Sometimes it’s nice to be indulgent and have a little decadent something or other. Today, it’s fried wontons and not just fried wontons but cream cheese fried wontons. Made a bit more healthier by baking rather than deep frying and adding spinach to the filling so you can eat up with not too much guilt. For this recipe, I used the Bloomsdale variety of spinach for its excellent flavor and tasty leaves. This is the kind of spinach nice restaurants like to use. I purchased mine at the local farmer’s market.
Cream Cheese Wontons
Makes 16 wontons
1/2 pound spinach
8 ounce package Tofutti cream cheese non-hydrogenated plain
16 wonton wrappers
1 bunch chives roughly chopped
Olive oil
Rice vinegar
Chili garlic sauce (comes in a jar from the Asian grocery store)
Wash the spinach and saute until just wilted, set aside to cool.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Have a small bowl of water handy for wetting the edges. Place 1 teaspoon cream cheese in the center of the wonton skin, add 1 teaspoon of spinach and sprinkle some chives on top. Wet the edges with a finger and fold to form a triangle. Press down to seal the edges, making sure to get all of the air out. I’ve found a simple flat triangle shape works best for baking.
Brush a dark colored baking pan with oil (a darker pan helps to brown the wontons). Place the folded wontons on the pan and brush with oil. Bake for 8-10 minutes on each side until brown, brushing oil on the other side as well.
Serve with a dipping sauce of rice vinegar mixed with chili garlic sauce to taste.
Mmmmm, cream cheese fried wontons!
Hey, you are creative, never have i thought of using this filling. I love wontons.
Thanks, glad you like it!
These sound great, I’m making some today.
Thanks Chow!
(and thanks Crystal, for turning me on to these!)
Look great!
Where can I purchase the Tofutti cream cheese non-hydrogenated plain?
Elsie – I get the non-hydrogenated version from Whole Foods. You can probably try other health food stores too.
Trader Joes carries the hydrogenated version, I mistakenly bought some the other day, so watch out for that. :-)
What’s the difference ?
The hydrogenated refers to partially hydrogenated oils, another name for trans fat which is bad for you.
i thought wonton wrappers had egg in them? can you recommend one that doesnt?
Ashley – There’s a couple of brands that make eggless wonton wrappers. You can usually find them at the Asian supermarket. Dynasty is one and the other is Myojo. I think they both also make a version with egg so you’ll have to look at the labels. Hope that helps. :-)