Chicken wontons
Chicken wonton (Pangsit Ayam) with clear chicken/ vegetable soup is delicious to have for a light lunch or as an afternoon snack on a cold day.
Servings: 50
Ingredients
For the wontons
- 1 pound ground chicken/ chicken mince.
- 7 tablespoons tapioca flour.
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour/ plain flour.
- 2 spring onions/ scallions finely chopped.
- 2 cloves garlic minced or crushed finely into paste.
- ½ inch ginger minced finely.
- 2 eggs lightly beaten.
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce.
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil.
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper or white pepper.
- 1 teaspoon onion powder.
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder.
- 1 teaspoon salt.
- 50 pieces wonton pastries. (see the note).
For the soup:
- 1.5 liter Chicken/ vegetable stock.
- ½ Onion finely sliced.
- 1 Spring onion/ scallion sliced.
- 1 tablespoon Butter.
- Salt and pepper according to taste.
- Fried onions optional
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Instructions
For the wontons:
- Firstly, we have to make the filling by putting all the ingredients except the pastry into a mixing bowl.
- Using a spoon, mix the ingredients well that you can tell that it’s all mingled.
- At the beginning you may find it slimy and slippery due to the eggs. But keep stirring and mixing until all well blended.
- Open the wonton pastry pack, and put the pastry on a damp tea towel. Fold the towel and cover the pastry with it. The idea is to keep the pastry moist so it won’t go dry and hard.
- Take a sheet of the pastry and put it on your palm, then put about 1 teaspoon of the chicken mixture on the middle of the pastry.
- Take one corner of the pastry to its opposite and fold it over the meat. So you’ll have a triangle pastry with the chicken filling inside.
- Fold the pastry gently from end to end.
- In a pot, boil some water and put the wontons in the boiling water. Make sure the water covers the wontons fully.
- When the wontons float on the surface, it means they’re cooked.
- Spoon and drain the wontons.
For the soup:
- In a separate pot, melt the butter and put in the onion slices.
- When the onions become translucent and smell fragrant, add in the spring onion/ scallion slices. Fry further for about a minute or two.
- Put your preferred stock in the pot, and let it boil at low heat.
- You can season the soup with salt and pepper according to your taste.
Assemble the chicken wontons with the soup:
- Put a few wontons in a small bowl and add in the soup.
- Garnish with some fried onions.
- Tuck in and enjoy.
Notes
- If you make the wontons in bulk, you can enjoy them as crispy snacks by deep fry the boiled wontons. They're perfect for finger food dipped in chili sauce.
- You can use shop-bought pastry or make it yourself using my guide on how to make wonton pastry.
Nutrition
Serving: 10portions | Calories: 40kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 125mg | Potassium: 89mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 25IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 0.3mg
Disclaimer
Nutritional info in this recipe is only estimate using online calculator. You should refer to it as a guide only. Please verify with your own data if you seek an accurate info.