Super Easy Air Fryer Cream Cheese Wontons Recipe - Celebration Generation (2024)

FAQs

What temperature do you air fry wontons? ›

Spray the wontons with oil and place them in the air fryer basket without overlapping. (You can use a perforated parchment sheet on the bottom to prevent sticking). Air fry at 350°F (176°C) for about 4 to 5 minutes, until golden. Flip the wontons over and air fry for 3 to 4 minutes longer, until golden brown and crisp.

In the middle of each egg bordered wrapper, plop a bit of the cream cheese mixture. Don't overfill or they'll explode in the oven! Press the opposing corners of each wrapper together in the middle, as seen in these finished wontons.

For most recipes, you will want to lower your air fryer temperature by 25 to 50 degrees. So if the original recipe says to cook at 425° in the oven, expect to set the air fryer to 400° at the highest. Starchier vegetables, like roasted potatoes, love higher heats and most meats do well at a wide range of temperatures.

The best way to keep fried foods crispy? Just place them on a cooling rack set over a baking sheet. If you're frying multiple batches, throw the whole setup into a low oven to keep everything warm as you keep frying and adding to the rack.

Foil is safe to use in an air fryer so long as you follow three basic rules: never let foil touch the heating element; make sure the foil is weighted so it doesn't blow around the basket; and avoid contact with acidic ingredients, which can cause the foil to leach onto your food.

Steaming: Place a steamer basket in a pot filled with a few inches of water and bring the water to a boil. Arrange the frozen wontons in the steamer basket and steam for 5-7 minutes, or until they are fully cooked. Pan-frying: Heat a small amount of oil in a pan o.

For Crispy Dumplings Use the Classic Steam-Fry

Essentially, you fry the frozen dumplings, then add water to the pan and cover them to steam through, then fry them again once the water evaporates. This double-frying creates an extra-crisp bottom crust.

Wontons filled with cream cheese and imitation crab are named after the city – crab rangoons, whereas wontons just filled with cream cheese are often referred to as wontons – but they are used interchangeably. Wontons when not referred to as “cream cheese wontons” refer to dumplings like in my Wonton Soup.

Dishes like orange chicken, fortune cookies, and the dish she requested I make, cream cheese wantons also known as “Crab Rangoon”. The dish I'll describe is quite simple: a mixture of cream cheese and sugar stuffed inside a wonton wrapper and deep-fried.

Homemade dumplings can fall apart for a number of different reasons, or any combination of them. Often they burst during cooking because they have too much filling for the amount of dough. Some doughs are too dry, so the dumplings won't stay sealed. Others can be too wet and sticky and end up tearing.

How long do you air fry good and gather cream cheese wontons? ›

Wet the edges and fold in half, pinching the edges and bring the middles together. Spray with olive oil and cook in preheated air fryer at 370 for 6-8 minutes. Delicious!

(To cook frozen wontons, do not defrost and just drop them into boiling water the same way. Let them cook for an extra few minutes once the wontons begin to float. The best thing to do is cut one open to check for doneness.)

There is no need to thaw frozen wontons or gyozas as they can go straight from the freezer into the boiling water. When the water boils again, add about ½ cup cold water. When the water boils a second time, remove the wontons/gyoza immediately and drain.

Place the frozen dumplings into the air fryer basket. Spray generously with oil, making sure to get all the sides. Air fry the frozen dumplings for 8 minutes at 375F. Shake the basket and continue to air fry for 2 more minutes if you'd like the dumplings to be crispier.

Cook frozen mini wontons in the air fryer at 380°F for about 8-10 minutes until crispy. Flip half way through. Serve with soy sauce, sriracha or your favorite dipping sauce.