Appetizers may be miniature in size, but they can also be big in flavor. The cream cheese avocado wonton is a classic. The wonton itself is a pleasant bite, but the cilantro lime dipping sauce is where you get the big punch. Full of flavor and sure to please! Dipping that warm, crisp wonton into the dipping sauce and then shoving it into my mouth to get that acidic flavor of the sauce, the still crispy wonton, and the slightly melted creaminess of the cream cheese and avocado is just heavenly. This may seem like it makes a lot of wontons, but once you start eating them you’ll see it goes pretty quickly. They are that good!
Do I have to use avocado? Avocado is not required to make these cream cheese avocado wontons. You can simply leave them out and have plain cream cheese wontons instead. We still recommend whipping the cream cheese before using it as a filling. What other sauces go well with cream cheese wontons? Cream cheese wontons are often served with sweet and sour sauce. For a fun twist on sweet and sour sauce, try our cranberry sweet and sour dipping sauce. We’ve included a recipe for cilantro lime dipping sauce instead which has a savory soy sauce base with some zing from lime juice and vinegar. Tips for Frying Wontons Watch your oil temperature. Use an instant read thermometer for best results. Letting the oil overheat is dangerous so be careful to watch the temperature and check it again in between batches of frying. Put the oil in the bottom of a saucepan or pot with tall sides. This will let the oil pop and splash onto the sides of the pan, not on you or near any flames. Carefully lower your items to be fried into the oil. Never drop them because they will splash and you could end up with burns. With wontons, be sure to seal each one completely so that the filling cannot escape. Make sure there are no air pockets. If the filling escapes through a poor seal or when an air pocket bursts you’ll get an annoying splattery mess when the filling hits the oil.
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