Sausage Wontons Recipe 455

Steps:

• Lightly press wonton wrappers onto the bottoms and up the sides of greased miniature muffin cups. Bake at 350° until edges are browned, about 5 minutes., In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles; drain. Stir in the cheese, peppers, onions and salad dressing. Spoon a rounded tablespoon into each wonton cup. Bake until heated through, 6-7 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Blot cooked sausage with paper towels to remove grease and combine with cheeses, olives, peppers and salad dressing.
• Slightly grease mini or regular muffin tins with vegetable oil spray. Press wrappers in tins and spray wrappers with oil.
• Bake 5 minutes or until golden.
• Remove from tins and place on cookie sheets. Fill with sausage mixture. Bake for another 5 to 10 minutes until the cheeses are bubbly.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the tomato sauce, garlic powder and basil. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until thickened, 8-10 minutes., Meanwhile, press wonton wrappers into miniature muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° until lightly browned, 8-9 minutes. , Spoon sausage mixture into cups. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake until cheese is melted, 5-7 minutes longer. Serve warm. Freeze option: Cool appetizers; freeze them in freezer containers, separating layers with waxed paper. To use, reheat wonton cups in coated muffin pans in a preheated 350° oven until crisp and heated through.

Steps:

• Makes 60 wontons In a large skillet, brown sausage over medium heat on stovetop until crumbly. Drain well. In a mixing bowl, combine cooked sausage, cream cheese, green onions, and ground red pepper. Place 1 teaspoon of mixture in center of each wonton wrapper. Moisten wonton wrapper edges with water. Bring corners together, pressing to seal. In a Dutch oven, pour oil to a 2-inch depth and heat to 350°. Fry wontons in batches until golden, turning once. Drain on paper towels. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a miniature muffin pan with cooking spray.
• Insert wonton wrappers into the muffin pan so as to form small cups. Bake 5 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow the baked wrappers to cool.
• In a medium bowl, mix the cooled sausage, cheeses, and Ranch dressing. Fill the baked wonton wrappers cups with the mixture.
• Bake the filled wonton wrappers 10 to 15 minutes, until the sausage mixture is bubbly and slightly brown. Watch closely so the wonton wrappers do not burn.

Steps:

• Heat ground pork in sesame oil, cooking it and separating it until no longer pink. Stir in the garlic and ginger and saute for a moment. Add chopped shrimp and saute until opaque. Transfer mixture to a bowl and with a wooden spoon or your hands work in soy sauce, rice vinegar, broth and coriander; season with salt and crushed red pepper.
• To fill: Put 1/2 teaspoon filling in center of each wonton skin. Wet one edge only. Gather top edge over and pleat and press down as you go. (Can be frozen on parchment lined baking pan; when solid, place in freezer bags).
• To cook: Heat 1/8 teaspoon vegetable oil in a nonstick skillet. Fry the wontons in a single layer until brown on one side, about a minute. Pour off most of the fat. Return skillet to heat and add 1/4 to 1/3 cup water or broth. When liquid is steaming, cover the skillet, and time the cooking for 2 minutes or until filling is heated through. If you make wontons in advance, reheat in a steamer

Steps:

• Slice small slivers of cheese.
• Place wonton wrapper in front of you so it is diamond shaped.
• Wet the two sides down from the top.
• Set sausage and sliver of cheese in the middle of wonton.
• Roll (or"diaper") bottom corner over sausage.
• Fold both sides in and roll from bottom.
• Seal and set aside.
• Preheat oil in a small deep fryer.
• Place wontons a few at a time in hot oil until wontons are a light golden brown.
• Serve hot with sauce.
• Recommended: BBQ sauce (Recipe# 19286), hot or sweet honey mustard, horseradish and mayo sauce or good old Tabasco.