Chicken Wontons (Crispy and Delicious Recipe) - Rasa Malaysia (2025)

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Published Apr 06, 2019

Updated Sep 03, 2024

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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.

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Table of Contents

  • Crispy Chicken Wontons
  • What Can You Fill Wontons With
  • What Do You Eat Wontons With
  • Ingredients
  • How To Make Chicken Wontons
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • What To Serve With This Recipe
  • Other Recipes You Might Like
  • Chicken Wontons Recipe

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, steamedshrimpwonton, Sichuan spicy red oil wonton, or fried wonton.

What Can You Fill Wontons With

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There are endless possibilities with the filling—ground pork (most common), chicken, turkey, vegetables, shrimp, seafood, orcombinations.

These chicken wontonsare 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

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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

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  • 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 havegreat 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 isgoing to love these chicken wontons so much.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

How many calories per serving?

This recipe is only 155 calories per serving.

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What To Serve With This Recipe

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Serve these wontons with Chinese dishes (such as shrimp and broccoli). For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.

Pan-Fried Dumplings

Steamed Chicken Buns

Kaya Steamed Buns (Kaya Bao)

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Other Recipes You Might Like

  • Wonton Soup
  • Fried Shrimp Wontons
  • Chicken Dumplings
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4.55 from 71 votes

Chicken Wontons

By: Bee Yinn Low

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.

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

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 corn starch
  • 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 chopped cilantro leaves
  • 1 pinch white sesame seeds

Instructions

  • 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.

  • 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..

  • 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.

  • 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.

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Nutrition

Serving: 4people, Calories: 155kcal, Carbohydrates: 9g, Protein: 16g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 120mg, Sodium: 565mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 6g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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