Your guests will love the crispy golden outer skin and the sweet shrimp and pork filling of these wontons! Dip them in a sweet chili sauce, Szechuan chili oil, or black vinegar with ginger slices for a truly remarkable appetizer.
How To Make Crispy Fried Shrimp and Pork Wontons
Have a taste of Asia with this crispy fried shrimp and pork wontons recipe. Scrumptious shrimp, and juicy pork all wrapped in crispy, golden brown wontons.
Prep:
10 mins
Cook:
10 mins
Total:
20 mins
Ingredients
- wonton wrappers
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp water
- vegetable oil , for frying, roughly 5 to 7 cups
Filling:
- 7½ oz shrimps, shelled, deveined and roughly chopped
- 3½ oz ground pork, minced
- 2 tbsp green onions , thinly sliced, (green parts only)
- 2 tbsp soy sauce, preferably light
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- ¼ tsp ground white pepper, optional
To serve:
- sweet chili sauce, or plum sauce
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine all your ingredients for the filling. Mix well until it becomes sticky and travels together when mixed. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, dilute the cornstarch with water to form the slurry to seal the wonton wrappers.
- Lay each wrapper out one at a time and put 2 teaspoons of filling in the center.
- Spread the slurry with your finger along the edges of your wonton wrapper.
- Fold together the two opposite corners to form a triangular wonton.
- Press along the edges to release as much air as possible. Repeat until you have sealed and prepared all your wontons in this manner.
- From this point, you can freeze the wontons for future use. Should you do so, you can immediately cook these without defrosting and use a dusted baking sheet to store these.
- Preheat your oil ready for frying. Prepare also a basket lined with paper towels.
- Deep fry the wontons in batches for roughly 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown and crisp. You will need to flip these several times for an even finish.
- Drain on a plate lined with a papers towel and serve immediately with ¼ cup of dipping sauce of choice. Garnish with 1 teaspoon of green onions.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 1g
- :
- Calcium: 5mg
- Calories: 57kcal
- Carbohydrates: 2g
- Cholesterol: 12mg
- Fat: 4g
- Fiber: 1g
- Iron: 1mg
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g
- Potassium: 66mg
- Protein: 3g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Sodium: 539mg
- Vitamin A: 21IU
- Vitamin C: 1mg
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