Prep: 25 minutes Fry: 15 minutes for all of them

This has always been one of my favorite appetizers since high school. There was a place a friend and I would buy orders of crab rangoon every week. I finally decided to try making this on my own. I had fun and made some extra chunky ones but it worked. This uses my wrapper recipe.

Ingredients

Wrapper

• 2 cups flour

• 1 egg

• 1/3 cup water

• 2 pinches of garlic salt

Crab center

• 4 oz cream cheese

• minced garlic to taste

• 2 spring onions (I forgot to buy some and used chives instead. This works too)

• Shredded crab meat to desired density

Prep

1. Heat oil to make a deep fryer to 350 F (180 C)

2. Combine the water and egg and mix fully

3. Add the flour and garlic salt and mix to a dough

4. Let rest 20 minutes

5. Break off small bits to roll into super thin wrappers that are about 3.5 inches wide

6. In a bowl add the cream cheese, garlic, and crab

7. Chop the spring onions and add as well

8. Mix fully in the bowl

9. Scoop a small amount and add to center of the wrapper

10. Pinch close from the vertical and horizontal and make a 4 point star

11. Add to the deep fryer to cook no more than 3-5 minutes, watch how brown it turns before removing with a skimmer

Afterthoughts

I made mine super thick but they were still amazingly delicious. The extra thick breading meant I needed to fry it a bit longer but it was worth it. Crispy, warm, garlic, and crab made for a wonderful appetizer. I still need practice to be as good as authentic ones though.