Wontons are the perfect nutritious and easy lunch or dinner recipe! I love that they can be pre-made, and whenever you want to eat them, just pull it out of the freezer and boil them up!
Wontons are probably they easiest and quickest way to fold a dumpling. This was the first way I learned how to wrap dumplings, and even the most unskilled dumpling wrappers can perfect this technique!
I think dumplings/ wontons are my favorite thing to make and eat and I have so many different recipes on my blog! Here are a few:
- Teriyaki Chicken Dumplings
- Chili Oil Chicken Wontons
- Traditional Bao Zi
- Vegetarian Potstickers
- Veggie Filled Pork Dumplings
- Vegetarian Spring Rolls
- Rice Paper Chicken Dumplings
Key ingredients for this wonton soup:
- Ground pork
- Ground pork is the traditional choice when making traditional bao zi’s. However, I love using ground chicken or turkey as well.
- Soy sauce
- Most of the flavor comes from soy sauce! I love the umami and salty flavor it brings.
- Ginger and green onion
- These two ingredients are essential in Chinese cooking. You them for sauces, stir fry’s, dumplings, and more!
- Chicken broth
- This helps keep the filling moist, and also adds some additional flavor!
- Shaoxing wine
- Shaoxing wine is super common in Chinese cooking. It adds another level of flavor and complexity to any dish, especially when marinating meat.
- Sugar
- This is a key ingredient that people often miss! I‘ve tried dumplings both with and with out sugar, and I will tell you that the one with was much better.
- White pepper
- I LOVE WHITE PEPPER. It is by far my favorite seasoning to flavor any of my Asian dishes.
- Sesame oil and olive oil
- I added two types of oil here: olive oil and sesame oil. I added olive oil because a large amount of sesame oil will over power the flavor! This keeps the filling nice and juicy.
Super Easy Wonton Soup
Wontons are the perfect nutritious and easy lunch or dinner recipe! I love that they can be pre-made, and whenever you want to eat them, just pull it out of the freezer and boil them up!
Ingredients
Filling
- 1 lb ground pork
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- ⅓-½ cup chicken stock
- ½ tsp shaoxing wine
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- ½ tsp white pepper
- 1-2 stalks green onion finely diced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- ½ inch grated ginger
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 50 square wonton wrappers
Soup for 4
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 1 cups water
- Green onion Chopped
- Cilantro Chopped
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp salt if the chicken stock is low sodium
Instructions
- Start by marinating the ground pork with every ingredient under the filling ingredients tab. Set aside.
- Grab a square wonton wrapper and brush the outline of the wrapper with some water.
- Place about 1 tsp of the filling in the center of a wrapper. Then take a corner of the wrapper and fold it over the filling making a triangle shape. Press the wet seams together.
- Then dab a little water on the bottom right corner of the wonton. Pinch the bottom left corner with the bottom right corner of the wonton and press it together.
- Pour the chicken stock, water, soy sauce, and salt into a pot. Bring it up to a boil. Once the stock is boiling add in the wontons (about 40-50 for 4 people). Cook for 8 minutes or until they float. At the end add in the chopped cilantro and green onion!
- Serve with a drizzle of chili oil for a little spice and enjoy!
