Fried Wontons
- Total Time
- 40 minutes
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Ingredients
- ⅔cup granulated sugar
- ¼cup distilled white vinegar
- 2tablespoons sambal oelek, Sriracha or other red chile sauce
- 2garlic cloves, finely chopped
- ½teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 4 to 6cups peanut or canola oil, for frying
- 50fresh or frozen wontons
For the Dipping Sauce
For the Wontons
Preparation
- Step 1
Make the sauce: Combine the sugar, vinegar, sambal, garlic and salt in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer rapidly, stirring occasionally, until syrupy, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a dipping bowl and cool to room temperature. The sauce can be covered and refrigerated for up to a week; bring back to room temperature before serving.
- Step 2
Fry the wontons (you can use storebought or make your own wontons with this recipe): Fill a heavy saucepan with oil to a depth of 2 inches. Heat over medium-high until a deep-fry thermometer registers 360 degrees. Working in batches, add the fresh or frozen dumplings to the hot oil (avoid crowding) and fry, turning to evenly cook, just until golden brown and crisp, 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain. Serve hot or warm with the dipping sauce.
Private Notes
Cooking Notes
The NYTcooking Instagram account has a video showing 4 different methods of folding. It looks very achievable and helps the instructions above make sense https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnngE3YB-M3/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Do yourself a favor and buy the wontons ....Trader Joe's has very good wontons and will make this much less time consuming.
this was good. Added some hungarian paprika to spice up the sauce.. it did
The NYTcooking Instagram account has a video showing 4 different methods of folding. It looks very achievable and helps the instructions above make sense https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnngE3YB-M3/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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