In honor of the season premiere of Deadliest Catch, we are having crab night. This season is the last one that Captain Phil of the Cornelia Marie will be on since he passed away in February. My heart goes out to his family, and I hope that they know how special he was to those of us loved the show. When Rick and I first started dating, he introduced me to the show, and I fell in love with it (much like him!). Tonight, it's crab legs and crab wontons! I kinda made it up as I went as far as the wontons go, but here is what I did for them! I used the sauce that we used for the shrimp on Thai Night the other night.
The wontons themselves were really tasty, but I did run into a small problem....as they got hot, some of them busted! I don't know if I put too much crab-cream cheese mixture or what, but quite a few of them blew up! I have to admit that I was rather distraught when this happened, and I apologized to Rick several times for ruining dinner. Rick came up with the great idea to put holes in them before we fried them, and that seemed to work (most of the time...a few still busted). So if anyone out there has any suggestions on how to do this successfully, I'd LOVE to hear from you!
The wontons themselves were really tasty, but I did run into a small problem....as they got hot, some of them busted! I don't know if I put too much crab-cream cheese mixture or what, but quite a few of them blew up! I have to admit that I was rather distraught when this happened, and I apologized to Rick several times for ruining dinner. Rick came up with the great idea to put holes in them before we fried them, and that seemed to work (most of the time...a few still busted). So if anyone out there has any suggestions on how to do this successfully, I'd LOVE to hear from you!
Crab Wontons
Ingredients
3/4 cup crab meat
3/4 cup light cream cheese
1 tablespoon basil, chopped
1 tablespoon green onion, chopped
1 glove of garlic, pressed
20 wonton skins
1 egg
20 wonton skins
1 egg
Directions
Mix first 6 ingredients in a small bowl. In another small bowl, beat the egg.
Take one wonton skin and brush the edges the egg. Scoop 1 over-sized teaspoon on mixture into wonton skin. Fold the wonton over to form a triangle and fold the edges over to seal it. Repeat with the remaining wonton skins and crab mixture.
Heat oil to 350F in a large, heavy bottomed pan (I used my deep cast iron skillet), with enough oil to cover the wontons.
Fry wontons until golden about 2-3 minutes per side. To avoid lowering the temperature of the oil, do not attempt to fry too many at once. Remove them with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
Enjoy!
Take one wonton skin and brush the edges the egg. Scoop 1 over-sized teaspoon on mixture into wonton skin. Fold the wonton over to form a triangle and fold the edges over to seal it. Repeat with the remaining wonton skins and crab mixture.
Heat oil to 350F in a large, heavy bottomed pan (I used my deep cast iron skillet), with enough oil to cover the wontons.
Fry wontons until golden about 2-3 minutes per side. To avoid lowering the temperature of the oil, do not attempt to fry too many at once. Remove them with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
Enjoy!
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