These are just like the Wonton Taco’s from Applebee’s appetizer menu. These tacos consist of stir-fried chicken, coleslaw, red onion, green onion, and cilantro. The best part about these tacos is the chicken. The chicken is marinated and stir fried in a teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, stir fry sauce, and sesame dressing mixture. This combination goes together extremely well. The coleslaw is tossed with additional sesame dressing. The hardest part about this recipe is frying the wonton wrappers. It can be a little tricky and it is something you will want to do last. If you don’t want to mess around with the wontons the chicken goes great over rice. This makes a great appetizer. Enjoy.
Wonton Tacos Recipe
- Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
Scale
- 1lb boneless skinless chicken breasts (sliced into small chunks)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons stir fry sauce
- 8 tablespoons Asian toasted sesame dressing
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce
- 1 cup coleslaw mix
- 2 tablespoons Asian toasted sesame dressing
- 10 wonton wrappers
- oil (for frying)
- 4 tablespoons green onions (sliced)
- 4 tablespoons cilantro (chopped)
- 4 tablespoons red onion (diced)
Instructions
- In a bowl or sealable plastic bag. Combine stir fry sauce, Asian toasted sesame dressing, soy sauce, and teriyaki sauce. Add chicken and mix well with the sauce. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
In a medium bowl toss coleslaw mix with 2 tablespoons of Asian sesame dressing. Set aside. - Heat olive oil in a wok over high heat. Add chicken with the marinade and stir fry until the chicken is fully cooked. Remove from the wok and transfer to a bowl. Add about 1/2 inch of oil to the wok over medium-high. Fold the wonton wrappers into a triangle formation but do not seal. Place into the hot oil and fry until golden brown on one side. Turn once and fry until golden brown on the other side. Drain on paper towels.
- To make tacos- place a small amount of the chicken mixture into the bottom of the fried wonton. Top with coleslaw mixture, green onion, cilantro, and red onion
Nicole
Wednesday 17th of June 2015
This is a great recipe! After having them at Applebee's years ago I searched and tried a couple different recipes and came back to this one. I reduce the soy sauce as we found it to salty (1/2 t). We bake our wonton wrappers in the oven at 325f for 10 min. We lightly coat both sides and then rest on a pie dish in order to make the taco shape. works perfectly.
Sharon
Sunday 4th of January 2015
I saw that they put the wonton wraps over the sides of a baking pan that was sprayed with cooking spray so they don't stick. Bake for 3 minutes at 400 degrees. They will still be soft so you can fill them. Spray with more cooking spray before baking again. Bake for 5 more minutes. Saw this on a video on gregorymaneuso.com
Annette
Wednesday 22nd of October 2014
sorry, didn't read all the posts, Not enough time. Didnt know if someone else may have mentioned it, but I use won tons, and put them in mini muffin pans, shape like cups and fill. No need to fold over and fry. fill with prepared meat mix and bake. add cheese til melted.
Julie
Saturday 31st of May 2014
My husband and I love Apple-bee's wonton taco's. I will be making this recipe this weekend. But my husband and I thought we tasted something hot/spicy. I don't see anything in the recipe that would add a little heat.
ptcake
Tuesday 25th of February 2014
i have made these repeatedly and the family loves them. A few changes: I added about a tablespoon of mayo and a 1/2 tsp of sugar into the slaw mix. Once the oil is heated I fry the wonton lightly on one side, flip it quickly then fold leaving about a finger's width opening and directly onto a paper towel. we also like to drizzle with general tsao sauce for a sweet/ spicy finish.. don't forget a squeeze of lime too!