Buffalo Chicken Wontons
- Level: Intermediate
- Yield: 10 to 12 wontons
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 12 servings
- Calories
- 255
- Total Fat
- 16
- Saturated Fat
- 3
- Carbohydrates
- 21
- Dietary Fiber
- 1
- Sugar
- 4
- Protein
- 7
- Cholesterol
- 35
- Sodium
- 324
- Total: 1 hr (includes cooling time)
- Active: 40 min
Ingredients
Vegetable oil, for frying
1/2 cup Buffalo wing sauce
1/4 cup sweet chili sauce
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup chopped or shredded rotisserie chicken
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 large egg
1/3 cup blue cheese crumbles
10 to 12 square wonton wrappers
Carrot sticks, celery sticks and ranch dressing, for serving
Directions
Special equipment:
a deep-frying thermometer- Fill a deep, heavy pot halfway with vegetable oil (or use a deep fryer) and heat the oil to 360 degrees F.
- Put the Buffalo sauce, sweet chili sauce, honey and butter in a saucepan and bring to a simmer; simmer for 10 minutes. Toss the chicken in the sauce, season with salt and pepper and set aside to cool slightly, about 10 minutes.
- Whisk together the egg and 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl for the egg wash and set aside.
- Take a wonton wrapper (cover the rest with a damp towel) and put a small amount of the chicken mixture--about 2 level tablespoons--in the middle of it. Add a few pieces of blue cheese crumbles, being careful not to go too far outside of the middle of the wonton--we don't want the cheese to ooze out when frying. Next, brush all 4 corners with the egg wash, then seal the corners by pinching each opposite corner together to make that famous wonton shape; make sure there are no holes for the filling to leak out. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.
- Now in the fryer they go! Fry the wontons in batches until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes total. Drain briefly on a rack or paper towel-lined plate. Serve hot with carrot sticks, celery sticks and ranch dressing.