Trinidad-style fried shrimp wontons
Trini-style fried shrimp wontons are tasty fried comfort food that go so well with your favorite dipping sauce. They are super easy to make too!
Servings: 50 wontons
Ingredients
Shrimp filling
- 1½ cups cleaned, deveined small shrimp (half pound)
- lime juice if necessary
- 1½ tbsp green seasoning (with chadon beni, garlic, chive, pepper)
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp BBQ sauce
- 1 tbsp ketchup
- 2 dashes bitters
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Wontons
- 50 store-bought wonton wrappers
- water for folding
- oil for deep frying
Instructions
Filling
- Clean and devein the shrimp; rinse with lime juice if necessary.
- Mix green seasoning and shrimp together.
- Cover and refrigerate to marinate for an hour.
- Strain any excess water from the shrimp.
- Place a small pot on low heat.
- Add a tablespoon of oil.
- Add the shrimp and stir to prevent sticking.
- Cover and cook for 3 minutes.
- Remove the cover.
- Allow the liquid to boil off and the shrimp to become pink (less than five minutes).
- Add bitters, BBQ sauce and ketchup. Mix.
- Cook for another minute.
- Set aside to cool.
Wontons
- Place a large pot on medium heat.
- Add enough oil to the pot for deep frying.
- Leave to heat up (15 minutes).
- Place a single square wrapper into a bowl of water.
- Remove immediately, shake off the excess water.
- Add a teaspoon of the cooled filling to the center.
- Fold the wrapper along its diagonal.
- Press along the edges.
- Pull the bottom corners together, with one over the other.
- Squeeze the bottom corners together.
- Place on non-stick tray to dry out.
- Lift up after 5 minutes to prevent sticking.
- When the oil is very hot, place the dried out wontons.
- Turn after 10 – 20 seconds to ensure even brownness.
- When golden brown, remove from oil.
- Place on napkins to soak up oil.
- Serve hot.