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.
chinchin says
Mmmmm, cream cheese fried wontons!
Crystal says
Hey, you are creative, never have i thought of using this filling. I love wontons.
chow says
Thanks, glad you like it!
c.c. says
These sound great, I’m making some today.
Thanks Chow!
(and thanks Crystal, for turning me on to these!)
Elsie says
Look great!
Where can I purchase the Tofutti cream cheese non-hydrogenated plain?
chow says
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. :-)
Courtney Conway says
What’s the difference ?
chow says
The hydrogenated refers to partially hydrogenated oils, another name for trans fat which is bad for you.
Ashley says
i thought wonton wrappers had egg in them? can you recommend one that doesnt?
chow says
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. :-)