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Crabby Cream Cheese Wontons

"Wonton wrappers are filled with cream cheese, crab meat (I use imitation, but you can use either), garlic, and onions. You just have to heat them so the cheese is melted hot. Don't overcook. Serve with rice and sweet and sour sauce. Good as an appetizer, or meal."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream cheese and wonton wrapper work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 32 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

60 wontons
Prep30 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, soy, fish, shellfish, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. In a large bowl, beat the softened cream cheese until smooth. Finely chop the imitation crabmeat and add it to the bowl with the cream cheese.

  2. Add the soy sauce, sesame oil, minced garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and finely chopped green onions. Mix until evenly combined into a spreadable filling.

  3. Lightly beat the egg whites in a small bowl. Set the wonton wrappers out with the filling and a small bowl of water nearby.

  4. Place about 1 teaspoon of filling in the center of each wonton wrapper. Brush the edges with beaten egg white, fold into a triangle or purse shape, and press firmly to seal.

  5. Heat the oil in a deep pot to 350°F (175°C). Fry the wontons in small batches for 2 to 3 minutes, turning once, until golden and crisp.

  6. Lift the wontons out with a slotted spoon and drain them on paper towels. Serve hot.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cream cheese + wonton wrappertop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together32 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Sesame + wonton wrappertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Sesame + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Sesame + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,999 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, sauce, sesame, onion, wonton wrapper, egg):

  1. Garlicthe original
  2. Gingerabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Jalapenoabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, sauce, sesame, onion, wonton wrapper, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).