Vegetarian Wontons

Name: Vegetarian Wontons
Yield: Makes 40
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ tablespoon salt; ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper; ½ teaspoon cornflour (cornstarch); 3 cm (1¼ inch) piece ginger, finely chopped; 5 garlic chives, finely chopped; 4 x 5 cm (2 inch) pieces fried tofu puffs (see Notes), finely chopped; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; ½ tablespoon light soy sauce; 40 wonton wrappers; 100 g (3½ oz) dried black fungus (wood-ear mushrooms), soaked in hot water until soft and then finely chopped; 100 g (3½ oz) fresh shiitake mushrooms, finely chopped

Preparation info

Makes
40

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chinese-ish

By Joanna Hu and Rosheen Kaul

Published 2022

About

Shiitake mushrooms, black fungus and fried tofu puffs provide a delightfully textural stand-in for the classic pork and prawn wonton filling over the page. Wonton wrappers come in white and yellow varieties and some are vegan. It is unwise to substitute wonton wrappers with normal dumpling or gyoza wrappers, which are too thick.

Ingredients

40 wonton wrappers

Asia
China
Snack
Starter
Southeast Asia
Hong Kong
Vegetarian

Method

Mix all of the filling ingredients together in a large bowl until well combined, then leave to rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Place 1 teaspoon of filling in the centre of a wonton wrapper. Using your fingertip, moisten the edges with a little water, fold the wrapper over to enclose the fi