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Thanks for all the responses to my request for gluten-free won-ton 
wrappers! Many people also e-mailed requesting that I send them the info 
I found. Seems there's a lot of interest in finding these. Most people 
said to buy rice wrappers from an Asian market. One person warned to 
look at the package, though, as even these sometimes contain wheat. Some 
people also told me that these do not fry well, but are intended to be 
eaten cold.

One lady sent me a link to a newspaper article with a recipe:
http://starbulletin.com/1999/02/10/features/story1.html

Another lady suggested rice paper eggroll wrappers by Ariana's Caravan 
from Miss Robens. She suggested leaving salt out of my recipe, as they 
are very salty.

Another person recently discovered these at Cash N Carry for about 0.99 
a package:

Banh Trang spring roll skin 12 oz package

Ingredients:  Tapioca Flour, Water, Salt

Product of Vietnam
exported by Quang Trio Co
82 Nguyen Biew Ste., HCM City

She soaks them in water and then lightly fries or bakes them (brushed 
with oil) in a toaster oven.  You can also heat and eat them with the 
soft shell.


*Here are some other quotes from responses I recieved:
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About rice wrappers...
"The skins come out of the package hard, brittle and translucent. They 
are about 8" in diameter. You soak them in warm water for 10 seconds and 
then quickly move them to a dinner plate. In the bottom 40% you place 
some kind of meat or seafood that is julienned, green beans cut into 
long strips, seasoned and cooked tofu cut into long strips, some rice 
noodles, some mint leaves, some julienned romaine leaves, arugula 
leaves, bean sprouts any or all. Then you flip up the uncovered bottom, 
flip in the sides, and roll them up, placing them on a lettuce-covered 
plate (they will stick).You can also cut them into thirds with a clean 
scissors. To eat them, you dip them into a Thai or Vietnamese sauce - 
gluten-free fish sauce with shredded carrots, etc. Others sauces are 
good also.

I would say to get some of these and experiment with frying them after 
you rollup the goodies. I would change the ingredients for cooked rolls."
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"Also, I make my own kreplach which is a Jewish version of won-tons. I 
use the dough that Bette Hagman has in one of her earlier cookbooks for 
homemade pasta. For won-ton's, you'd just just need to roll the dough 
out thinner than I do for kreplach, because it puffs alittle when it boils.
They're delicious and freeze well."
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"You will probably have folks send you info on
Vietnamese rice wrappers (check asian markets) they
are round and can be used to make spring rolls. 
However, they cannot be steamed or boiled (only fried
or used immediately after softening in hot water).  If
anyone directs you to a wrapper that can be boiled or
steamed, please let us know as that is one of our holy
grails since my husband went GF."
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I have a recipe for gluten-free wrappers for dim sum if you would like 
it.  I wrote it down as I watched "Simply Ming" on PBS, and it just 
happens to be gluten free.  I haven't tried it yet, but it would be used 
to make chinese dumplings with various fillings, then steamed in a 
bamboo steamer.  I'm not sure this would help you.
 
The recipe seems large, so you could cut it down.
 
2 cups tapioca starch
3 Tbsp. corn starch
2 cups boiling water, minus 2 Tbsp.
 
Mix starches together.  Add first cup of water and stir.  Add most of 
second cup of water and stir.  Knead on floured surface (dough will be 
hot), working quickly, adding starch as needed to handle the dough.  
Knead 8-10 minutes, then let dough rest until smooth.  Roll out in a 
log, then cut into 1-1 1/2" pieces.  Flatten with oiled tortilla press 
or between two plates.  Dough should be very thin.  Fill with desired 
fillings, then steam.
 
I have recipes for the fillings.  I'm just not sure you'll want them.  
Let me know.  I was thinking that this recipe may be able to be used as 
wonton wrappers if you know what you're doing, which I don't!   I'm not 
a very good cook.
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There is a import store chain called World Market that carry a brand of Vietnamese spring roll wrappers that they say cane be fried.  Regular rice wrappers do not fry well and they are mainly used for cold spring rolls.  We have never found non-wheat containing wonton wrappers in our searches.

The brand name for the World Market Spring Rolls is Blue Dragon & they are made of a blend of rice flour (67%) and Tapioca Flour Starch, salt, water.  These are larger than your standard wonton wrapper ( 8 1/2 inches)and are round.They are produced in Vietnam and imported into the west by G. Costa & Company,Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7NA, UK.  Don't know who World Market gets them from.



Thanks again, everyone! :-)


Danielle
Davidson, NC

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