Gluten Free Crab Rangoon
Gluten Free Chinese Food Takeout Fakeout
Hi Friends,
I’m not sure how many times I’ve gotten a request for this recipe - hundreds? More? I know there are crab rangoon dips out there, that you can enjoy with gluten free crackers, but it seems a lot of us just hope for a toasty pocket of creamy slightly crabby joy and the dip doesn’t always scratch that itch, so now you can make crab rangoon in your own home kitchen!
The simple dough is really a slightly looser gluten free pasta dough that can be rolled thin around your fillings. You can use this same dough for gluten free eggrolls, wontons, shui mai, or other dumplings - even pierogi! The thinner you roll the dough, the more delicate and beautiful the rangoon or dumpling is - but the thinner you roll the dough the more likely it is to burst when frying, so about 2mm seems to be a good balance of strength and delicacy - once you’ve practiced a few times you might dare to go a little thinner - take it slow!
I’ve used gluten free artificial krab in this recipe - surimi. Make sure yours is clearly marked gluten free as some brands contain wheat. You can also use real crab in this recipe, either canned or fresh.
I fried these in my big dutch oven, as I don’t own a deep fryer, but that would work too. Make sure you use a thermometer to ensure the oil is around 350F and fry in batches so that the oil doesn’t cool off, resulting in oily rangoon. I LOVE my spider for lowering the rangoon into the oil and fishing them out - it just seems so much easier than slotted spoons, but it just might be my spoons!!
I paired this Chinese American Restaurant classic with sweet chili sauce just like I used to when I was a kid! I found one that said GLUTEN FREE big as life on the cover and I didn’t even have to make my own dipping sauce. In classes I’ve also served this with Raspberry Chili Jam and it was a shockingly glorious pairing.
What will you eat with your crab rangoon?
Happy Baking,
Rachel
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