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These cream cheese wontons give you the great taste of takeout Chinese at home. They are perfectly crispy on the outside, creamy on the inside, and can be made in about 40 minutes.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make cream cheese wontons, you will need the following ingredients:
- Vegetable oil
- Cream Cheese
- Garlic powder
- Sugar
- Green onion (diced)
- Wonton wrappers
- Egg
- Sweet and sour sauce
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Cream Cheese Wontons
- Fill a large pot over medium-high heat with vegetable oil until the oil is 2 inches deep. Oil should be around 350℉.
- In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, garlic powder, sugar and green onion.
- Place wonton wrappers on a clean, flat surface.
- Drop a teaspoon of cream cheese mixture in the middle of each wonton wrapper.
- Beat egg and brush the edges of the wonton wrappers with egg.
- Pinch the corners of each wonton wrapper together in the center.
- Place 6-8 wontons at a time in the hot oil, turning them as needed, until evenly browned (about 3-5 minutes).
- Carefully remove wontons from hot oil and place on a plate covered with a paper towel to absorb excess oil.
- Serve with sweet and sour sauce.
Recipe Notes
Use a frying thermometer to ensure your oil is at the correct temperature. If your oil is too hot, the edges of the wontons could burn.
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Cream Cheese Wontons Recipe
These delicious, Asian-inspired cream cheese wontons have a crispy shell and filled with tasty cream cheese filing.
Serving servings
Ingredients
- Vegetable Oil, for frying
- 8 ounces cream cheese, 1 package, softened
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoon diced green onion
- 24 wonton wrappers
- 1 egg, beaten
- sweet and sour sauce, for dipping
Instructions
- Fill a large pot over medium-high heat with vegetable oil until the oil is 2 inches deep. Oil should be around 350℉.
- In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, garlic powder, sugar and green onion.
- Place wonton wrappers on a clean, flat surface.
- Drop a teaspoon of cream cheese mixture in the middle of each wonton wrapper.
- Beat egg and brush the edges of the wonton wrappers with egg.
- Pinch the corners of each wonton wrapper together in the center.
- Place 6-8 wontons at a time in the hot oil, turning them as needed, until evenly browned (about 3-5 minutes).
- Carefully remove wontons from hot oil and place on a plate covered with a paper towel to absorb excess oil.
- Serve with sweet and sour sauce.
Notes
Use a frying thermometer to ensure your oil is at the correct temperature. If your oil is too hot, the edges of the wontons could burn.
Nutrition
Calories: 44 kcal · Carbohydrates: 5 g · Protein: 2 g · Fat: 2 g · Saturated Fat: 1 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 13 mg · Sodium: 90 mg · Potassium: 33 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 1 g · Vitamin A: 65 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 19 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Did You Make This Recipe?We’d love to hear your thoughts! Leave a review or a question in the comment section below the post.
Do you think these could be air-fried? I am new to the whole air fryer thing and have been looking for different things to try.
We air fried homemade wontons this week. We made pepperoni, and cheese filled ones. They turned out great. We cooked them on 380 for 4-5 minutes.
We love those. The last time I made them for us, I added some real crab meat to the mixture. Yummy! You can use crab stick meat, if you like. We will try the pepperoni and cheese next time. Thanks for sharing!
Looking forward to trying the bait orange chicken
Could these be baked instead of fried
After you have fried the wontons can you reheat them later or the next day and they’re still have that crispy crunch?
When you have leftover fried wontons that you want to remain crisp, wrap loosely in foil, reheating gently in the oven at 300 degrees F for about 10 minutes.
I looked up some baked Wonton recipes and the filling is similar ingredients. Here are the baking instructions after assembling them.
Place wontons in a single layer onto the prepared baking sheet that has been sprayed with non stick cooking spray. Place into oven at 400 degrees and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown and crisp.
Loooved them! Super easy to make ! First time ever making them they turned out great. Made aji sauce to eat them with and they were delicious !