Recipe: Appetizing Pork and prawn wonton soup

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Pork and prawn wonton soup. In a large bowl, combine pork, prawns, sugar, wine, soy sauce, ginger and a small handful of the chopped spring onions. Place about one teaspoon of the filling at the centre of each wonton wrapper. Mix all the wonton filling ingredients in a bowl.

Whenever one of my family is under the weather, or when I need to whip up something quick for dinner, Shrimp and Pork Wonton Soup often comes to the rescue.

It's a classic combination that makes a tender filling.

In choosing ground pork, you'll want it to have a bit of fat to it.

You can have Pork and prawn wonton soup using 33 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pork and prawn wonton soup

Prepare of For the filling:.
Prepare 500 g of mince pork - at least 10% to 20% fat content (or 250g pork belly minced mixed with 250g minced pork, (optional) this makes the filling more succulent).
It’s 7-8 of raw king prawns, minced.
Prepare 2 tablespoons of soy sauce (add more or less depending on preference).
Prepare 2 tablespoons of fish sauce (nam pla, add more or less depending on preference).
It’s 1 teaspoon of ground white pepper.
You need 1 tablespoon of Shaoshing rice wine.
Prepare 2 of garlic cloves, finely chopped.
Prepare 2-3 slices of ginger, grated (use more or less depending on preference).
Prepare 1-2 stalks of spring onion, finely chopped (add more or less depending on preference).
It’s To taste of fine salt (optional, if mixture needs slightly more seasoning).
You need 2 packets of wonton wrappers.
Prepare 1/2 cup of water (to seal the wontons).
Prepare of Flour for dusting wontons (if freezing wontons).
It’s of Microwave lid cover (to prevent wontons drying out).
It’s of For the soup:.
You need 3 tablespoon of cooking oil (to saute the ingredients).
Prepare 1 of small white onion, finely sliced.
Prepare 1-2 cloves of garlic, crushed.
You need 1-2 of large ginger, slices.
It’s 2 stalks of spring onions, sliced in half.
You need 3 teaspoons of chicken stock (add more or less depending on preference).
It’s 6 cups of water.
Prepare 2 teaspoons of light soy sauce (add more or less depending on preference).
It’s 2 teaspoons of sesame oil (add more or less depending on preference).
You need 1/8 teaspoon of white ground pepper (add more or less depending on preference).
It’s of For garnish:.
You need of Soup:.
Prepare 1-2 tablespoons of spring onions, finely sliced.
It’s of Chilli oil and black rice vinegar dressing:.
Prepare 1-2 teaspoons of garlic and sesame chilli oil (or any chilli oil of choice).
Prepare 1-2 teaspoons of light soya sauce (add more or less depending on preference).
You need 1-2 teaspoons of black rice vinegar (add more or less depending on preference).

Very lean pork (tenderloin, for example), will result in a drier, tougher cooked filling.

In a large bowl add the pork, prawns, ginger, pepper, sesame oil, chicken stock, cornflour and egg.

Use chopsticks or a spoon to vigorously mix the ingredients together until well combined and sticky.

Place a heaped teaspoon of mixture into the centre of a wonton wrapper.

Pork and prawn wonton soup step by step

Place the minced pork in a large bowl. Add soya sauce, fish sauce, ground white pepper and shaoshing rice wine. Mix all of the ingredients thoroughly stirring in one direction with chopsticks..
Wash the prawns, peel and remove the heads. With a knife, slit down the top center of the prawns to de-vein. Once all of the prawns have been de-veined, rinse under water..
Roughly chop the prawns with a meat cleaver into a mince. Using a meat cleaver, pound the prawns to make a paste. Transfer to the mixing bowl with the mince pork and mix well together..
Once the mixture is well incorporated and sticky, add the finely chopped spring onions, minced garlic and grated ginger to the mixing bowl. Mix all of the ingredients thoroughly..
Transfer the mixture to a sealable food bag and set aside in fridge for an hour or overnight to marinade. When ready to use, take out the wonton mixture and place in a bowl. Tip: when ready to use mixture, in a small pan place a teaspoon of wonton mixture in there. On medium heat cook the mixture and taste. If more seasoning is required adjust as necessary (add more soy, white pepper or salt (optional) depending on preference)..
Place the wonton wrappers on a plate and fill a small bowl with water. Dust a large plate with a small amount of flour, find a tall lid (like a microwave lid) that covers the plate along with a small board for making the wontons on. Tip: When not using, keep wonton wrappers covered with a tea towel or paper towel to prevent them drying out..
For the ‘ruffled purse’ shape, place a wonton wrapper on the chopping board in a diamond orientation. Place one and a half teaspoons of wonton mixture in the middle of the wrapper. Fold the wrapper in half to form a triangular shape (see picture 2, the half does not perfectly join in the middle). Press and push out the air pockets and then wet the edges of the wontons..
Pleat the top of the wonton, make between 3 to 5 pleats (depending on how ‘ruffled’ you want the wontons). Press the top of the pleats to seal tightly. Transfer to the lightly dusted plate and coat wontons with a tiny amount of flour, then cover with the microwave lid to prevent them drying out. Repeat steps 6 - 7 until all of the filling and wonton wrappers have been used..
Once all of the wontons have been made, place the uncooked wontons to be frozen in airtight containers. This helps the wontons keep their shape when cooking and also adds to a better texture..
For wonton soup, on medium heat, add cooking oil to the stockpot. Now add onions, garlic, ginger and spring onion stalks and sauté until soft. Add the chicken stock and water, bring to a boil, then add soy sauce, sesame oil and white pepper and stir. Reduce to medium low heat and simmer for 5-8 minutes to allow the flavours to infuse..
Turn the heat up to high and add the wontons. For fresh wontons cook for 4-5 minutes (not from frozen). For frozen wontons cook for 6-10 minutes, or until they float, they should look like gorgeous golden nuggets! Sir occasionally, once wontons have cooked turn the heat off..
Remove wontons from the stockpot with a slotted spoon and place in serving bowl. Ladle over the broth and garnish with the sliced tops of the spring onions. You can serve as a soup or with egg noodles..
You can also serve wontons as a Dim Sum style side dish covered with spicy sauce. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook the wontons for 4-5 minutes or until they float. Remove with a slotted spoon and place in a serving bowl. Add one teaspoon each of chilli oil, soy sauce and black vinegar, garnish with sliced spring onions and mix..

These wontons are filled with a juicy pork and prawn / shrimp filling and will knock your socks off.

With step by step photos and a recipe video, you're going to be a Wonton Wrapping Master in no time!.

You can add more elaborate ingredients to the soup like mushrooms, spinach, bok choy, celery, prawns, BBQ pork, etc.

Pork & prawn wonton soup recipe.

I used ground chicken breasts instead of pork and no shrimp (personal preference) but followed the rest to a "T".