It's been a fairly stressful week at work so I think that Steph and myself were in need of a treat. So after kicking around some ideas with my pal Al at work when I realized that I had some leftover wanton wrappers…that could only mean one thing…CRAB RANGOONS!

When looking at the different recipes online, I had to go find one from the Trader. If you don't know anything about Trader Vic, he's the guy that pretty much brought chinese food to mainstream America. I'm not saying he's the first person…but anyone that invented the Mai Tai is ok in my book for telling me how to create a crab rangoon. This was far easier than the potstickers from the other day…essentially after chopping up the crab…it was throw in a dish to mix!

A half hour later I extracted the mix from the chill chest and began assembling my rangoons. This time around, I put the mixture on, 6 at a time instead of just one. I used a teaspoon full of filling instead of a tablespoon…man it made life easier filling those little SOB's

It was about this time, that I realized that some troll had swapped out canola oil with vegetable oil at the grocery store and I had mistakenly taken that instead of the desired canola. So, I put a bit of oil down in the cast iron dutch oven…not enough for deep fry emersion, but enough to fry. The first few were a bit over done…not burned or anything…just a bit over done. I used a drying rack/cookie sheet combo to dry them so they'd remain crisp….I'd never fried anything like this before and I didn't want them to get soggy.

Steph came home from work and was a bit wary of the smell of fried cookin'. However once she tried the rangoons she was pleased as puched to have some pretty yummy tasting snacks.

Lessons Learned: I felt that I rushed the process as Steph called giving me a half hour to assemble and cooked the rangoons. This was all my fault, as I should've started a bit earlier…thus I was assembling rangoons while cooking at the same time, but they cook super fast! lol In addition, I found that for this cream cheese based recipe, a 'real' teaspoon worked better than a measuring teaspoon as it was very sticky stuff.

Finished!!