These better than Chinese take out Cream Cheese Wontons are filled with cream cheese, chicken, Pepper Jack and a perfect blend of spices. These bite size crispy treats are a little more economical than crab rangoon and a cinch to make.
Are you planning a party? We aslo love to serve these Sweet Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites and Quick and Creamy Crab Stuffed Mushrooms.
Well the entertaining season is upon us and there are so many things to get done at one time. No worries!! With easy delicious recipes like this you can get it all done. As a matter of fact these Pepper Jack Chicken Cream Cheese Wontons are so simple your tween could help you with them. You can prepare the filling ahead of time and with a simple 30 second lesson your tween or teen would be an expert wonton stuffer. Then you can keep multitasking all the while congratulating them on hitting yet another accomplishment in their life.
You don’t even have to break out the deep fryer. These Pepper Jack Chicken Cream Cheese Wontons are petite enough that about one inch of oil in a heavy stockpot will suffice. You will need to devote your complete attention when frying them so they don’t burn because they fry up golden brown in less than a minute. You can serve them with Asian Dipping Sauce, sweet and sour sauce, thai sweet chili sauce, or spicy mustard.
Recipe tips
- If you don’t have a food process simply mix the cream cheese mixture in a medium bowl with a wooden spoon. Be sure to soften the cream cheese first.
- To fry in an air fryer simply spray the assembled wontons with cooking spray or olive oil and air fry in a single layer with space between them for 6-8 minutes at 375 degrees.
- To bake in the oven simply spray the assembled wontons with cooking spray or olive oil. Place on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and bake at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes.
- For a change of pace substitute cooked crab meat or imitation crab for the cooked chicken.
- For a little kick add 1 teaspoon sriracha or hot sauce to the chicken mixture.
How do you make Cream Cheese Wontons with Chicken and Pepper Jack?
In a large food processor add the cream cheese, Pepper Jack, garlic powder, onion powder, green onions and cooked chicken. Pulse just a few times until it combines. Then place one heaping teaspoon in the center of the wonton wrapper and pull up the sides and pinch to seal. Lightly moisten your fingers with cold water and pinch again. Press down gently on a plate to get their bottoms flat so they will stand up properly. Keep the extra wontons skins covered with a lightly moistened paper towel while you work. Repeat until all of the wontons are full. Cover filled wontons with lightly moistened paper towels while you are working and while heating the oil.
Heat about one inch of vegetable oil to 375 degrees in a Dutch oven or heavy skillet. A cast iron skillet works as well. Working in small batches fry the wontons for about one minute or until golden brown. Use tongs to brown on both sides if they fall over. Drain on paper towels. In a small bowl mix soy sauce, water, mirin and sesame oil. Serve warm wontons with sauce.
How to fold these in triangles
Hold the wrapper in one hand with one of the points towards you, dip your index finger of your free hand in cool water. Now moisten the edge of the half of the wrapper that is furthest from you.
Now place a rounded teaspoonful of the cream cheese mixture in the middle of the wrapper. Fold the wonton over and gently seal one end to the other creating a triangle. Next tightly press the wrapper together to close squeezing out any air bubbles. If desired bring the opposite corners together and press.
Can these be made ahead of time?
For best result prep them and flash freeze them. Put them on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper in a single layer not touching. Once they are frozen, you can safely put them into a freezer zip-lock bag and they will not stick together. Don’t forget to line the cookie sheet, or the they will stick to the metal pan. This can be a done from a day to a few weeks in advance. Drop them into the oil frozen.
What are wontons and where can I purchase them?
Wonton skins are small square sheets of dough made from flour egg and water. Egg roll skins and potstickers skins are made out of the same dough. However egg roll skins are larger and potsticker skins are almost the same size as wontons skins except they are round.
Both wontons skins and egg roll skins can be purchased at most grocery stores including some Walmarts. Potstickers skins are more difficult to find. For this recipe you are in search of wonton skins.
Put these easy Cream Cheese Wontons with Chicken and Pepper Jack on your to try list. They are perfect for movie night, game day, neighborhood parties and holidays. Don’t fret my friends entertaining can be done in a jiffy and you will be so glad that you got to see your friends and family!!
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Pepper Jack Chicken Cream Cheese Wontons
These bite size crispy Pepper Jack Chicken Cream Cheese Wontons are a fabulous party appetizer and are so simple that even your tween can help.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 5
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 36 wontons 1x
- Category: appetizer
- Method: stove top
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese (1 box)
- 1 1/2 cups Pepper Jack cheese grated
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 4 green onions sliced
- 1 cup finely diced COOKED chicken
- 1 package wonton wrappers (12 ounce)
- vegetable oil or canola oil for frying
- 3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
Instructions
- In large food processor add cream cheese, Pepper Jack, garlic powder, onion powder, green onions and cooked chicken. Pulse just a few times; just enough to combine.
