Crispy wonton is a type of Chinese dumplings and also known as fried dumplings. In this recipe you will learn how to make homemade crispy wonton with very simple ingredients. These deep fried wontons bites are crispy skin outside and juicy fillings inside.
Fried wonton is one of the very popular Chinese restaurant appetizer dish, loved by many people in the west. You will need 3 key ingredients, chicken mince, spring onions and wonton wrapper and very few seasonings spices. In this recipe I use chicken mince fillings, you can make with prawns or prawns and chicken mix fillings.
Chop the spring onions and mix with chicken mince, chopped spring onions, finely grated ginger, garlic , seasoning sauce and spices. Stir well to combine all ingredients until the fillings become sticky paste.
To wrap the wontons, place wonton wrapper in your palm, add 1 teaspoon of fillings in the middle of the wrapper. Wet the edges of the wonton paper with water. Fold the wonton into triangle shape, press the edges to seal it. Pull the corners of triangle and wet one side and overlap the corners and press hard to seal it. ( Check out my step by step cooking video how to make crispy wonton. )
Pre-heat oil to about 350°F, deep fry the wontons until crispy golden brown. Drain oil and place into paper towel or cooling rack first.
To make the chilli dipping sauce, mix all the dipping sauce ingredients in a bowl. If you love crispy wonton recipe, feel free to check out more Asian starter recipe
Crispy Fried Wonton
Ingredients
- 200 g Chicken Mince
- 3 Spring Onion
- 20-25 Wonton wrapper/skin
- 1 tsp Garlic finely grated
- ½ tsp Ginger finely grated
- Oil for frying Vegetable/peanut/sunflower/canola
Seasonings
- 1 tsp Light soy sauce
- 1 tsp Sesame oil
- 1 tsp Sugar
- ¼ tsp White pepper
- ½ tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Corn starch(flour)
Chilli Sauce
- 1 tbsp Rice/white vinegar
- 1 tbsp Light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Chilli oil
- 1 tsp Sugar
Instructions
- First of all finely chop the spring onions.
- In a large mixing bowl, add chicken mince, chopped spring onions, finely grated ginger, garlic , seasoning sauce and spices.
- Stir well to combine all ingredients until the fillings become sticky paste.
- To wrap the wontons, place wonton wrapper in your palm, add 1 teaspoon of fillings in the middle of the wrapper. Wet the edges of the wonton paper with water. Fold the wonton into triangle shape, press the edges to seal it. Pull the corners of triangle and wet one side and overlap the corners and press hard to seal it. ( Check out my step by step cooking video how to wrap wonton. )
- Pre-heat oil to about 350°F, deep fry the wontons until crispy golden brown.
- Drain oil and place into paper towel or cooling rack first.
- To make the chilli dipping sauce, mix all the dipping sauce ingredients in a bowl.
- Transfer the wontons to servings plate. Serve with chilli dipping sauce or your choice of chilli dipping sauce.
