Chinese Wonton Soup Recipe
- 1/4 pound fresh or possibly frzn raw shrimp
- 2 ounce. grnd pork
- 3 cans water chestnuts, finely minced
- 2 green onions (with tops), minced
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
- Dash of white pepper
- Peel shrimp.
- (If frzn, don't thaw; peel under running cool water.)
- Devein and wash. Chop finely.
- Mix shrimp, pork, water chestnuts, green onions, cornstarch, salt, sesame oil and dash of white pepper.
- 1 egg white, slightly beaten 5 c. water
- Place 1/2 tsp.
- shrimp mix in center of wonton skin.
- (Cover remaining skins with dampened towel to keep them pliable.)
- Fold bottom corner of wonton skin over filling to opposite corner, forming a triangle.
- Brush right corner of triangle with egg white.
- Bring corners together below filling; healthy pinch left corner to right corner to seal.
- Repeat with remaining wonton skins.
- (Cover filled wontons with dampened towel to keep them from drying out.)
- Heat water to boiling in 4 qt Dutch oven; add in wontons.
- Heat to boiling; reduce heat.
- Simmer uncovered 2 min; drain.
- Rinse wontons in cool water; cover with iced water to keep them from sticking together.
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch 1/2 teaspoon salt Dash of white pepper 4 ounce.
- pea pods 4 ounce.
- mushrooms
- Remove bones and skin from chicken; cut chicken into thin slices.
- Toss chicken, 1/2 tsp.
- cornstarch, 1/2 tsp.
- salt and dash of white pepper in glass or possibly plastic bowl.
- Cover and chill 20 min.
- Remove string from pea pods.
- Place pea pods in boiling water.
- Cover and cook 1 minute; drain.
- Immediately rinse under running cool water; drain.
- Cut pea pods lengthwise into halves.
- Cut mushrooms into 1/2 inch slices.
- 1/4 c. sliced canned bamboo shoots 1 teaspoon salt Dash of white pepper 2 tbsp.
- minced green onions (with tops) 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
- Heat chicken broth and mushrooms to boiling in 3 qt saucepan.
- Stir in chicken; heat to boiling.
- Drain wontons.
- Stir wontons, bamboo shoots, 1 tsp.
- salt and dash of white pepper into chicken broth.
- Heat to boiling; reduce heat.
- Simmer uncovered 2 min.
- Stir in pea pods, 2 Tbsp.
- green onions and 1/4 tsp.
- sesame oil.
- 8 servings (about 1 c. each).
- Do-Ahead Directions: Prepare Wonton Soup; cover and chill no longer than 24 hrs.
- Just before serving, heat soup till warm.
shrimp, grnd pork, water chestnuts, green onions, cornstarch, salt, sesame oil, white pepper
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/chinese-wonton-soup-14479 (may not work)