- Place heaping teaspoon in the center of each wonton and pull up sides and pinch. Lightly moisten fingers with cold water and pinch again. Press down gently on plate to get their bottoms flat (so they will stand up). Keep extra wontons skins covered with lightly moistened paper towel while you work. Repeat until all wontons are full. Cover filled wontons with lightly moistened paper towel while you are working and heating the oil.
- Heat about 1 inch of vegetable oil to 350 – 375 degrees in a heavy skillet. Working in small batches fry until golden brown; less than 1 minute. Use tongs to brown on both sides if they fall over. Drain on paper towels.
- In small bowl mix soy sauce, water, mirin and sesame oil. Serve warm wontons with sauce.
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This post was originally published Dec 8, 2016 and was republished March 27, 2019 with new content and photos.
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Joy
Do they have to be served immediately or can they be warm in the oven?
Beth Pierce
Do you have an air fryer? They warm up great in just a couple minutes in the air fryer.
Joy
i don’t have an air frier.
Beth Pierce
You can keep them warm in the oven set at 250 degrees. Ideally they would be in a single layer on a wire rack over a baking dish to stay crisp and warm. Make sure the wire rack is oven safe.
Farah
Can I make this ahead of time? and fry them when I’m ready
Beth Pierce
Yes. But I think I would flash freeze them so they do not become soggy. Then I would fry from frozen.
Sam
Can these be air fried?
Beth Pierce
Yews but I am unsure of the cooking time. I would spritz or brush with vegetable oil first.
Jane
My cousin shared this recipe on Facebook, so just had to make them. We used two cans of tiny, deveined shrimp (found near tuna at grocery). Also rubbed egg white around all 4 edges before filling and sealing. Shredded one 8 oz block of pepper jack cheese which seemed to be enough. Brushed with oil all around and placed on oil sprayed air fryer tray for convection oven with air fry baking. Baked at 375, pre-heated, until done – just under/about 10 minutes. They were delicious!!
Beth Pierce
Awesome! Thanks for the tips Jane. They do sound delicious!
Heidi
Will they stay crispy warming in a Nesco after fried for a couple of hours? I’d like to serve them at an event in which I would have to make them at least 4 hours ahead of time. Thanks!
Beth Pierce
I am not familiar with a Nesco enough to answer this! Maybe one of the readers will know the answer!
Kristi
Can these be baked instead of fried?
Beth Pierce
Yes you can but they are not going to get as crunchy. Do you have an air fryer? They get them crispier than the oven.
Susie Meiers
Any idea how long and at what temp for an air fryer?
Beth Pierce
Make sure they are well sealed with water when you fold them. I would first lightly brush with a little bit of vegetable or canola oil. In an air-fryer at 390 degrees, single layer with a little bit of space between them. 8 minutes, then turn and 4 more minutes. I would put the first 1 in by itself and run it as a test run just in case you need to increase or decrease those times by a minute.
Christina
I made the recipe tonight and it was a big hit …..everyone loved it thank you for sharing the recipe. ???
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Beth Pierce
Thanks so much Christina! So glad that you and your family liked them!
Toni
Do you happen to have nutritional information? They sound amazing.
Beth Pierce
The nutritional information on this recipe is out there.
Wilhelmina
These are so easy and yummy! This is one to keep in the recipe box!
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Cheryl S
These will be a big hit at Bunco!! Thanks
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Julia
I just wish I had a plate of those crispy wontons in front of me right now but they disappear quickly, don’t they?!
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Ashley F
Cream cheese wontons are my favorite! I am dying over how good these were with the pepper jack cheese! Yum!
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Trang
Yummy! I love cheese wontons!
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Kristy
Also another one of my favorites for this is rotessarie chicken, cream cheese and buffalo sauce. I put them in air fryer. Or use blue cheese crumbles instead of cream cheese.
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Beth Pierce
Fantastic ideas! Thanks for sharing them!
Beverly
Great imaginative appetizer . Can’t wait to try your recipe ?
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Beth Pierce
Thanks so much Beverly!
Jessica May
Oh we live wontons and all Asian food! This is perfect for the whole family, thanks!
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Irina
We love cheese filled wontons. They are so good. Ive been wanting to make these for so long. Yummy
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Indu
Wonderful recipe to cook creamy wontons. Great for weekend treat or could be on any special occasion.
Kalyan Panja
These wontons looks fabulous. Nice reading on how to prepare them so easily with little effort.
Lisa
Is it a good sign that I’m drooling right now?! I love crispy wontons but have never had it with cream cheese. A really cool recipe idea.
Glaemour
Wow, I have never tried this recipe looks really delicious and easy. I will try to make this for my kids, thanks for sharing!
