Green Chile Wonton Food

CHILI WONTON CUPS

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 375. Lightly mist 12 cups in a standard muffin/cupcake tin with cooking spray and set aside.
• Place the ground beef in a medium skillet and bring to medium heat. Use a wooden spoon to break it up into small pieces as it cooks. When the meat is breaking up and almost browned, add the onions and the garlic and stir together. Continue to cook another few minutes until the meat is browned and onions are softened.
• Add the kidney beans, diced tomatoes, chili powder, salt, cumin and cayenne to the meat mixture and stir together until well combined. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until thickened.
• Push a wonton wrapper into the bottom of each of the sprayed cups in the muffin tin. Using about half of the chili mixture, spoon evenly into the wonton wrappers. Sprinkle about half of the shredded cheddar evenly over the top of each cup. Press another wonton wrapper on top and repeat the layering steps with the remaining chili mixture and shredded cheddar.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes until the wontons are golden brown and the contents are heated through. Remove the muffin tin from the oven and allow to cool for 2-3 minutes before removing from the tin.

GREEN CHILE CHEESE WONTON CUPS

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix cheese, cream cheese, pepper, and garlic powder. Stir in chiles and corn careful not to break up too much.
• Lightly grease a muffin pan with cooking spray. Place one wonton wrapper on each muffin cup and lightly spritz with cooking spray.
• Spoon 1 to 2 tablespoons of the filling into the wonton wrappers.
• Bake for 22-25 minutes or until wonton cups are brown & crispy & filling is bubbly.
• Cool on a wire rack. Serve hot or room temperature

GREEN CHILI WONTONS

Steps:

• Combine the cheese with both peppers; stir well.
• Prepare 1 wonton skin at a time.
• Spoon about 1 1/2 teaspoons of cheese/chile mixture in the center of wonton skin.
• Lightly moisten the edge of the wonton skin and fold in half to make a triangle pressing edges to seal.
• Repeat with remaining wonton skins and cheese mixture.
• Chill for 20 minutes.
• Heat peanut oil to 375*.
• Fry wontons in hot oil until golden brown, turning once.
• Drain on paper towel and sprinkle with salt.
• Serve with avocado dip.

LOUISVILLE'S GREEN CHILI WONTONS

Steps:

• Green Chili Wontons.
• Blend the green chilis, jalepeños and cheese. Put two tablespoons of the cheese mixture on one corner of the wonton wrapper and fold that corner over. Fold the corners on the right and left. Dip the remaining corner - the top one -- in water before folding it down.
• Deep fry in 350-degree oil for one minute.
• (Makes 18 wontons).
• Guacamole Dipping Sauce.
• Mash the avocados and blend all ingredients thoroughly.
• Makes about 1 cup.

CHICKEN CHILI WONTON BITES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Press wonton wrappers into greased miniature muffin cups. Bake 4-6 minutes or until lightly browned., In a small bowl, mix salad dressing and seasoning mix; add chicken and toss to coat. Spoon 1 tablespoon filling into each wonton cup. Sprinkle with cheese., Bake 8-10 minutes longer or until heated through and wrappers are golden brown. Serve warm. If desired, top with sour cream and green onions before serving.

GREEN CHILE WONTON

Steps:

• 1. Combine cheese, chiles, onion, avocado
• 2. Spoon about 1 1/2 tsp. cheese mixture in center of each wonton. Moisten edges of wonton lightly with water. Fold wonton in half to form a triangle, pressing edges together to seal.
• 3. Chill 20 min.
• 4. Fry in hot oil in batches.

GREEN CHILI WON TON SOUP

Steps:

• Poach the chicken thighs in the chicken broth for 30 minutes.
• Add carrots, cilantro, cumin, salt and pepper.
• Remove chicken and debone; add meat back to broth without the skin or bones.
• Add green onion, spinach and green chilies.
• Add 2 cups water to which the corn starch has been added.
• Bring to a boil.
• Drop in wontons and simmer 10 minutes.

CHEESE-STUFFED CHILE RELLENOS EGG ROLLS

Steps:

• Drain green chiles.
• Sprinkle cornstarch on sheet pan.
• Open up chile and place on egg roll wrapper with corner facing you.
• Place cheese stick on chile and roll up, tucking in corners and moistening edges to seal.
• Toss in cornstarch, dusting liberally.
• (Can be made up to this point a day ahead. Leave in cornstarch. Cover and refrigerate.) Shake off excess cornstarch and deep fry in 350 oil to cover until lightly golden and cheese just starts to ooze out.
• Drain on paper towels and keep warm in 250 oven.
• Serve as a side dish or appetizer with your favorite Mexican meal.
• Add your favorite condi- ments/sauces.