Spicy Wonton Soup
By: Cafenilson
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 3:25pm

Ingredients




For wonton balls:

1/2 pound ground chicken or ground turkey
1/4 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 
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

Preparation

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

About


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.