{"id":3682,"date":"2010-02-15T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T13:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/?p=3682"},"modified":"2019-08-28T10:34:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T10:34:31","slug":"recipe-won-ton-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/15\/recipe-won-ton-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"[Recipe] Won ton soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The name won ton means swallowing a cloud, and the wonton floating in this popular soup are thought to resemble clouds. This recipe for Won ton soup serves 4. You can get most of the ingredients in a good asian supermarket. Get frozen won ton wrappers, they cost next to nothing and will save you a lot of hassle.<\/p>\n<p>won ton wrappers<br \/>\n1\/2 pound boneless lean pork, chopped finely<br \/>\n1 tablespoon soy sauce<br \/>\n1 tablespoon oyster sauce<br \/>\n1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine, mirin or rice vinegar<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon sugar<br \/>\n1 green onion, finely minced<br \/>\n1 teaspoon cornstarch<br \/>\n2 dashes of pepper<br \/>\n1 small knob of fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated<\/p>\n<p>Combine all the filling ingredients in a bowl, mixing well. Lay one won ton skin in front of you. Cover the remaining won ton skins with a damp towel to keep them from drying out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Filling the won tons: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moisten all the edges of the won ton wrapper with water. Place a heaping teaspoon of won ton filling in the center. Fold the won ton wrapper in half lengthwise, making sure the ends meet. Press down firmly on the ends to seal. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wonton1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flubu.com\/various_pics\/food_porn\/asian\/slides\/wontonstepbystep1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"207\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Use thumbs to push down on the edges of the filling to center it. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wonton2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flubu.com\/various_pics\/food_porn\/asian\/slides\/wontonstepbystep2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"233\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Keeping thumbs in place, fold over the won ton wrapper one more time. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wonton3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flubu.com\/various_pics\/food_porn\/asian\/slides\/wontonstepbystep3.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"327\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Push the corners up and hold in place between your thumb and index finger. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wonton4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flubu.com\/various_pics\/food_porn\/asian\/slides\/wontonstepbystep4.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"249\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wet the corners with your fingers. Bring the two ends together so that they overlap. Press to seal. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wonton5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flubu.com\/various_pics\/food_porn\/asian\/slides\/wontonstepbystep5.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"187\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The finished product should resemble a nurse&#8217;s cap. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wonton6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flubu.com\/various_pics\/food_porn\/asian\/slides\/wontonstepbystep6.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"239\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Repeat with remaining won tons.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video with a similar way to fold won tons:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/uL3lNAhRXBA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boiling the won tons: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the won tons, making sure there is enough room for them to move about freely. Let the won tons boil for 5 &#8211; 8 minutes, until they rise to the top and the filling is cooked through. Remove from the pot with a slotted spoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To make the soup:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Bring the 1L of chicken stock to a boil. Add the won tons and bring the soup back to a boil. Add the green onion, remove the pot from the heat. Ladle into soup bowls, allowing 6 won tons per person.<\/p>\n<p>Optionally, you can also add sliced bok choi and thinly sliced red pepper to the stock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The name won ton means swallowing a cloud, and the wonton floating in this popular soup are thought to resemble clouds. This recipe for Won ton soup serves 4. You can get most of the ingredients in a good asian supermarket. Get frozen won ton wrappers, they cost next to nothing and will save you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/15\/recipe-won-ton-soup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;[Recipe] Won ton soup&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[285,22,169,447],"class_list":["post-3682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chinese","tag-recipes","tag-soup","tag-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u9vK-Xo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43965,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3682\/revisions\/43965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}