Once, back in the ancient history, me and Miss Rabbit were thinking about how fun it would to run a small diner, or food truck, with a target audience that might include those who frequently used certain substances that cause a bit of hunger.
Yep we were thinking about stoner food.
We had multiple ideas, including simplicity of pricing, decor, etc. But when it came to thinking about food? Peanut Butter and Jelly came to mind. I mean, sober, drunk, stoned, PB&J is where it's at.
But sammiches and toast? Boring. I can't charge for that!
This gave birth to Peanut Butter and Jelly Wontons.
So I'm going to try and add picture for steps now, too. Because, well, this is for my attention disabled friends.
What you will need
- Peanut Butter - I like natural peanut butters, or fresh ground up peanut butter. But that's just my tastes.
- Some sort of Preserves or Jelly - This is what was on hand.
- Wonton/Dumpling wrappers. Yep, This is an excuse to go to the Asian market.. Everyone that knows me knows this hurts my feeling. Twist my arm even.
- Water.
- Optional (and not shown) hot sauce (I use sriracha).
- A pan for cooking in - I love my wok.
- A little oil of choice - Seriously if I had peanut oil I'd probably have used that to keep to a theme.
Seriously these might be some of the easiest things to make. Almost as easy as a standard PB and J sammich.
Lets get cookin'
Lay out the dumpling wraps.
About 1/2 to 1/3 spoonful of peanut butter.
Wet around the edge of the wrapper, fold, and pinch, pinch, pinch around the edged. I get about 8 pinches each.
Heat some oil in your pan (enough to coat the bottom) and toss in the wontons.
When they brown (about 2 minutes or so) flip.
Remove to some paper towels to let the oil siphon off.
The Sauce
This is simple: Add preserves (2 or 3 scoops), about equal amount water, heat for 30 seconds in the microwave, and mix that stuff up! TADA! If you want to add in your hot sauce, glob in to taste, stir it up. This is a simple, quick sauce.
So how hard was that? Not hard at all. Serve it up! There are so many fun things to do with these. We tried with the jelly inside (ends badly). We tried with honey inside (It melts out as Honey Lava and melts your hands off!). We have also toyed with the idea of adding banana inside but have not yet determined if this is a good idea. Please, try it and let us know!
In the end? Our favorites are a simple dipping sauce like listed above, or drizzled with a little honey before they cool off. You can use Nutella, chocolate, what ever you would normally put on your PB&J and then some. It's a simple, easy to change, lovely little meal. I eat about 10. Rabbit eats like 6. They are filling, you get more than enough peanut butter, you get to choose how much jelly you get, it's all toasty and hot.. Really just be careful not to spill the oil !!!!!
