Wonton Soup
Wonton Soup
Recipe Type: soup
Cuisine: Chinese
Author: Caroline Artiss
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 2 hours
Total time: 2 hours 30 mins
Serves: 4 - 5 bowls
Learn how to make your very own fresh Wonton Soup. This is my Chinese New Year recipe for the year of the Dragon 2012!
Ingredients
Wonton Filling Ingredients:
100g ¾ cup prawns
125g 3/4 cup minced pork
2 tsp corn flour
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 /12 tbsp sherry or rice wine
Pinch salt
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp finely grated ginger
1 finely chopped spring onion
30 wonton sheets
Stock Ingredients:
2 chicken legs
2 large pork ribs on the bone
1 onion
2 thick slices ginger
2 litres water
1/2 chicken stock cube
pinch white pepper
1tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 spring onion to sprinkle on
Instructions
Start by making the stock
Put the chicken legs, pork, onion, ginger and water into a large pan and bring to the boil
Cover and leave to simmer for 2 hours
Skim off any scum on surface then pour through a sieve and you can save the meat for something else
Pour just the liquid stock back into the pan, I like to add a bit of an extra stock cube, just 1/2 and a pinch of white pepper
Whilst the stock is cooking you can get on and make the wontons
Simply mix all ingredients for the filling apart from the pastry in a bowl
Place a wonton wrapper in the palm of your hand
Place about a small teaspoon of the mixture in the centre of the wonton wrapper
Dampen half of the edges with a bit of water, fold in half pushing all the air out, then fold in half again and twist (Easier to watch the video to see how to do this – click link at bottom of recipe) Keep going until you have used up all your filling and sheets
Heat up another big saucepan with water. As soon as it boils, drop the wontons into the water
Be careful not to overcrowd them
Cook a few at a time depending on how big your saucepan is
They will take 5-8 minutes to cook.
Once cooked you can spoon them into a serving bowl and ladle your stock soup on top
Add a few more fresh spring onions
For a bit of extra flavor I like to add a drop of rice vinegar and soy sauce, plus extra white pepper.
Adjust those to your taste.
Notes
Note- you don’t have to make your own fresh stock. If you are in a rush you can use some good quality shop bought ready made stock, chicken or vegetable. Just add some more water to it to make into a soup and then season with sesame oil, soy sauce, spring onion and a dash of rice vinegar is optional.