These fried wontons are the most addictive snacks ever! Perfect as finger food for a parties or large gathering.

 

What are Wontons?

Wontons are basically a type of Chinese dumpling.
They comes in little bite size finger food and usually filled with meat, either chicken, pork or seafood or combination of 2 meats.

These dumplings are either steamed, cook in soup or fried.

 

What is wonton made of?

Wonton wrapper is made of flour, egg, water and salt.
It is easier to buy from Asian grocer than making from scratch but I hope that one day I will learn how to make them.

Tiny spoonful of meat is place at the centre of this square wrapper and fold into a triangle and again fold the 2 ends to make it looked like old chinese gold ingot.

 

How to make wontons?

Printable recipe is available at the end of this post!
I have a video showing steps by steps making these addictive fried wontons.

1. Prepare the wonton filling.
Refer to the recipe below.



 2. Wrap wonton
Steps were shown in the video


 3. Wontons are ready to be cooked.

 4. Fried wontons out of the pot

How do you serve wontons?

I love to serve my golden fried wontons immediately.

They are crunchy and oh so delicious!

I prefer my fried wontons on its own but you can have sweet chilli sauce on the side too! Promise, I will not judge you ;P.

 

How do I keep any leftover wontons?

If you any leftover wontons, keep them in an air tight container.

Any leftover wontons should not be kept in the refrigerator and should not be kept more than 1 day at room temperature.

What do I do with leftover uncooked wonton filling?

You can store them in a ziplock bag, and freeze them.
And don't forget to label the bags too.
I tend to forget once it goes in the freezer!
Then I'd be scratching my head trying to figure out what's what!!!

 

What can you do with uncooked wonton filling?

There are many ways to use up the uncooked wonton filling.

You can ball them up and use as chicken meatballs in soup or use as stir fry with any Asian greens or you can use them as your meat base in cooking Mapo tofu!