SOUP - pork wonton

 

 I LOVE SOUP!

  

This year, I have tried many new and unusual soups, including pea and basil, global artichoke and purple carrot with dumplings.  This pork wonton soup is one of the most awesome soups  I have EVER tasted and is my current and most absolute favourite. 

The coriander, ginger and chili create the most amazing sensations; to steal a phrase from my niece….Yumyum!  My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

 



Trust me, try this and you will not be dissapointed.  This soup is a good starting point to get kids used to the asian style flavours.  My kids eat the cooked wonton's but are not yet up to enjoying the broth style soup. I feel that even though they are only eating the wonton's, they are getting used to the flavours and will one day enjoy this entire dish as well as others with similar flavours.

 

I can eat it for days running, in fact, I love to make it on a weekend and eat it over a couple of days for lunch and dinner and enjoy it every time.

It takes a little bit of time to put the wontons together but no longer than chopping a bunch of veggies for a soup.  I set up like a production line by laying all the wrappers out, spooning all the mince mixture in and finally sealing the little wonton parcels.  The wonton's can be frozen for a couple of months and defrost quite well.  I tend to freeze half the wonton's for another day.

 All ingredients can be found in the  local supermarket.This recipe calls for pork, but i usually use a pork/veal mix.  The ginger and chili give this soup some bite and can be minimised or added to according to taste. 

 






TWEAK a recipe to make it your own!
 

 

 

Pork wonton's

• 500 g pork mince
• ¼ cup drained water chestnuts, chopped
• 2 green spring onions, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon caster sugar
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 30 fresh wanton wrappers

Soup

• 4 cups chicken stock
• 6 cups water
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 5cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled and grated
• 1 long red chili, thinly sliced
• 3 spring onions, sliced thinly
• 1 cup fresh coriander leaves, chopped

To make wantons

• All dumpling ingredients except wanton wrappers go into food processor and buzz until combined well.
• Set wanton wrappers out onto a clean surface.
• Place a teaspoon of pork filling into centre on wrapper, brush edges with water and fold into a pouch.  Pinch edges to seal.

To make soup

• Place stock, water, ginger, chili and soy sauce in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
• Add dumplings, return to boil and simmer on medium heat for 5 minutes or until wantons are cooked.
• Stir in coriander and spring onion.
• Serve and enjoy!

 Source – New Idea Test Kitchen 2012