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Chicken Wontons - The best and easiest fried chicken wontons ever! Takes 20 mins to make including wrapping. Super crispy and yummy recipe to make at home.
Crispy Chicken Wontons
Wontons are little morsels of ground meat wrapped in a wheat-based wrapper.
They are always dainty, appetizing, and the most amazing food ever! Wontons can be made into different recipes: wonton soup, steamed shrimp wonton, Sichuan spicy red oil wonton, or fried wonton.
What Can You Fill Wontons With
There are endless possibilities with the filling—ground pork (most common), chicken, turkey, vegetables, shrimp, seafood, or combinations.
These chicken wontons are filled with ground chicken, shrimp, and then deep-fried to golden perfection. Every bite is bursting with flavors. They can be eaten alone or with some dipping sauce.
What Do You Eat Wontons With
Wontons are commonly served with plum sauce, duck sauce, or a sweet and sour sauce.
For this recipe, I serve it with Thai sweet chili sauce, which is perfect for the chicken wontons. Once you eat one you just can’t stop until you finish everything, so double up your portion and make a big batch because they will be gone in no time!
Ingredients
- Ground chicken
- Shrimp
- Scallion
- Corn starch
- Fish sauce
- Wonton wrappers
- Thai sweet chili sauce
- Lime juice
- Cilantro leaves
- White sesame seeds
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Chicken Wontons
Many people don’t like deep-frying but there is no way to have great wontons if you don’t deep-fry. This chicken wontons recipe is seriously good and so easy and quick to make, a total of 20 minutes including wrapping the wontons.
So, fire up your wok, pan, or deep-fryer because everyone is going to love these chicken wontons so much.
Step 1. In a bowl, mix the ground chicken, shrimp, scallion, and corn starch until well combined. Add the salt, fish sauce, sesame oil, and white pepper. Stir to mix well. Set aside.
Step 2. Wrap the wontons using the wonton wrappers by placing a wrapper on your palm. Add 1/2 tablespoon of the filling in the middle of the wrapper. Dip your index finger into some water and trace it along the outer edges of the wrapper.
Step 3. Fold and pinch the edges of the wonton wrapper to seal it tightly, ensuring there is no opening at the top and the wonton is securely enclosed.
Step 4. Heat up some cooking oil in a wok or frying pan and deep-fry the wontons until golden brown. Serve hot with sweet chili sauce or eat them plain.
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 155 calories per serving.
What To Serve With This Recipe
Serve these wontons with Chinese dishes (such as shrimp and broccoli). For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Chicken Wontons
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb (250g) ground chicken
- 1/4 lb (113g) shrimp, chopped into small pieces
- 1 stalk scallion, cut into rings
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 dash fish sauce, optional
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 3 dashes ground white pepper
- 12 pieces wonton wrappers
- water, for sealing
- oil, for deep frying
Dipping Sauce:
- 3 tablespoons Thai sweet chili sauce
- 2 teaspoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon cilantro leaves, chopped
- 1 pinch white sesame seeds
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix the ground chicken, shrimp, scallion, and cornstarch until well combined. Add the salt, fish sauce, sesame oil, and white pepper, and stir to mix well. Set aside.
- Wrap the wontons using the wonton wrappers by placing a wrapper in your palm. Add 1/2 tablespoon of the filling in the center of the wrapper. Dip your index finger in some water and trace it along the outer edges of the wrapper.
- Fold and pinch the edges of the wonton wrapper to seal it tightly, ensuring there are no openings at the top and that the filling is securely enclosed.
- Heat some cooking oil in a wok or frying pan and deep-fry the wontons until golden brown. Serve hot with sweet chili sauce, or enjoy them plain.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This might be a stupid question, but I feel the need to ask. Is the chicken and shrimp in this recipe cooked or raw?
Raw.
If chicken and shrimp are raw will the meat be properly cooked when fried? Thanks
Yes, fried will cook everything.
I was going to ask the SAME thing – so it’s not stupid!!!
I really loved this dish. I will surely try this one out definitely. Thank you chef or author for wonderful dish.
Those little beauties look yummy! Are these wontons freezer friendly? Can I make a bunch and freeze to fry for later? Love your recipes. Thanks.
Hi Robin, thanks! Yes you can freeze them but you need to thaw them at room temperature before deep-frying. Also, dust them with a little flour so they don’t stick together when you freeze. :)
Thanks, I’m going to the store and get everything I need to fix them tonight.
Thanks Robin, I am sure your family will enjoy this chicken wonton recipe a lot! :)
Can I make the filling a few hours ahead of time and refrigerate or does the filling need to be room temperature?
Yes, you can make ahead.
I love all the recipes. Thanks Bee.
Thanks Liz. :)
Could you please tell me what kind of dipping sauce you have pictured next to the wontons? It look like it is a thinner consistency and not as thick as a sweet chili sauce? Is it homemade or store bought? Are there any other dipping sauces you recommend besides sweet chili sauce? Thank you. . .
It’s sweet chili sauce but diluted a bit. Let me add the recipe in the recipe section. :)
I want to thank you for posting such great recipes and the beautiful photos. I look forward to your posts. I just came across one of your recipes in a magazine :) at the Dr. office.
Hi PJ, thanks so much for your sweet comment. I am so glad you like my recipes. Which magazine was it? :)
Can SMALL salad shrimp be used instead of the large ones that need to be cut up?
Also, can I use “thin wontons” instead of regular thick ones?
Thanks,
Carol
Yes, you can use small shrimp and just roughly chopped up. Yes thin wonton wrapper will be the best. :)
Hi Bee, it looks delicious. However, would you mind writing a post showing step-by-step how to fold the wontons? They are so cute, but I’m a little lost as to how you folded and pinched the wonton wrappers till they look like cute little bags Thank you!
I am wondering the same thing. I always mess up that part, they don’t look as cute as the wontons in the pic. Hopefully she will reply. A bit unfair that there are replies to other qs and not this one :(
To wrap the wonton, as the method indicated, just put the filling in the middle, and then pull the other 4 sides of the wonton wrapper up towards the middle. Pinch and fold and make sure the wontons are closed and sealed tight. To get the look of the picture, just continue to pinch and “tighten” the top part.
I make. Them and they come out good may be putting too much filling in them
Just use lesser filling for your chicken wontons next time!
may I take ur picture.for my private note recepie?
For private use, yes.
I am definitely trying this over the weekend – Thanks :)
Hi Brian, awesome, chicken wontons are soooo good!