This homemade wonton soup is the total opposite of the commercial restaurant version. Clear broth full of flavor, meaty wontons with a water chestnut crunch at the core, fresh vegetables that snap. You control everything: more ginger if you want more, less soy sauce if you want it more subtle, more shrimp if you want to push the briny side. This recipe from my Tome 2 was an obvious choice to put online. There are so many people looking for a real homemade wonton soup without additives or MSG, I had to release it.<\/p>\n
My filling is lean ground pork + finely chopped shrimp + fresh grated ginger + toasted sesame oil + soy sauce + rice vinegar + an egg white for binding + water chestnuts for the signature crunch. Mix it “like a ninja” until you get a smooth, firm and sticky texture. That’s what makes wontons that hold together during cooking without bursting. If you find Shaoxing rice wine at the Asian grocery store (T&T, Hawaii Market), replace the rice vinegar with 1 tbsp of Shaoxing. It’s even more authentic. Otherwise, rice vinegar does the job perfectly.<\/p>\n
This is my signature trick for this recipe. The wontons cook in a pot of simmering water (NOT boiling!) separately, then we transfer them to the hot chicken broth. Why? Because cooking the wontons directly in the broth makes it cloudy (the starch from the wonton wrappers releases). By cooking separately, the broth stays crystal clear, elegant, ready to shine. Serve this in large bowls with julienned carrots, baby bok choy leaves, sliced green onion and fresh cilantro on top. It’s exactly the kind of soup that keeps you warm on an autumn evening or impresses your friends on a Saturday winter night. Seriously, it’s ridiculously good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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