Crab Rangoon And Duck Sauce Food

CHEF JOHN'S CRAB RANGOON

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese, crab meat, green onions, garlic, soy sauce, fish sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, sesame oil, and cayenne pepper together with a fork until ingredients are blended thoroughly. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, 1 or 2 hours.
• Keep wonton wrappers moist by covering with a damp paper towel. Place a small bowl of water nearby on the work surface. With a wet fingertip, moisten surface of wonton. Place 1 1/2 teaspoons of crab filling in center of wonton. Fold 2 opposite corners toward each other over the filling but without touching tips together yet. Fold up the other 2 corners. Working gently from the bottom, squeeze out any air bubbles; pinch together the 4 seams from the bottom up to create a modified pyramid (or "warhead") shape. Place on a dry surface. Continue with remaining wontons.
• Heat oil in deep fryer to 350 degrees F. Fry wontons in batches until golden brown and crispy, gently moving them around in the oil with a strainer to brown each surface, about 3 minutes. Let cool about a minute before eating. Serve with the dipping sauce.
• Whisk ketchup, rice vinegar, brown sugar, and sriracha sauce together in a bowl for the dipping sauce.

CRAB RANGOON WITH PLUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine crabmeat, cream cheese, A1 sauce and garlic powder and blend to a paste.
• Place one teaspoon of mixture on each wonton skin.
• Gather the 4 corners together (moisten fingers with egg yolk) and mash until it seals.
• Deep fry until brown, which only takes about 30 seconds to one minute. Serve with Plum Sauce.
• Plum Sauce: Combine ingredients and bring to a boil in a small saucepan.
• Add 1 or 2 teaspoons of cornstarch to thicken, dissolved in a little water. Stir constantly until thickened.
• Serve hot or cold with Crab Rangoon.

CRAB RANGOON & SAUCE FOR 30

Steps:

• Rangoons: Beat room temperature cream cheese until smooth.
• Stir in crab meat, egg yolks, S& P& spice.
• Place the wonton wrapper with a corner pointing towards you.
• Put one teaspoon of the filling in the center of the bottom half of the wrapper.
• Moisten lower two edges with the beaten egg.
• Bring points so they touch& seal edges to form a triangle.
• Brush a little egg on the edges.
• Pinch edges to seal and give a slight twist.
• Sauce: Combine oil, ketchup, vinegar, honey, lemon juice, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce in a medium bowl.
• Add grated onion and blend well.
• Heat wok and add oil for deep-frying.
• When oil is ready (temperature 360 - 375 degrees), carefully slide in the Crab Rangoon, taking care not to overcrowd the wok.
• Deep-fry until they are golden brown, about 3 minutes, turning once.
• Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.

CRAB RANGOON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Line the bottom of a 9" spring form pan with waxed paper. Take wonton wrappers, and start to line the bottom and up the sides of the pan, slightly overlapping, and basting with a bit of eggwash made with one egg and a few drops of water as you go along.
• Toast the wonton pie shell in the oven for 10 minutes.
• Using a beater or food processer, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy, and then mix in the four eggs, garlic powder, and soy sauce.
• Using a rubber spatula, fold in scallions and crab meat.
• Pour into spring form pan, and bake for 50 minutes until set.
• Allow to chill overnight before releasing from pan.
• Drizzle with duck sauce before serving.
• Serve with toasted wonton wrappers or crackers of choice.