Ww 5 Points - Mexican Beef and Cheese Wontons With Salsa

mariposa13's Note:

From ww online

• Total Time: 33 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• cooking spray (5 one-second sprays per serving)
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• ½ lb lean ground sirloin
• 2 ounces low-fat cheddar cheese (about 1/2 cup) or 2 ounces colby cheese , shredded (about 1/2 cup)
• 2 tablespoons chopped green chilies , minced
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 30 wonton wrappers
• ½ cup salsa

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
3. Heat oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat.
4. Add beef and cook until meat is browned, breaking up meat as it cooks, about 5 minutes.
5. Drain meat.
6. Add cheese, chilies, chili powder and cumin and cook until cheese melts, stirring frequently, about 1 minute.
7. Place wonton wrappers on a flat surface. Drop meat mixture by teaspoonfuls onto center of each wrapper.
8. Moisten edges of wrapper with wet fingers, fold over to cover filling, press down firmly to seal and then gently twist ends to form a “firecracker” shape.
9. Transfer filled wrappers to prepared baking sheet and coat surface with cooking spray.
10. Bake until wontons are golden brown, about 15 minutes.
11. Serve with prepared salsa.
12. 5 Points Yields 5 wontons and 2 tablespoons of salsa per serving.

Reviews

[Erindipity]

I liked the idea of this recipe more than the actual taste. I found the filling to be a tad bland and would have really liked more flavor in it. I will however make baked wontons again, just not with this filling.

[Kristiina]

These were OK, the wontons were kind of hard and dry. I used lean ground sirloin and a low fat mexican cheese blend. I did add more cheese than called for and it still seemed like the meat mixture was missing something.

[Kaarin]

Sooo good! I hadn't tried baked wontons before-this worked so well, although I did brush the cooking spray around to make sure it coated everything. The recipe looks really spicy, but it's just perfect. I used ground venison, so draining wasn't necessary, and regular longhorn colby cheese. I loved this! Thanks so much!