Beth Pierce
My pleasure! I hope you enjoy them!!
Alexandra Cook
My kids would absolutely love these. This would disappear in no time at our house! This is my kind of weekend treat.
Sara Welch
These sound like little bites of wonderful! I have only had wontons with crab; I bet the chicken with the cream cheese is delicious!
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brianna watson
I’ve never tried a wonton but i hear so many great things about them. Your pictures looks so great!
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Heather
Oh yum! These sounds REALLY delicious. I’ll have to try them.
Claire Lee
That sounds so delicious!! I love cream cheese wontons yummmm! Thank you for the recipe!
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Wander women abroad
This looks so yummy. I am definitely going to be making this one asap
Mercy
These look delicious, thanks for the recipe, it would be good to try something new for a change
Beth Pierce
Awesome! I hope that you like them!
kumamonjeng
I love wontan so much and we usually eat them in the soup and not deep fried. But I love to try out once to have a change. Your recipe is brilliant as it has included cheese.
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Yeah Lifestyle
These wontons look ever so delicious! What a great idea for an appetizer at a party!
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Raluca
These look delicious, and seem like a perfect recipe for a buffet, for lunch or for picnics! Thanks for sharing this recipe with us 😉
Cristina Petrini
A truly original and tasty way to present the cream cheese. Yummy!
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Karly
These look so delicious! I’m sure it hard not to eat them all!
Tara
SO good — thanks for finally helping me find a substitute for crab rangoon!
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Karly
These were such a fun twist on a classic appetizer and I am obsessed! I loved that there was zero crab involved in these tasty morsels!
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Carol
How many does this make?
Thanks for this recipe, sounds delicious.
Beth Pierce
You are most welcome! About 36 wontons.
Chad
Where do you find wonton wrappers? I can not find them anywhere.
Beth Pierce
All my local grocery stores have them. I have also purchased them at Walmart. They will be in the refrigerated produce section.
Sue
At my Walmart they are by the lettuce
Janet Dowell
Do you think the canned chicken breast would work well?
Beth Pierce
Some are better than others. Costco sells a canned chicken breast that tastes pretty darn good and is real chicken breast.
Vanessa
Thanks for sharing! How far ahead of time can I make them?
Beth Pierce
You can make them and flash freeze them. Put them on parchment covered cookie sheets in a single layer not touching. Once they are frozen, you can safely put them into a freezer zip-lock bag and they will not stick together. Don’t forget to line the cookie sheet, or the they will stick to the metal pan. This can be a done from a day to a few weeks in advance. Drop into the oil frozen.
Fran
How much longer do they take to cook if dropped in frozen from making them ahead?
Beth Pierce
Believe it or not it is about the same amount of time…might be 20 seconds longer.
Susie
I am not much on frying foods. Do you know if they would work by cooking them in the oven?
Beth Pierce
I have never tried with these but have done with other similar recipes. I would spray with a little nonstick vegetable cooking spray and bake at 400 for maybe 7 minutes. Do one as a test run.
Vanessa
Can you make without a food processor
Beth Pierce
Yes you can. Just cut your cooked chicken real fine and beat with mixer or well with spoon.
Mae-Ling
Very nice page?
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much!!
Bobbi
I’m thinking these would be AMAZING with chopped cooked shrimp & some crumbled bacon in place of the chicken! Kind of like cheese & jalapeno stuffed shrimp brochettes.
Beth Pierce
Yes that would be delicious. Have fun with it!!
leigh
What is marin? I have never heard of it.
Beth Pierce
Mirin is sweetened sake sometimes it is available in the Asian section of your grocery store. You can substitute 3 parts sherry to one part sugar.
Jess
Do you think these would work well in the air fryer?
Beth Pierce
You know I am not very familiar with an air fryer so I am not sure. However I do hear from my readers that a lot of my fried recipes work great in air fryers especially those containing cream cheese. Please let me know if you try and how it works out and I will get the word out.
Eri
I can say they do not work well in the airfryer. I have never had any luck anyway. They spew open and the cheese gets everywhere except for in the wonton. I adjusted time and heat pinching techniques and unless I’m missing something major it never ended up salvageable.
Beth Pierce
Thanks for the heads up Eri! Always good to know these kinds of things.
Jane
Do you have a recipe for the sauce?
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Beth Pierce
It is right there in the recipe. The last four ingredients…DELICIOUS!
Teresa Shere
W
e made these with just the cream cheese and pineapple n them. M husband loves pineapple so he really went for them. I have to try these now!!
Beth Pierce
That does sound delicious! I love pineapple too so this is a must try!
Christine
We belong to an RV group and I know these will disappear on appetizer night.
Beth Pierce
Awesome. Thanks so much! Enjoy!!