How to Make a Wonton Soup Recipe
Few dishes conjure up the exciting image of China in a culinary sense as well as wonton soup. This wonderful Chinese delicacy is both simple and elegant, light and satisfying. It’s easy to make too.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Wonton
- Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ lb (500g) roughly chopped boneless pork loin
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh ginger root
- 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine
- 2 oz (50g) peeled, finely chopped shrimp
- 1 teaspoon minced green onions (spring onions)
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sliced green onions
- 3 cups (700ml) chicken stock
- 24 square wonton wrappers (3½ inch or 9 cm)
- 8 cilantro (fresh coriander) leaves, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine the pork, shrimp, wine, ginger, minced green onion, soy sauce and sugar in a big bowl and mix well.
- Let this mixture stand for half an hour so the flavors can blend.
- Put a teaspoon of this filling in the middle of each wonton wrapper.
- Wet the edge of each one with water and pull the top corner over to the bottom, folding the wonton wrapper to enclose the filling in a triangle shape.
- Press the edges firmly to seal.
- Bring the left and right corners together over the filling and overlap the tips. Moisten them with water and press them together.
- Bring the chicken stock to a boil and drop the wontons in. Let them simmer for 4 minutes or until they turn translucent and float to the top.
- Garnish the soup with sliced green onion and cilantro before serving.
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