Crab Rangoons (Crab Puffs) With Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe

Ingredients (14)

• 1/2 cup rice vinegar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 teaspoons red chile flakes (more or less to taste)
• 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon corn starch
• 1/2 cup fresh pineapple chunks or canned chunks, drained
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• 8 ounces softened cream cheese
• 6 ounces picked crab meat (or surimi, cut into 1/2-inch pieces)
• 6 scallions, whites only, finely sliced (about 1/2 cup)
• 1 pack square wonton wrappers (preferably yellow), about 40-50 pieces
• 2 quarts peanut oil
• Kosher salt