Shanghainese Wonton Soup (小馄饨汤)

yields 6 servings worth of wonton; the rest of the recipe is for 1 serving of wonton soup

Shanghainese Wonton Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 package extra thin wonton wrappers (about 60)
  • wonton filling
    • .25 lb ground pork
    • pinch of salt
    • pinch of sugar
    • pinch of chicken powder
    • pinch of tapioca starch
    • dash of sesame oil
    • dash of rice wine
    • 1 tsp of water
  • .5 cup chicken broth
  • .5 cup water
  • seaweed
  • .5 tsp mini dried shrimp (pale, NOT the same thing as dried shrimp) for 1 serving
  • .25 green onion, chopped

Instructions

  1. Begin by wrapping wontons. For each wonton, place wrapper on one hand. Place .5 tsp of filling in the middle of the wrapper. Make a fist to close the wonton. Repeat until wrappers used up.
  2. Make 1 serving of wonton soup.
  3. Boil 10 wontons (more if desired) until they float.
  4. Mix chicken broth and water, boil.
  5. Put wontons and chicken broth/water mixture into a bowl.
  6. Add seaweed, shrimp, and green onion`.

Notes

  • freeze extra wontons