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Crab Rangoon Pizza

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So this Crab Rangoon pizza is super cool and as much as I’d like to claim credit for such an amazing idea, it’s actually a thing that’s popped up in several different joints across the Midwest.

Unfortunately there’s no pizzeria that has this on their menu in my area (at least not to my knowledge) so I figured I’d give it a shot to try and make it at home.

Plus it’s an excuse to make homemade pizza and test it out in a cast-iron skillet.

The toppings that go on the pizza are pretty self-explanatory and I’m pretty sure it’s similar to what you’ll find in the few restaurants that serve it – we’re taking the classic cream cheese filling of a crab rangoon and spreading it on pizza dough, topping It with some shredded mozzarella, green onions, sweet chili sauce and wonton chips.

I was thinking that this pizza would be ridiculously heavy and knock me out after a slice, but surprisingly it wasn’t (I should also mention that back in my undergrad days I would easily eat 8-9 crab rangoons with my friends during finals week without thinking twice. Shoutout to Umama, Abhiya, Nadia for accompanying me for late-night Cravings).

There’s really not much else for me to say except that this literally is a pizza that tastes exactly like crab rangoon and that next time you want to try making homemade pizza, try this.

And if you don’t want to go through making your own pizza dough, just buy it from the store. This is not one of those recipes you need to fuss over by making everything from scratch. Bring it to your next Friday night get-together with friends, kick-back and enjoy!

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Crab Rangoon Pizza

Servings 2 large pizzas

Ingredients

  • 2 lb pizza dough
  • 2/3 cup imitation crab meat
  • 2 tsp soy sauce
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 2-3 green onions
  • 1/2 tsp grated ginger
  • 1/2 tsp grated garlic
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp lime juice (or to taste)
  • 2 cups shredded mozarella

Garnish

  • sweet chilli sauce
  • wonton chips optional

Instructions

  1. Set your oven to 450 F.

  2. In a bowl combine the softened cream cheese, chopped green onions, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, sugar, lime juice. Taste and adjust for seasoning. Set aside.

  3. Using a hand-toss method, rolling pin, or whatever technique you prefer roll out the dough to whatever thickness and size you like. I used an 8 inch cast iron skillet and was able to make 4 smaller pizzas, equivalent to 2 large ones.

  4. If using a cast-iron skillet, make sure to brush the pan with plenty of oil. Press the dough into the pan.

  5. Add the cream cheese mixture to the dough and spread evenly.

  6. Add the shredded mozzarella. Brush the outer crust lightly with oil and set in oven.

  7. Once top has melted and the cheese is lightly caramelized, remove from oven. Using a spatula check to see if the bottom is finished cooking. If it is still pale in color (which will likely occur if you made a thicker crust), then simply finish it off on the stove-top for a few minutes.

    (If using a pizza stone, then simply place pizza onto stone using peel and remove when crust is a golden brown.)

  8. Once pizza is ready, garnish with sweet chili sauce, wonton chips, and extra green onions.