Mom’s Chicken Wontons

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    38

    wontons
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Family Thai: Bringing the Flavors of Thailand Home

By Arnold Myint

Published 2025

  • About

For Asian American kids, and people foraying into Thai food for the first time, the chicken wonton is kind of our version of the chicken nugget. This was a very introductory dish for a lot of people’s children when they were first coming out to International Market. Because it’s such a crowd-pleaser, my mom would always prepare these for school functions, birthday parties, and fundraisers. I even remember one summer when there was a food festival our family participated in. While all the ot