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This homemade Crab Rangoon Pizza has all of the characteristics of the Chinese takeout classic but in pizza form. With a creamy sauce, plenty of crab meat, crispy wonton strips and a sweet & spicy sauce, it’s truly a crab rangoon lover’s dream!
Before moving to the farm, we lived in the Des Moines metro. “Fongs” is a super popular pizza restaurant there, known for their incredible crab rangoon pizza – so much so that it’s even been featured on the Food Network several times!
Now that we’re away from the city, I still crave a slice of their pizza from time to time. When I whipped up my own crab rangoon pizza recipe, I was SO excited to finally cure that craving!! So much flavor, texture and deliciousness in each and every slice!
Who Invented Crab Rangoon Pizza?
Though it’s unclear who created this delicious pizza flavor, it’s said that crab Rangoons were actually invented here in the United States (New York specifically) by Victor Bergeron in the 1950’s.
Ingredients Needed
- Wonton Wrappers – You can find these in most grocery stores in the refrigerated section. I tend to see them near the produce.
- Oil – This will be used to fry the wonton strips.
- Cream Cheese – Regular cream cheese or the 1/3 less fat cream cheese will work great. Be sure to bring the cream cheese to room temperature before mixing.
- Soy Sauce – You can replace this with Worcestershire sauce if you prefer.
- Garlic – You can use garlic powder or fresh minced garlic.
- Pizza Dough – I like the tubes of refrigerated pizza crust dough, but you could also use your own dough, frozen pizza dough (thawed and proofed as stated on the instructions) or a pre-made pizza crust.
- Crab Meat – I use imitation crab meat, but you can use real crab meat if you prefer.
- Mozzarella Cheese – I prefer the shred my own cheese, but pre-shredded will work great too! You can opt to use half mozzarella and half provolone cheese.
- Sweet Chili Sauce – This sauce does have a little bit of heat! If you want to skip the heat, you can use sweet and sour sauce instead.
- Green Onions – There’s something about the freshness of a green onion that really brings this pizza to the next level!
How to Make Crab Rangoon Pizza
Start by preparing the crispy wonton strips. Cut the wonton wrappers into about 10 strips each.
Then, you can cook them by deep frying them OR tossing them in an air fryer until they’re bubbly and golden brown.
Next, mix up the cream cheese, soy sauce and garlic powder. This will be the sauce for the pizza.
Unroll the pizza crust dough onto a greased pan and spread the cream cheese mixture over the dough.
Break the crab meat into smaller pieces and sprinkle it over the pizza. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on top.
Bake the pizza until the cheese melts and the crust is golden brown.
Drizzle with the sweet chili sauce and sprinkle with sliced green onions and the crispy wontons. Serve with parmesan cheese, if desired.
How to Store Leftover Pizza
Let the leftover pizza cool then place it in an airtight container. Refrigerate for up to 5 days. This pizza is truly best fresh (as the wontons will lose their crunchy texture over time), but still good leftover!
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Crab Rangoon Pizza
Equipment
- One pizza pan or baking sheet
Ingredients
- oil for frying (can opt to air fry*)
- 6 wonton wrappers
- 6 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- One 13.8 ounce tube refrigerated pizza crust
- 4 ounces crab meat real or imitation
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup sweet chili sauce
- 2 tablespoons sliced green onions
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉ and grease a baking sheet or pizza pan; set aside.
- Heat about 1 inch of vegetable oil in a small saucepan to about 350℉.oil
- Cut each of the wonton wrappers into 1/2 inch wide strips.6 wonton wrappers
- Fry a few wonton strips until a light golden brown and use a slotted spoon to transfer them onto a paper towel-lined plate. Repeat until the wonton strips are all fried; set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix together the cream cheese, soy sauce and garlic powder.6 ounces cream cheese, 1 teaspoon soy sauce, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- Unroll the tube of pizza crust onto the baking sheet and press it into a 14-inch circle.One 13.8 ounce tube refrigerated pizza crust
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the crust.
- Sprinkle with crab meat and the mozzarella cheese.4 ounces crab meat, 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- Bake for 14-17 minutes, or unit the cheese is all melted and the crust is golden brown.
- Top with sweet chili sauce, fried wonton strips and sliced green onions.1/4 cup sweet chili sauce, 2 tablespoons sliced green onions
Loved this! I used flatbread for the crust and we really enjoyed a new twist on pizza, especially since we all love crab rangoon so much. Only thing I didn’t do was fry wontons – I cheated and bought a bag.
So yummy and easy!!