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Simple Homemade Wonton Soup

Simple Wonton Soup Recipe

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Course dinner, lunch, Main Course
Cuisine asian, Chinese, Japanese, thai
Keyword wonton
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 6 people
Author Mary Thatcher

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Dumpling (Wonton)

  • 1 lb ground pork
  • 1 cup chopped shrimps or as much as you have
  • 1 cup chopped mushrooms Shitake mushrooms if possible. If not, button mushrooms will work too. Make sure to chopped first.
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp corn starch
  • 1 tsp chicken or pork bouillon
  • 1 tsp ground white or black pepper
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp minced garlic or garlic powder
  • 1-2 tsp chopped ginger
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 package dumpling wrapper

For the Soup

  • 4 cups broth chicken, vegetable, or pork
  • 1 lb Bok Choi
  • cilantro chopped (optional)
  • green onion chopped
  • Fried garlic optional
  • Chili oil optional

Instructions

Prepare the filling and wrapping (Please, be sure to watch the video to see how to wrap the dumpling.)

  • Smash the shrimps with a knife and minced them. Combine the shrimps with ground pork. Add cornstarch, egg, and seasoning on the list above.
  • Wrapping the wontons method 1. Please, see the video for more clarification. However, let's start on a few simplest variations. Moist the edges of the wrapper with water, put 1 teaspoon of filling on the wrapper. Close the wonton from one corner to the opposite corner and press firmly to seal. If you turn the square wonton diagonally, you will end up with a cute triangle wonton! This method gives you semi circle, triangle, and rectangle wontons.
  • Wrapping the wontons method 2: Take the square or circle wrapper. Moist the edges with water then fold the dumpling in half. Press to seal like the step above. Grab the bottom corners of the semi-circle or the rectangle on the filling side, not the seam side. Dab one of the corners with a little water then bring the 2 corners together and press to seal.

Assemble the soup

  • Use the store bought broth or pre-made stocks. OR 4 cups of boiling water and 1 teaspoon of chicken bouillon plus some vegetables such as onion, celery, and mushrooms. Bring 4 cups of broth to a boil.
  • Add some wontons and extra shrimps. Cook the soup until the wontons float around the soup (about 4-5 minutes). The extra shrimps will be cooked at around the same time too.
  • Add pre-washed bok choi into the pot and cook for another minute. Add a crack of pepper and taste to see if any more salt or soy sauce will be needed.
  • Top the soup with some green onion, cilantro, and chili oil. Enjoy!