Shrimp Wanton Soup

Shrimp Wanton Soup

Ingredients:

Shrimp Wanton:
500 g ground Shrimps
1 stalk Spring Onion, minced
1/8 cup Carrots, minced
1/2 tsp Fish Sauce
1/2 tsp Red Chili Pepper, crushed (for a kick of spice)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Wonton Wrappers
8 pcs Shrimps, shelled and tail-on (optional)

Broth:
2 cup Chicken Broth
1 tsp Fermented Soy Bean Paste
1 tbsp Soup Soy Sauce or Fish Sauce
1 tsp Ginger, sliced thinly
3 heads Bokchoy (Pak Choi), bottoms sliced off; cut in half lengthwise if large
sliced Spring Onions (for garnish)

Instructions:
Make the Shrimp Wantons.

In a bowl, add-in the shrimps, spring onions, carrots, soup soy sauce or fish sauce, and red chili pepper (if you want it spicy). Season with salt and pepper. Mix well to combine.

Place one tablespoon of filling in center of wonton wrapper and fold in half, sealing edges with water.

Make the broth.

In a pot, boil 2 cups of chicken broth.
Add-in soy bean paste and ginger.

Drop wonton balls and continue cooking until wontons start floating. Add-in shrimps (optional).

Add-in bokchoy. Cook until blanched.

Remove from heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Garnish with spring onions. Serve and Enjoy!!


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(Homemade) Wanton Wrapper

Ingredients: 
2 cups Flour 
1 Egg
1 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Water or as needed 
1/2 tsp sugar (optional) ~very good, if you want a very crunchy wonton!
Corn Starch (enough to dust on the tabletop, for kneading the dough)

Instructions:
In a medium bowl, beat-in the egg with salt and sugar.
Sift-in the flour, and combine well.
Little by little, add-in water until you get the right consistency.

Knead the dough and set aside for 30 minutes.

Dust your clean tabletop with corn starch, and roll out the dough very thinly.

Cut into desired shape.