapper by pressing the moistened edges together.
- Place onto the wax paper-lined cookie sheet in a single layer.
- Heat the oil to 350 Farenheit in a heavy bottomed pan on the stove over medium-high heat.
- Regardless of the width of the pan you should have 1" to 2" of oil in the bottom at all times.
- When the oil has reached the proper temperature, carefully drop individual rangoon into the hot oil.
- Do not overcrowd the rangoon - there should only be a single "layer" in the oil at a given time.
- Using a metal utensil (a slotted spoon or metal spider basket), turn the rangoon when they are browned on one side.
- When they are golden brown and delicious on both sides, remove the cooked rangoon to a paper towel-lined cookie sheet to drain and cool.
- If you are frying a portion of the rangoon and freezing the remainder for later, you will have best results if you place a single layer of the raw, filled rangoon on the wax paper-lined cookie sheet, ensuring that they aren't touching one another.
- Freeze the rangoon solid on the sheet and then put into a freezer bag, label, and return to the freezer.
- Then, whenever the urge to fry some up strikes you can take just the number you want from the freezer bag and leave the rest for later.
- Enjoy!
crabmeat, cream cheese, sour cream, green onions, garlic, soy sauce, sugar, wonton wrappers, oil
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/crab-rangoon-or-really-krab-rangoon-453512 (may not work)