A closeup of crab rangoons beside a bowl of sweet chili.
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Crab Rangoon Will Instantly Upgrade Your Grilled Cheese Sandwich
By Michael Serrur
A grilled cheese sandwich on a wooden board.
For those who will settle for nothing less than a truly unique and explosive grilled cheese sandwich, then a crab rangoon-inspired grilled cheese is what you need.
Crab rangoons and a bowl of sweet chili on a wooden platter.
A crab rangoon is a wonton wrapper stuffed with a mixture of cream cheese, scallions, and surimi — also known as imitation crab meat — and then fried until crispy.
Ingredients for crab rangoon on a counter.
For this recipe, you simply have to dice your imitation crab meat finely and add a heaping scoop of cream cheese along with some scallion slices.
A closeup of crab rangoon filling in a bowl.
You can zhuzh up the mixture with a dash of soy sauce, sesame oil, or mirin. Spoon the filling onto one piece of bread and slather the other slice with sweet chili sauce.
A closeup of grilled cheese slices.
The sweet chili sauce will add some sweet relief to the rich filling. Finally, throw the sandwich into a hot skillet and cook until the outside is properly crisped.