crab rangoon
noun
variants
or crab Rangoon
: a dish consisting of deep-fried wontons filled with a mixture of crab meat and cream cheese
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The crab rangoon added a satisfying crunch and works well as a sharable appetizer.
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Alexa Stone
january 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
Appetizers include classics like crab rangoon, shrimp skewers and fried calamari, just to name a few.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 5 Jan. 2026
Today, the business is a full-fledged restaurant — with two sit-down locations and one grab-and-go storefront, all near the Dallas metropolitan area — featuring deviled egg flavors like crab rangoon, cheeseburger and chicken quesadilla.
—Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 20 May 2025
Others are twists on old favorites like the crab rangoon, which is served in the crab leg.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
Both add a tanginess that works well in this crab rangoon recipe.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Mar. 2025
The menu features American dishes with Hawaiian flair, including crab rangoon mozzarella sticks, nacho volcano, poke inari bombs, kalua tacos, island-style ceviche and Hawaiian doughnuts.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
But after a near-death experience choking on crab rangoon inspires her to take life by the horns, Mel sets out to address her shortcomings — with her family, in her love life, and even at work.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024
But those words are precisely what Melissa Jackson, Natasha Rothwell’s newest lovable character, is met with in the pilot of How to Die Alone after a mishap involving complicated Swedish furniture, a rat, and crab rangoon (with real crab, not imitation).
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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Alexa Stone
january 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
Appetizers include classics like crab rangoon, shrimp skewers and fried calamari, just to name a few.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 5 Jan. 2026
Today, the business is a full-fledged restaurant — with two sit-down locations and one grab-and-go storefront, all near the Dallas metropolitan area — featuring deviled egg flavors like crab rangoon, cheeseburger and chicken quesadilla.
—Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 20 May 2025
Others are twists on old favorites like the crab rangoon, which is served in the crab leg.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
Both add a tanginess that works well in this crab rangoon recipe.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Mar. 2025
The menu features American dishes with Hawaiian flair, including crab rangoon mozzarella sticks, nacho volcano, poke inari bombs, kalua tacos, island-style ceviche and Hawaiian doughnuts.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
But after a near-death experience choking on crab rangoon inspires her to take life by the horns, Mel sets out to address her shortcomings — with her family, in her love life, and even at work.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024
But those words are precisely what Melissa Jackson, Natasha Rothwell’s newest lovable character, is met with in the pilot of How to Die Alone after a mishap involving complicated Swedish furniture, a rat, and crab rangoon (with real crab, not imitation).
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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