Wonderfulwontons Recipes

Steps:

• Combine in a food processor the ginger, shallots, carrot, green onion, cilantro, peanut oil and lemon juice. Pulse until fine. Put vegetable mixture in a mixing bowl, add the mayonnaise and the crabmeat and season with salt and pepper. Be careful not to mash the crabmeat, you want that texture when you bite into the wonton.
• Lay a wonton wrapper on a flat surface and brush with the beaten egg white. Drop 1 tablespoon of the crab filling onto the center of the wrapper. Fold the wonton in half, corner to corner, to form a triangle. Press around the filling to knock out any air bubbles, then press the seam together to seal so the filling doesn't seep out. You can leave them this shape or continue on by brushing the 2 side points with beaten egg white. Lay your index finger in the center so you have something to press up against, then fold the 2 sides into the center, slightly overlapping, and press the dough against your finger with your thumb to form a tight seal. Lightly dust the filled wontons with cornstarch to keep them from sticking together and place them on a cookie sheet. (When these are folded they look like Pope hats.)
• Heat 2 to 3 inches of oil in a deep heavy saucepan to 370 degrees F on a deep-fry thermometer. Add a few of the wontons to the oil and cook, turning them 3 or 4 times to get them nicely browned all over. Carefully lift them out of the pan with a slotted spoon and onto a paper towel-lined platter to drain. Keep going to cook all of the wontons.
• Stir together the dipping sauce and serve with the wontons.

Steps:

• Combine pork, onions, garlic, ginger, red pepper flakes & soy sauce in bowl. Set aside.
• Grate cabbage into another bowl. Cover with
• boiling water. Stir. Drain & Squeeze out as much water as possible.
• Combine cabbage with pork mixture.
• Place about 1 tsp of this mixture in center of wonton skin and fold, wonton style*.
• Deep fry at 375 for about 3 minutes. Drain. Serve hot with dipping sauce.
• * Wonton skins packages have folding directions printed on them. If not - try this:.
• Lay skin on board with corners pointing North, south, east & west (Diamond shape).
• Place filling a little north of center. Moisten edges. Fold south tip up to north tip. Press edges to seal. Bring east & west tips in to center. Bring the north tip down towards eat/west tips. Oh Heck -- If you are old enough to remember, make it look like a diaper!

Steps:

• Combine the filling ingredients in a bowl; mix well. Let stand for 15 minutes.
• Place a heaped teaspoon of the filling in the center of a wonton wrapper. Moisten the edges of the wrapper with water. Fold the wrapper in half over the filling to form a triangle. Pinch the edges to seal. Pull the two opposite corners together, moisten one corner, and overlap with the other corner; press to seal. Cover the dumplings with a towel while filling the remaining wrappers.
• In a wok, heat the oil for deep-frying to 350°F; deep-fry the wontons, half at a time, turning frequently, until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels.
• Arrange on a serving platter with the sweet and sour sauce for dipping.