Baked Crispy Butternut Squash Wontons
Despite what I post, I do make more than just desserts. Today, I decided to make wontons for dinner. Normally, they are fried in oil, but you can bake them and get them just as crispy. There are so many fillings you can put into wontons, savory or sweet. Since I had a butternut squash in the fridge, I made Crispy Butternut Wontons.
The recipe came with a spicy tomato sauce, but I used jarred spaghetti sauce. This recipe does take time because you have to bake the squash first. I find that boiling it in water for 5-10 minutes makes it a lot easier to cut in half before baking. Save the seeds so you can roast them later.
These Crispy Baked Butternut Squash Wontons make a great appetizer, or serve with a salad for dinner.
Baked Crispy Butternut Squash Wontons
Yield:
2 dozen
Crispy Butternut Squash Wontons
Ingredients
- 1 cup butternut squash puree
- 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
- 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated
- 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, fresly ground
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
- 1 teaspoon water
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 24 wonton wrappers
- Tomato sauce, for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F. Grease two cookie sheets with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine squash, ricotta, parmesan, breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
- In a small bowl, whisk together water and egg.
- Lay one wonton wrapper on a plate. Spoon about 2 tsp of squash mixture into the middle. Brush the edge of the dough with some of the egg mixture. Take one corner and fold it diagonally to form a triangle. Press down to seal and place onto a cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining wontons. Each cookie sheet will have 12 wontons.
- Brush the wontons with the remaining egg mixture for an egg wash. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden and crisp. Serve with tomato sauce.
Source: Recipe Zaar
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I usually boil mine because I'm too lazy to fry. Baking is kinda cool, but again.. to much work.. haha. I've only ever eaten them with meat, but cheese and squash sounds delicious! The only gross part about boiling is to not over cook them or else the skins get gross and mushy.
Carla!! School starts tmr.. :(
Those look really good! I have wonton wrappers in my fridge right now, I wish I had some squash! I didn't know you could bake them, much healthier. I'm going to try mine baked next time.
I love butternut squash. Those look delicious!
Those look and sound really good!
These sound great, I am always looking for new ways to make butternut squash.
I just made these, thanks for the recipe! I did have more success folding all 4 corners in like a wonton, the triangle shape left me with a couple burnt corners. Freshly ground nutmeg really stood out for me, flavorwise.
Glad you enjoyed them! I havent made these in a long time, and now you’re making me want them again :)