Crab Rangoon Spring Rolls
Crab Rangoon Spring Rolls
Crab Rangoon is not Chinese in origin, it as American. This recipe uses imitation crab which is left whole, not chopped, and simply rolled in spring roll wrappers. The dipping sauce in combination with the fried spring rolls = Crab Rangoon Spring Rolls. Feel free to use dipping sauces of your choice and simply call these Crab Stick Spring Rolls.
Ingredients
For the Dipping Sauce
- 250 grams Cream cheese, 1 package, room temperature, (8 oz)
- 1-2 tablespoons mayo, and as needed
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha Chili Garlic sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 spring onion, finely sliced, white and green parts
For the Spring Rolls
- 500 grams imitation crab, (1 lb)
- 1 package spring roll wrappers, thawed, you will have leftovers from this
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- lard, or cooking oil, for frying
Instructions
For the Dipping Sauce
- Add the cream cheese to a bowl and mash with a sturdy fork, add the Sriracha, spring onion, mayo, and soy sauce.
- Mash with the fork, adding more mayo as needed to achieve the consistency you want. Set this aside.
For the Spring Rolls
- The only prep work is unwrapping each crab stick. Unwrap the sticks from the entire package. I ended up with 38 sticks (a cat stole 1 and there was one left over, quick snack for me). You will use all the sticks, you won't use all the wrappers. Place the sticks in a bowl, and in a small bowl, mix together the water and cornstarch to make a slurry.
- Two people is very handy to do this step, one to pull the the pastry apart and the other rolling the spring rolls. Spring roll wrappers are very thin pastry, and if doing this by yourself, place a damp towel on the unused sheets while you roll, if they start to dry, they will be hard to pull apart and will tear. This will actually go by rather quickly now.Note: Spring roll wrappers come in two sizes, 8½ x 8½ inches and 5½ x 5½ inches. If using the larger sheets, which is show here, use 3 crab sticks, if using the smaller size use 2 crab sticks.
- Open the package of spring roll sheets. Carefully pull off one sheet and place smooth side down on a clean counter with one corner of the sheet facing you. Use two fingers and dip into the slurry then rub your fingers the two sides of the pastry that are farthest from you. Place 3 crab sticks near the corner nearest you.
- Fold the corner of the pastry onto the crab sticks.
- Tightly roll the sticks up to just before you get to the widest part of the pastry.
- Now fold the the left and right corners towards the middle.
- Continue to roll, place on a plate. Repeat for as crab sticks you have. I made 12.
- Heat a large pan with about 1/2 inch of lard or cooking oil.
- When hot but not smoking, fry the spring rolls for about 1-2 minutes on each side or until golden brown (shallow deep fry). Remove to paper towels to drain, continue frying, working in batches until all the spring rolls are fried. Repackage the unused spring roll wrappers and return to the freezer.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
Tesco brand crab sticks, which taste perfectly acceptable, will cost about 95 Baht for 500 grams. Cream cheese will cost about 120 Baht (Caroline brand). I made 12 spring rolls, figure 2 spring rolls per serving as a snack or appetizer, or 6 servings. This is about $1.08 per serving.
The Real Person!
The Real Person!
I have made these now many times, actually a go to spring roll when I am cooking for the family, instead of making the sauce as stated, just dip in sweet and sour chili sauce, problem solved. The family loves these.
The Real Person!
The Real Person!
I made these on 24 Oct 2018, nothing short of outstanding, very well liked by the Thai family. This will be a regular now.