These buffalo chicken fried ravioli were supposed to be buffalo chicken wontons, but apparently if you go looking for wonton wrappers the day before Super Bowl Sunday, even if you go to three different stores, you might not find any. For some reason, even though every store was out of wonton wrappers, they all seemed to have egg roll wraps, so I decided to improvise, having already bought everything else I needed to make some sort of buffalo chicken appetizer.
I cut two large circles out of each egg roll wrap and topped half of the circles with my buffalo chicken filling. Then I pressed and sealed the remaining wrappers on top to form ravioli. I quickly fried the ravioli in hot oil on each side and then served them with celery sticks and blue cheese dip. The ravioli were crispy on the outside and filled with spicy chicken and gooey, melty cheese. We enjoyed them while watching the game, but they'd be a hit at any party!
Buffalo Chicken Fried Ravioli (adapted from my Buffalo Chicken Stromboli recipe)
Makes about 24 ravioli (I only made 12 but there's enough filling for more.)
Ingredients
24 egg roll wraps
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed and cut in 1-inch strips
1/4 cup Frank's RedHot Sauce, plus extra to taste
1 cup mixture of shredded cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese
Canola oil, for frying
Blue cheese dip (optional)
Celery sticks (optional)
Preparation
Using 3-inch biscuit cutter, cut 2 circles out of each egg roll wrapper. Place circles in plastic baggie or wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use.
Melt butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in chicken and hot sauce. Reduce heat and simmer for 6 to 8 minutes, turning chicken occasionally, until chicken is cooked through.
Shred chicken and toss with sauce. Add extra hot sauce, if desired. (I stirred in an extra 2 tablespoons.)
Drain chicken of excess liquid and transfer to bowl. Stir in cheese.
Clean skillet, fill with thin layer of canola oil, and heat over medium heat until hot and shimmering. (If oil starts smoking, lower heat.)
Meanwhile, fill a small bowl with water and lay egg roll wrapper circles out on cutting board (work in batches).
Top half of the circles with a spoonful of buffalo chicken mixture. Dip your finger in the water and trace the outline of the circles and press a filled wrapper and an empty wrapper together, making sure to seal edges.
Repeat with remaining circles and remaining buffalo chicken mixture.
Line a large plate with paper towels. Fry the ravioli, 4 at a time, for about 1 minute on each side, or until golden brown.
Transfer to paper towels. (Adjust temperature and add extra oil as necessary while frying batches of ravioli.)
Serve hot with blue cheese dip and celery sticks, if desired.
What did you make for the Super Bowl?
15 comments:
Wow, these look amazing! I love how crispy the outside looks. And that filling inside is delicious, no doubt!!
These fried ravioli are making my mouth water! I actually have egg roll wrappers in my fridge and haven't decided what to make yet, this is going into the short list!
I made your Stromboli recipe last super bowl and it was amazing, so I can only imagine how good these are!
These look SO good! We didn't watch the Superbowl but had a nice polenta Sunday dinner!
What a great idea! We didn't make anything this year, just got some staples at the store and ordered pizza.
These look so innovative! We made cheddar jalapeno cornbread and vegetarian chili.
I wouldn't doubt that you would have some great Superbowl eats! We had to miss the game this year, sadly... but made some chili last night!
These sound amazing! I love buffalo-anything. We were going to make pizza for the game, but then got lazy and went out instead.
They look delicious! Is there a change to substitute that Frank's RedHot sauce?
We don't have here as many other things unfortunately! :(
those look delicious! for a superbowl party or anytime ;)
Do you have any buffalo sauce there? If not, I've tried Googling homemade buffalo sauce and have come across a few recipes. I'm not sure they'd be quite the same, but it would be close. Basically hot sauce and butter and a couple other things.
I can only wonder what buffalo chicken dish you'll come up with next year! (I'll admit to not being interested in the superbowl this year for obvious reasons.)
No buffalo sauce at all..... :( if you have some good buffalo sauce recipes and are not here in your blog, could you send me one, please?
I'm thinking these would be the hit at any party!
I pulled up this recipe on my computer today, and my fiancee noticed said "THOSE LOOK SOOOO AMAZINGGGGG", so I think I'll need to give them a try :) Can't go wrong with buffalo chicken anything!
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