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Better than any Chinese restaurant’s Crab Rangoon – Baked Version!!!

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Ever since I posted the recipe for my Fried Crab Rangoons, I’ve no lie had to make these 15 times for Mr. Fantabulous.  He actually said to me at 10:30 one night as I was heading to bed “Um honey, did you say you were going to make some of those crab wontons as a snack tonight???”  Now mind you I made a full dinner earlier AND dessert yet this man is obsessed with these things. Just like we all have the staples in our house – milk, bread, eggs, flour, I now at all times MUST have the crab rangoon filling made up at ready to use at a moment’s notice.

Yeah.. he’s that spoiled!  I keep telling people, if there is such a thing as reincarnation, I don’t want to come back as someone famous… I want to come back as Mr. Fantabulous!  LOL I want pampered and spoiled like that! 🙂

Well anyway, since I never eat fried foods I wanted to bake these.  Well my first attempt was ‘ok’ but they turned out brittle and hard as a rock.  They were crispy as soon as you took them out of the oven but since you have to let the insides cool as to not melt the roof of your mouth, the inside became cool enough to eat but the shell went to a petrified state.  Now mind you, I didn’t let them go to waste as I just scooped out the warm filling. But this bugged me.  I HATE when I can’t do something.  It’s the engineer in me.  I *have* to figure things out – how they work, why they work and when they don’t – how can I make it work.  I *need* to know the how’s and why’s of ‘tings.
I gave it another shot… I tweaked the way I made these.  I figured out why they got as hard as they did – they dried out even though I sprayed the  pan.  I went with 2 options – brushing with melted butter and brushing with canola oil.  Both produced the same result although the butter made them a tad darker.  They both came out crispy and yummy and more importantly didn’t get ‘hard’ but rather stayed crispy!
So for those of you that love these but steer clear of fried foods… here ya go!  You can enjoy these without the guilt!
These, to me, are even easier than making the fried ones as all you need to do is put them in the pan, fill ’em, “squinch” the tops together and bake!  I am so totally making these for our next football gathering!  Make up a big batch of ’em and them set them out on a warming tray… and watch them disappear!
Now if you’ll excuse me… I’m off to make some of these for lunch for me 🙂
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Better than any Chinese restaurant’s Crab Rangoon – Baked Version!!!

  • Author: The Kitchen Whisperer

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Ingredients

  • 1 8oz package cream cheese
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 cup sliced green onions
  • 8 ounces of flaked crab
  • 25 to 30 wonton squares or 8 egg roll wrappers cut into quarters.
  • Canola oil for brushing the wontons

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Mix all ingredients together but wontons and oil.
  3. Brush each wonton wrapper with oil and place in a mini muffin tin having the edges stick out and over the top.
  4. Fill with filling (about a 1/2 -1 teaspoon).
  5. Take opposite corners of the wonton and gently “pinch together”.
  6. Repeat with the remaining corners – you want it to just slightly form a point. They will open slightly when cooking – that’s OK.
  7. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown/desired crispiness. Keep in mind that they will crisp up slightly more when they are removed from the pan and allowed to slightly cool.

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  1. Terry says

    June 17, 2019 at 10:47 am

    Do you brush the wonton wrapper on both sides?

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    • TKWAdmin says

      June 17, 2019 at 11:37 pm

      Hi Terry!

      I do not.

      Best Kitchen Wishes!

      Reply
  2. Lauri says

    February 28, 2018 at 3:12 pm

    Do you brush both sides of the wrapper with oil?

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  3. Kim says

    January 30, 2018 at 4:02 pm

    Could these be made ahead, then frozen, then re-heated in the oven? Or do you think they would get too tough and chewy?

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  4. Deseray says

    July 29, 2013 at 10:45 pm

    Awesome!!!! My daughter and I whipped these up for an impromptu happy hour!!! They were a HIT…first thing finished!!! thank you!!! 🙂

    ★★★★★

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    • TKWAdmin says

      July 30, 2013 at 6:10 pm

      Deseray,

      That’s fantastic to hear! Aren’t they super easy too?!

      Gotta love impromptu gatherings and foods you can throw together in a minute!

      Best Kitchen Wishes!

      ★★★★★

      Reply

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