Pork and Prawn Wontons

Name: Pork and Prawn Wontons
Yield: Makes 40
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 egg; 70 g (2½ oz) raw prawns (shrimp), peeled, deveined and finely chopped; ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper; 2 spring onions (scallions), finely chopped; 1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger; 200 g (7 oz) pork mince (ground pork); 2 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 2 teaspoons light soy sauce; 40 wonton wrappers

Preparation info

Makes
40

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chinese-ish

By Joanna Hu and Rosheen Kaul

Published 2022

About

When I think of wontons, I think fondly of this classic pork and prawn filling. Bouncy, savoury and super tasty, sometimes you just don’t mess with perfection.

Ingredients

40 wonton wrappers

Asia
China
Starter
Snack
Hong Kong
Southeast Asia

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