Wonton Soup

Name: Wonton Soup (雲吞湯)
Yield: Allow 4 to 6 wontons per person for a soup course, 6 to 10 for a snack.
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 to 5 cups chicken stock; 36 commercial or homemade wonton wrappers; ½ pound ground pork; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 4 tablespoons stock or water; 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 4 tablespoons stock or water; 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 4 tablespoons stock or water; 1 teaspoon finely chopped scallions; 1 teaspoon minced peeled ginger; Sprinkling black pepper; 1 tablespoon dry sherry; ⅛ teaspoon sugar; 1½ tablespoons light soy sauce; Salt or light soy sauce to taste; Salt or light soy sauce to taste; 2 cups spinach leaves, torn coarsely; 2 cups spinach leaves, torn coarsely

雲吞湯

Preparation info

Allow
6 to 10
wontons per person for a soup course, for a snack.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

Ingredients

½ pound ground pork
36 commercial or homemade wonton wrappers
4 to

Asia
China
Snack
Soup

Method

Preparing the wontons

March-chop the ground meat a few times to loosen its formation. Put it in a bowl and add the seasonings; mix until smooth. Divide roughly into 36 tiny portions and wrap them in the wontons.

Bring 5 to 6