Arizona Juan Tons Wontons Recipes

ARIZONA JUAN TONS (WONTONS)

Steps:

• Cook ground beef, onions in a large skillet until meat is brown and onion is tender.
• Drain off fat and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
• To the beef mixture, add the beans, cheese, picante sauce, chili powder and cumin and mix well.
• Refrigerate the mixture for 1 hour or until well chilled.
• Place won-ton skins with 1 point toward you.
• Spoon a slightly rounded teaspoon of the mixture onto the center of the skin.
• Fold bottom point over and tuck under filling.
• Fold side corners over, forming an envelope.
• Fold over top corner and moisten point with a drop of water to seal.
• Fry in deep hot fat (400 degrees) for about 2 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve immediately with picante sauce for dipping.
• Left overs may be reheated in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.

NAVY BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• After cooking, drain the beans and set aside.
• (If using canned beans, rinse gently without smashing the beans).
• Place the oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a salad bowl and blend thoroughly.
• Add the beans and mix well.
• Scatter chopped parsley, dill, and scallions over the beans.
• Garnish with quartered tomatoes and egg.

HONG YOU CHAO SHOU (SICHUAN PORK WONTONS)

Steps:

• Mix pork, cornstarch, sherry, soy, wine, garlic, and ginger in a bowl. Working with 1 wrapper at a time, place 1/2 tbsp filling in center, brush edges with egg, and fold in half, forming a triangle. Overlap opposite corners, brushing with egg to seal together. Repeat with remaining wrappers and pork mixture; set aside.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to boil over high heat; working in batches, cook wontons until firm and cooked through, 5-7 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels to drain, and place in a bowl; season with salt and toss with red chile oil and vinegar. Serve additional red chile oil and vinegar on the side, if you like.

APPLE CHEDDAR WONTONS

Steps:

• Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together and set aside.
• Preheat the peanut or vegetable oil in a deep fryer or other pan used for deep frying.
• Wrap a piece of apple and a cube of cheddar cheese in a wonton skin and seal according to the directions on the package.
• Deep fry until golden brown.
• Coat with the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture and serve.
• These are good served hot or cold.
• (An adopted recipe. I haven't made this one, yet, so I don't know if 6 servings is accurate.)

SPINACH WONTONS

Steps:

• Heat a frying pan and add the sesame seed oil.
• Once hot, add the sliced scallions.
• Crumble the block of tofu over the frying mixture.
• Pour soysauce over it and mix.
• Let that simmer for 5 minutes while you slice the spinach.
• Remove from heat and stir in the spinach.
• Let this cool before continuing to the next step.
• You want the filling to be cool before assembling the wontons.
• Fry in 1/2 inch of vegetable oil.
• 2 minutes on one side, one minute on the other OR until crispy and golden brown.

SAUSAGE WONTONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Blot cooked sausage with paper towels to remove grease and combine with cheeses, olives, peppers and salad dressing.
• Slightly grease mini or regular muffin tins with vegetable oil spray. Press wrappers in tins and spray wrappers with oil.
• Bake 5 minutes or until golden.
• Remove from tins and place on cookie sheets. Fill with sausage mixture. Bake for another 5 to 10 minutes until the cheeses are bubbly.

FRICHIK WONTONS!

Steps:

• In food processor, chop well-drained FriChik until very fine. Place in a small mixing bowl.
• In food processor or by hand; finely chop the onion and add to FriChik. Add the grated carrot, chopped water chestnuts, and McKay's Chicken-Style Seasoning. Mix well.
• To assemble: Place wonton square on flat surface and put 1 teaspoon of filling in the center. Brush the edges of the wonton lightly with water. Fold the bottom corner up to meet the top corner, making a triangle, and seal edges. This shape is best for browning the wontons evenly if you are sauteing or baking them. For a facier design, pull the outside corners together and twist slightly.
• To cook: Spray wontons and nonstick skillet with nonstick vegetable spray. Add wontons to skillet and cook on medium-high temperature, turning after 2-3 minutes when wontons are lightly browned and crunchy. Or put wontons sprayed with nonstick spray on cookie sheet also sprayed with nonstick vegetable spray and bake in 450 degree F oven until lightly browned, approximately 10 minutes per side.