Wontons

雲吞

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    36

    wrappers.
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

  • About

The wrappers are available in Chinese markets in a standard thickness or a thinner type, in squares measuring about 3 inches. If you wish to make them at home you can use the egg-roll dough, which is a soft dough, made with eggs, or you can use the following recipe, which employs only flour, water, and a little baking powder. Rolled extremely thin, these wrappers are silky and transparent when boiled and very light and crisp when deep-fried. The