Recipe: Spicy Wonton Soup [edit]

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February 07, 2009

Recipe #3 in our Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration series. This is a great way to use one recipe for two dishes. If you are making the Chicken Shumai dimsum ...

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[edit] Ingredients

	For wonton balls:
½	pound ground chicken or ground turkey
¼	cup carrots, minced
2	stalks spring onion, minced
1	teaspoon fish sauce
1	teaspoon crushed red chilli pepper (optional)
	salt and pepper to taste
	wonton wrapper
	For broth:
2	cups chicken broth
1	teaspoon fermented soy bean paste or black bean paste or chili sesame oil
1	teaspoon sliced ginger
1	tablespoon soy sauce or fish sauce (season to suit your taste)
1	stalk spring onion, sliced diagonally for garnish
	baby bokchoy or chinese broccoli

[edit] Preparation

Step 1	Mix filling in a bowl. Place one teaspoon in center of wonton wrapper and fold in half, sealing edges with water.
Step 2	Boil 2 cups of chicken broth. Add fermented soy beans and ginger. Drop wonton balls and continue cooking until wontons starting floating.
Step 3	Add baby bokchoy (if large, cut in half lengthwise) or sliced chinese broccoli. Cook until vegetables are blanched.
Step 4	Remove from heat. Season with extra soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with spring onions and serve.

[edit] About Spicy Wonton Soup

Recipe #3 in our Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration series . This is a great way to use one recipe for two dishes. If you are making the Chicken Shumai dimsum , you can divide the recipe in half and use the rest for this soup. You can use it either with the wonton wrapper or without, shaping the filling into 2 inch balls and adding to the soup.