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What Is Wonton Soup?
What is wonton soup? I thought everyone knew what chicken wonton soup was. Chicken wonton soup is on every Chinese food menu as the soup of choice. Surprisingly, there actually is quite a few people that do not know what wonton soup is.
The wonton soup recipe has these dumplings, called wontons in a broth that is usually chicken based. Wonton soup recipe is actually quite simple.
Broth For Wonton Soup
The wonton dumplings need a broth. What broth for wonton soup is needed. Mostly the broth is chicken, though I have been to a few Chinese food places that had beef broth. Chicken broth is always the best choice for the broth for wonton soup.
Asian Soup Recipes
Chicken Filled Dumplings
Chicken Wonton Soup Recipe
How To Make Wonton
- Place a scoop the filling in the center the wonton wrapper
- Moisten the edges of the wonton wrapper.
- Fold the wonton over into a triangle
- Moisten the edges of the triangle again and fold and seal it again
- Viola! You have a wonton!
Chicken Won Ton Soup Recipe
Chicken Won Ton soup is an Asian soup made with chicken filled dumplings. A recipe from Seduction in the Kitchen
Ingredients
- 8 cups chicken stock
- 3 scallions (sliced)
- 2 inches fresh ginger (peeled and sliced into thin coins)
- 1 cup fresh baby spinach leaves
- 2 tablespoons chicken stock
- 2 1/4 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon minced scallion
- 1 inch fresh ginger (peeled and minced)
- 1 lb ⁄4 ground chicken
- 6 cooked shrimp (minced)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon dry sherry
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 20 wonton wrappers
Instructions
- In a large soup pot, add the broth, ginger, and scallions. Bring it to a boil.
- Once boiling, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 10 minutes to combine flavors. take off the heat and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, place 2 tbsp chicken stock and cornstarch into a large mixing bowl and stir to combine.
- Add minced scallions, minced ginger, ground chicken, minced shrimp, soy sauce, dry sherry, sesame oil, and sugar, and stir well.
- Place a wonton wrapper in front of you so that it looks like a diamond.
- Dip your finger in the water and moisten all 4 edges of the wrapper.
- Place about 1 tsp of the meat mixture in the center of the wrapper and fold in half over the filling to make a triangle.
- Press firmly along the sides to seal it and remove any excess trapped air.
- Moisten the left and right corners of the triangle and pinch them together.
- Repeat until all wontons are made.
- Bring reserved broth to a boil, cover and reduce heat to medium low.
- Add wontons to simmering broth.
- Stir occasionally until wonton filling is firm and cooked through, about 5 minutes or so.
- Stir in spinach leaves and cook for 30 seconds until they wilt.
- Ladle in a bowl and ENJOY!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 356Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 212mgSodium: 1620mgCarbohydrates: 32gFiber: 1gSugar: 6gProtein: 36g
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Olivia
Wednesday 18th of April 2018
Mmm these Chicken Wonton Soup looks better than what you get at Chinese restaurant!
pattyanderson54p
Sunday 14th of February 2016
Deanna, loving the recipe and wishing I had HUGE bowl of it right now!
Deanna Samaan
Saturday 20th of February 2016
Thank you!! I love this myself, it one my favs :)