Mama’s Wanton Soup

Food Feature: How to make Wanton Soup

 

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Melissa Wong

Ingredients:

Here is a wonton in the soup that is ready to eat.
The noodles, meat, and vegetables are
swimming in the delicious broth.
Melissa Wong/My Online Journalism Blog

A package of wanton wrappers 

- or egg roll wrappers

1 Chinese Cabbage 

1 Medium Onion

1/4 lbs of pork (or minced pork) 

Canola Oil

Store-bought Broth 

Instant Noodles

Soy Sauce 

Directions:

1. We will be using egg roll wrappers today (because we are a low-budget cooking channel and these wrappers were reduced)

2. Peel the leaves off your Chinese Cabbage 

3. Dice your pork and onions 

4. Wash and cut your Chinese Cabbage into slices. Separate the cabbage stem from the leaves.  

5. Put the stovetop on medium. Fry your diced onion in canola oil with pepper. 

6. Add the leafy part of the Chinese Cabbage to the fried onion. Add soy sauce and stir cabbage in the pan

7. Add 1/4 cup of water then put the lid on the pan for 10 minutes

8. Add the diced pork to the pan and mix it with the onions and cabbage 

9. Put the lid on the pan for 3 minutes 

10. Remove the pan from the hot element

11. Separate the wrappers on a plate for easy access. Have a small bowl of water on hand

12. Take the mixture out of the pan and put 1/2 in one bowl. Half is wanton stuffing and the other half is for the soup 

13. Start making wontons: 

            a. Place a wrapper in the palm of your hand 

            b. Put a small spoonful of stuffing in the center 

            c. Add water to all 4 sides of the wrapper 

            d. Press the sides firmly with your fingers or a fork 

14. Fill a pot with store-bought broth, add water to the container, and add to the pot

15. Put the soup pot on the stove 

16. Add canola oil to the bottom of a pan. Fry the Chinese Cabbage-sliced stem part and mix them in a tablespoon of soy sauce. Fry at medium heat and put the lid on

17. Remove the lid and mix around after 5 minutes or until stems are soft

18. Pour the Chinese Cabbage stems into the pot of broth 

19. Put a pot of cold water on a hot element, add instant noodles, and let the noodles boil until they are soft 

20. Add the noodles to the broth which is on low heat, along with the second bowl of onions, cabbage leaves, and pork 

21. Put the wanton into the boiling water, which was used to boil the noodles

22. Boil wantons for 2 minutes and remove them and place them in a heat-resistant bowl

23. Divide out the wantons into serving bowls

24. Scoop soup from the pot into serving bowls

25. Enjoy your wanton noodle soup!

Tips: The store-bought can be any flavor. You can use beef, vegetable, or pork broth.

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