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pork wonton soup

Pork Wontons Soup

Classic Cantonese pork wontons soup dish topped with shallot oil.
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Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 12 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Wontons
  • 2 lb ground pork
  • 1 lb raw shrimp rough chopped or roughly ground
  • 1 head garlic minced
  • 2 inch piece of ginger minced
  • 1 bunch green onion or garlic chives cut into ½ inch pieces
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp black pepper
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp xiaoxing or rice wine
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 2 packages wonton wrappers
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 3 tbsp water
Pork Broth
  • 2 lb pork neck bones
  • 1 handful dried shrimp
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce or to taste
  • 4 quarts water
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp salt
Toppings
  • 1 bunch bok choy boiled
  • 1 bunch green onion chopped
  • 1 handful cilantro chopped
Shallot Oil
  • 2 shallots chopped
  • 1/2 cup oil

Method
 

Pork Broth
  1. Bring a large pot of water to boil. When water is boiled. Add in pork neck bones. Allow to boil for 5 minutes until a brown foam forms on top. Then throw out the water and rinse out the bones until they are clean.
  2. Boil 4 quarts of water for broth. When the water is boiled. Add in cleaned pork neck bones. Add in dried shrimp, garlic, fish sauce, and whole garlic cloves. Allow to simmer on medium for 1-2 hours.
Wontons
  1. Prepare meat mixture by adding in pork, shrimp, garlic, ginger, garlic chives, salt, pepper, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, rice wine, and sugar. Place ground beef, spices, soy sauce, rice wine, and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Use hands to mix together all ingredients.
  2. Pick up a handful of the meat mixture, lift slightly above the bowl, and then throw it back into the bowl with force. Repeat at least 5 times. Set meat mixture aside.
  3. Prepare eggwash for wonton wrapping by adding a beaten egg to water in a bowl. Beat well.
  4. Fold dumplings according to instructions above.
  5. Boil another pot of water. When water is boiling, add in wontons and allow to boil ~7-10 minutes. Remove wontons from water when they begin to float to the top. Set aside.
  6. After wontons are cooked, place bok choy in the water to boil for 2-3 minutes until slightly softened. Set aside.
Shallot Oil
  1. Heat a pot of oil until it begins to slightly smoke. Then turn fire on medium.
  2. Add in shallots to fry. Stir occasionally until shallots become golden brown.
Assembly
  1. Place boiled wontons into a bowl. Ladle in boiled pork broth. Top with boiled bok choy, cilantro, green onion, and shallot oil.