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Crab Rangoon Dip

Crab Rangoon DipI cannot get enough Crab Rangoon. Also known as crab wontons, traditional crab rangoon is made by filling an egg roll wrapper with cream cheese, crab, and green onions, pinching to make a little fan and frying until golden and delicious.Traditional Crab Rangoon So if you adore crab rangoon as much as I do then you will go crazy for this crab rangoon dip, which requires no frying and takes just a few minutes to throw together. I’ve made it for dinner and office parties, girls’ nights, and potlucks and always gets rave reviews, even from those who claim they don’t care for crab.

Crab Rangoon Dip
*This recipe was adapted from a Pampered Chef recipe.
16 Servings

  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • dash of salt and pepper
  • 1 cup swiss cheese, shredded
  • 1 14 oz. jar sweet and sour sauce (I doubled the original amount listed cause I felt it needed more but if you prefer less sweet and sour sauce then feel free to adjust to suit your taste)
  • 8 ounces imitation crabmeat, roughly chopped
  • 1/4 cup green onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 bag of pita chips or preferred dipping chip

Directions: 

1. In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, minced garlic, and salt and pepper and blend until smooth. Add half of the crabmeat and swiss cheese and combine.

Bowl of cream cheese mixture

2. Spread mixture into the bottom of a 1-2 quart baking dish.

Spread cream cheese into a baking dish

Sprinkle remaining crab meat over cream cheese.

crab meat over cream cheese

Pour sweet and sour sauce over the top and microwave uncovered 4-6 minutes.

Sweet and sour over cream cheese

3. Remove from microwave and garnish with green onion. Serve with pita chips for dipping.

Crab Rangoon Dip

There couldn’t be an easier or tastier dip!