Wontons
A Chinese dinner made with pork. Ready in about 40 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 15 minPrep (about)
- 25 minCook (about)
- 40 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- ¾ lb pork Shopping tip: Ground pork.
Fresh & other
- 2 garlic cloves
- ¾ tsp ginger
- 2 carrots
- 2 celery
- 5 green onions Shopping tip: Green onions (scallions).
- 1 pack wonton skin
- Bottle water
Sauces & oils
- 2 ¼ tsp soy sauce
- ¾ tsp sesame seed oil
- Fry oil Shopping tip: Vegetable, canola or peanut oil (good for high heat).
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Mix vegetables, sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger, garlic and pork in a bowl.
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Separate wonton skins.
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Place a heaping teaspoon of filling in your center of the wonton.
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Brush water on 2 borders of your skin, covering 1 4 inch from your edge.
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Fold skin over to form triangle, sealing edges.
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Pinch the two long outside points together.
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Heat oil to 450 degrees.
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Fry 4 to 5 each time until golden.
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Drain.
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Serve with sauce.
On the side: Steamed rice
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (25 min)
- Rinse the rice. Simmer it covered in water (2 cups per cup of rice) for about 18 minutes, then let it sit 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.