Categories: Appetizers

Ingredients

• 1 green onion, finely chopped
• 2 small shallots, finely chopped
• 2 tbsp. finely chopped crystallized ginger
• 2 tbsp. soy sauce
• 2 tbsp. peanut butter
• 1 tbsp. snipped fresh cilantro
• 1 tbsp. honey
• 1/4 tsp finely shredded lime peel
• 2 tsp lime juice
• 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
• 8 oz. uncooked ground chicken
• 1/4 cup chopped peanuts
• 32 wonton wrappers
• Shortening or cooking oil for deep-fat frying
• Bottled sweet-and-sour sauce

Directions

1. In a bowl, combine green onion, shallots, ginger, soy sauce, peanut butter, cilantro, honey, lime peel, lime juice, and red pepper. Stir in chicken and peanuts.

2. For each wonton, place a wonton wrapper with a point toward you. Spoon about 2 tsp of the chicken mixture just below of center of the wrapper. Lightly moisten edges of wrapper with water. Fold wrapper over filling to make a triangle; press edges to seal. Grasp the right- and left-hand corners of the wrapper; bring corners together and press to seal.

3. In a heavy saucepan or deep-fat fryer, heat 2 inches melted shortening or cooking oil to 365.

4. Fry wontons, 3 or 4 at a time, in hot shortening, or oil about 2 minutes or until golden brown and no pink remains in filling, turning once. Drain wontons on paper towels. Keep warm in a 300 degree oven while frying remaining wontons. Serve with sweet-and-sour sauce.

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