Type | Dumpling |
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Course | Appetizer |
Place of origin | United States |
Main ingredients | Wonton wrapper, cream cheese, crab meat or imitation crab meat, scallions, garlic |
Crab Rangoon | |||||||||||
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Chinese | 蟹角 | ||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | xiè jiǎo | ||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | háaih gok | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Crab horn | ||||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 炸蟹角 | ||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | zhǎ xiè jiǎo | ||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | ja háaih gok | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Fried crab horn | ||||||||||
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Second alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 蟹仰光 | ||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | xiè yǎng guāng | ||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | háaih yéuhng gwōng | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Crab Rangoon | ||||||||||
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Crab Rangoon, sometimes called crab puffs,[1] crab rangoon puffs, cheese wontons, or cream cheese rangoons,[2] are filled crisp dumpling appetizers[3] served primarily in American Chinese restaurants.[1][2]
Parkinson 2003 p. 36
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