Copy Cat Recipe - Panda Express Cream Cheese Wonton (2024)

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What You Need

  • 1 8 ounce package cream cheese – softened ( regular or lowfat)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons scallions sliced thin
  • pinch of garlic powder
  • wonton wrappers
  • Oil

What To Do

Heat oil in a cooking pot – you need to get it up to 350 degrees.

Mix together ( cream cheese, garlic powder, and scallions)

Place 1 tablespoon of mix in a middle of a wonton wrapper

Fold wonton and secure edges with water

Drop wonton into the oil

Cook till golden brown and let wonton dry on paper towel

Enjoy!

Copy Cat Recipe - Panda Express Cream Cheese Wonton

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Ingredients

  • 1 8 ounce package cream cheese - softened ( regular or lowfat)
  • 1½ tablespoons scallions sliced thin
  • pinch of garlic powder
  • wonton wrappers
  • Oil

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a cooking pot - you need to get it up to 350 degrees.
  2. Mix together ( cream cheese, garlic powder, and scallions)
  3. Place 1 tablespoon of mix in a middle of a wonton wrapper
  4. Fold wonton and secure edges with water
  5. Drop wonton into the oil
  6. Cook till golden brown and let wonton dry on paper towel
  7. Enjoy!

Recipe is adapted from HERE

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  • tonya

    add some imitation crab to the mix and you have crab puffs….these are so good and if you flash fry them you can freeze them….would not recommend freezing them if you dont fry them first or they will stick together. I love your recipes.

    • Kelly

      Exactly what I was thinking! I used to get Crab Puffs from a restaurant years ago!

  • Kristina

    I just have to ask…what’s the coconut oil in the picture for?

    • Budget Savvy Diva

      It is the oil I used to cook the wontons in

  • toni

    Oh, I love these,,, try Salmon Cream cheese with a little Dill. Or any fruit flavored cream cheese and you can add a chunk of fruit! Dip in Chocolate too! Sundried tomato with basil… So many yummy things! 🙂

  • Sherise

    Can these be baked instead of fried? I dont fry food maybe a sautee here and there, but these look and sound AWESOME and I love the idea about using fruit!! a MUST TRY!

    • Budget Savvy Diva

      I love the idea – I am sure they can be baked

      • Heather Reid

        That’s what I do. I ALWAYS bake mine. I give them a little spritz of cooking spray and pop them in a 350 F oven until brown. The cooking spray helps them crisp up nicely. My family LOVES cream cheese won tons and I love that I can bake them and save some of the calories so I can have a couple extra ;).

  • Laurel

    1 8oz pkg cream cheese/1 tsp garlic salt /1/2 tsp lemon juice…combine add crab meat and combine…and you have crab rangoon…Ive made them for years and we will have them tonight with Chicken LoMein…delish ~

    • Kelly

      Thanks! I usually buy those prepackaged ones at the commissary, and they’re over $2.00 for a 6 pack! I think these will be way better!

  • Laura S.

    Can these be made ahead of time and reheated? (Or room temp?)

  • Annie

    Flash freeze on a cookie sheet. They wont stick together. After frozen, they can be bagged and frozen for later use. I have done this for years.

  • Lori

    I have been craving Chinese for along while now. So I decided to make a full dinner of take-out fake-outs tonight. This just made the list. I found a recipe for homemade wonton wrappers too so I don’t have to go to the store for anything. I am going to try baking them instead of frying them. Thank you again for another great DIY recipe.

  • Stephanie

    I just recently found this website, and want to say I love this recipe and also also enjoy the posts as well with twists on the original recipe because I enjoy having multiple uses out of on recipe.

    • Watson

      You are very sweet – thank you for the feedback 🙂

  • Josephine

    I’m so making these!!! :O I LOVE their cream cheese wantons! I bet it would be cheaper to make them yourself then to buy them. I am addicted to these so I need to make them.

  • theresa

    :O im drooling

  • trina

    do you know how this recipe would turn out if I substituted the wonton wrapper for rice paper wrappers for a gluten free option?

Copy Cat Recipe - Panda Express Cream Cheese Wonton (2024)

FAQs

What is Panda Express cream cheese Rangoon made of? ›

What Makes the Panda Express Cream Cheese Rangoon the Best? These crispy wonton apps are stuffed with a mixture of cream cheese, scallions, and a dash of garlic powder. They make satisfying finger food for game day, or you can try dolling them up to make casual co*cktail appetizers.

