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wontons avocado lemon juice fresh chives tarragon salt white pepper crab meat wonton wrappers water peanut oil Dipping Sauce sour cream tomato lime juice salt
Viewed: 47 - Published at: 9 years agoIngredients
- For the wontons:
- 1 avocado, peeled and diced
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chives
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh tarragon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- 8 ounces crab meat, picked through for shells
- 1 package wonton wrappers
- 2-3 tablespoons water
- peanut oil, enough for frying
- Dipping Sauce
- 8 ounces sour cream
- 1 large tomato
- 1 tablespoon sweetened lime juice
- salt, to taste
Method
- After dicing the avocado, sprinkle it with lemon juice to avoid browning.
- In a large bowl, combine the avocado, herbs, salt and white pepper. Fold in the crab meat and mix well.
- One by one, lay out a wonton wrapper and place a teaspoon of the mixture in the center.
- Brush the edges of the wrapper with water and fold into desired shape.
- Cover with a damp dishcloth to avoid drying.
- To fry the wontons, fill a deep skillet with peanut oil, enough to cover the wontons when they are put in.
- Heat the oil over medium-high heat for several minutes.
- Deep fry in batches of five or six until they become golden brown.
- Remove with a mesh frying skimmer and set aside on paper towels to soak up excess oil.
- Serve the hot wontons with the cool dipping sauce (recipe below).
- Chop the tomato in a food processor.
- In a bowl, combine the tomato and tomato juices with the sour cream.
- Add the sweetened lime juice and salt to taste.
- Set aside in refrigerator to chill.
