How To Make Crab Wontons - Best Recipe | Charleston Magazine

Ingredients

• 2 qts. + 1 Tbs. vegetable oil, divided
• 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
• 1/2 cup small dice onion
• 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/8 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• 8 oz. lump or claw blue crab meat, gently picked carefully for shell
• 12 square wonton wrappers
• 1 cup canned pineapple juice
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/3 cup rice vinegar or substitute apple cider vinegar
• 3 Tbs. tomato paste
• 2 Tbs. soy sauce or tamari (optional)
• Cornstarch slurry (1 1/2 Tbs. cornstarch dissolved in 2 Tbs. cold water)