What is cream cheese wonton made of? ›

Dishes like orange chicken, fortune cookies, and the dish she requested I make, cream cheese wantons also known as “Crab Rangoon”. The dish I'll describe is quite simple: a mixture of cream cheese and sugar stuffed inside a wonton wrapper and deep-fried.

What is the difference between a wonton and a cream cheese Rangoon? ›

While wonton filling can vary from pork to shrimp with seasonings like ginger, garlic, scallions, and soy sauce, crab rangoon always has cream cheese and crab filling.

How do you keep cream cheese wontons from exploding? ›

6) When you seal the wonton, seal right next to the filling, pushing out any air bubbles. Air bubbles will make your wontons explode when frying, particularly if you are using the thinner wonton wrappers vs. the thicker eggroll wrappers (And I do mean eggroll wrappers vs. spring roll wrappers or rice paper wrappers ...

Does Panda Express have cream cheese wontons? ›

Cream cheese rangoons are prepared with a crisp wonton wrapper filled with a mixture of soft cream cheese and green onions, served with a side of sweet and sour sauce for dipping.

Is crab rangoon the same as cream cheese Rangoon? ›

Crab Rangoon, sometimes called crab puffs, crab rangoon puffs, cheese wontons, or cream cheese rangoons, are filled crisp dumpling appetizers served primarily in American Chinese restaurants.

Can you buy cream cheese wontons? ›

PAGODA® Cream Cheese Wontons are the perfect combination of real cream cheese wrapped in a crispy wrapper. Add them to your favorite meal, or dip them in our tempting sweet chili sauce for the perfect snack.

What is the filling in a wonton made of? ›

Make the Pork and Shrimp Wonton Filling

To the pork and shrimp, add chopped scallions, minced garlic & ginger, then season with light soy sauce, shaoxing wine, sesame oil, salt, white pepper, sugar, and msg. Mix in ONE direction with your hand until you see streaks on the bowl as seen in the images below.

Does Panda Express cream cheese Rangoon have crab? ›

Panda Express Cream Cheese Rangoon may seem like a Chinese restaurant favorite, but it is actually not the crab (or Krab) wontons you're used to. In this version, the flavor is mostly made up of cream cheese and crispy delicious wontons.

Why is Rangoon called Rangoon? ›

The name "Crab Rangoon" is believed to be a nod to the traditional Burmese dish, "ohn-no khauk swe" or "ohn-no kaukswe," which is a soup made with noodles and chicken. "Rangoon" was the former name of Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar (formerly Burma), where the dish is said to have originated.

What makes a Rangoon a Rangoon? ›

It consists of cream cheese, sometimes sweetened, plus, usually, very small bits of imitation crab, stuffed into a wonton wrapper and deep-fried, served with a syrupy, neon sweet-and-sour dipping sauce. It is, essentially, deep-fried cheesecake with fake crab in it—as sweet as any dessert, but served as an appetizer.

Are rangoons the same as wontons? ›

A crab rangoon is essentially a cheesecake samosa, sometimes with a soupcon of surimi thrown in for color. A wonton is curled around a filling of sweetened cream cheese and deep fried. It's served with some kind of fruit preserve made mostly out of corn syrup and food coloring.

What is the best oil to fry crab rangoons in? ›

It's really easy to fry crab rangoon, you don't need a lot of oil. I add about a 1 1/2 inch layer of oil (you can use vegetable or grape seed oil) and heat it for a few minutes on medium high. I fry them in batches, you don't want to over crowd the pan.

Why did my wonton explode? ›

Press out the air: When sealing the wonton, try to press out as much air as possible. If you have too much air in the filling, it will balloon up while frying and cause the wonton to burst open.

Why do my wontons fall apart? ›

Homemade dumplings can fall apart for a number of different reasons, or any combination of them. Often they burst during cooking because they have too much filling for the amount of dough. Some doughs are too dry, so the dumplings won't stay sealed. Others can be too wet and sticky and end up tearing.

Does Panda cream cheese Rangoons have crab? ›

Oddly enough, they don't use crab or imitation crab in their original recipe. Feel free to add some though, it's delicious!

Is there crab in the cream cheese Rangoons at Panda Express? ›

No the Rangoon do not contain crab which is why they taste not as good. ☠️ #fyp #viral #tiktok #usa #fyp #pandaexpress #rangoons #chinese.

What is Panda cheese made of? ›

Panda Cheddar Cheese blocks come in a 450 gm block size. Ingredients: Cheddar cheese, hard cheese, natural & vegetable fats, Emulsifying salts, Skimmed powder milk.

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