Wontons: recipe with photo

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Wontons are close relatives of our dumplings, which came to us from China. This hearty dish is traditionally steamed, boiled or fried until crispy. In this article, you will learn how to make wontons, a recipe for dough and toppings, as well as little cooking tips that will help make this dish especially delicious.

Wonton dough

In China, ready-made dough is sold for this dish, cut into squares or circles of the desired size. However, you can easily prepare the base yourself and make sure that there is nothing complicated in this. Read how to make wonton dough at home (recipe):

• Sift three cups of flour into a bowl.
• Boil half a glass of water in a saucepan and pour into the flour. Then add another 1/4 cup room temperature water.
• Put s alt, a spoonful of vegetable oil into a bowl, knead the dough and leave it to stand for 10-15 minutes.

Shrimp and pork wontons

For this recipe, you can make your own dough orbuy it in the store. Divide the desired amount of dough into three parts. Cover two with a towel and put aside, and roll out the third and use a mold to cut out circles with a diameter of 5 cm from it. To prepare minced meat, you will need:

• Mash 300 grams of peeled shrimp with a fork, add 200 grams of minced pork to them and mix.
• After that, chop 120 grams of bamboo sprouts with a knife (they can be replaced with pickled champignons) and add them to the minced meat.
• Spice the filling with two tablespoons of soy sauce, two tablespoons of rice (or dry white) wine, s alt and pepper.
• Add half a tablespoon of vegetable oil, two tablespoons of rice flour (can be replaced with starch), one protein and a teaspoon of sugar to the minced meat.

Stuffing mix well and put in the center of each workpiece. After that, connect the edges of the dough so that you get a bag with an open neck. Cook wontons in a steamer until done, then serve

Fried wontons. Recipe with photo

At home, Chinese dumplings are given different shapes. Sometimes the edges are completely fastened together, sometimes the “neck” is left open, and in Szechuan cuisine they are often given a triangular shape. This time we propose to make pouches from the dough and deep-fry them. Read how to make fried wontons (recipe):

• First, let's make the sauce. Take one red chilli, remove seeds and white membranes. Cut the flesh into thin half rings,which should then be combined with a tablespoon of sugar, a tablespoon of lime juice, three tablespoons of water and four tablespoons of soy sauce (you can use fish sauce instead).
• Chop 250 grams of peeled shrimp, add finely chopped green onions, five or six cloves of garlic and a few sprigs of cilantro.
• Mix shrimp with 450 grams of minced pork, one chicken egg, a tablespoon of soy sauce, a teaspoon of lime and a teaspoon of sugar. Season the minced meat with s alt, ground pepper and mix well.
• Cover the bowl with the filling with cling film and put it in the fridge for half an hour.
• Take 350 grams of ready-made wonton dough or make your own. Place a ball of minced meat in the center of each blank, which should be rolled up with wet hands. Pinch the edges to make a small pouch.
• For deep frying, heat vegetable oil in a deep saucepan, and then fry the wontons in it until golden brown.

Serve the finished dish hot with hot sauce.

Sweet wontons

There are many types of fillings with which Chinese dumplings are prepared. In this case, we suggest you stock up on dried berries and nuts. Read the instructions and cook original wontons with us. Recipe:

• Take 75 grams of pitted dried cherries and mix them with 30 grams of cashews. Add sugar and ground cinnamon to taste.
• Make unleavened dough or buy ready-made. ATPlace a teaspoon of filling in the center of each piece and press the edges together tightly to form a square wonton.
• Pour vegetable oil into the wok and fry sweet dumplings in it.

Put the finished wontons on paper towels to drain the oil, and then to a dish. Before serving, they can be sprinkled with a mixture of cinnamon and powdered sugar.

Wontons with minced meat. Cooking recipe

Surprise your loved ones with a new Chinese dish and they will thank you. How to cook wontons? Read the recipe below:

• Finely chop half a small fork of cabbage with a knife and simmer in a pan until tender.
• One carrot and one onion, peel and then grate. Mix vegetables with 250 grams of minced pork, a spoonful of grated ginger, a clove of garlic, a spoonful of soy sauce and a spoonful of sesame oil.
• When the cabbage has cooled down a bit, mix it with the minced meat and let it stand for half an hour.
• At this time, you can prepare the dough and cut it into small squares.
• Put a spoonful of stuffing on the blanks and wrap it in an envelope. After that, boil the wontons in s alted water until tender and serve.

Wontons with mushrooms

If you love mushrooms or have excluded meat from your menu, then pay attention to these vegetarian wontons. Recipe:

• 200 grams of Beijing cabbage and 80 grams of celery chop with a blender.
• 100 grams of champignons and one hot pepper chop with a knife, and then fry in a pan until tender.
• Sprinkle minced meat with soy sauce, add onion, cilantro and ginger to taste.
• Prepare the dough (you can find the recipe above) and roll it into a thin layer.
• Cut the blank into squares, put the stuffing in the center of each and form bags.

Wontons need to be steamed until tender. You can serve them to the table with the original sauce, which is prepared from the following products:

• Soy sauce light - 30 ml.
• Sesame oil - half teaspoon.
• Dark rice vinegar - half teaspoon.
• Red hot pepper.
• Ginger - one teaspoon.

We hope you enjoy the recipes in this article and delight your loved ones with new dishes every day.