Ingredients[]
- 20 wonton skins
- roast pork and/or chicken cut in strips
- 1 bundle pakchoy (bok choy)
- eschallot
- celery
- ¼ lb carrot or a piece of pumpkin
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 2 pints water or chicken stock
- ½ tsp shee-yow (soy sauce)
- 1 dsp vetsin (msg)
- salt to taste
Filling[]
- beef, chicken, prawns or pork -- minced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 egg (to bind)
- pinch of vetsin and sugar to taste
Directions[]
- Put the stock on to boil and then reduce the heat to allow the stock to simmer.
- Remove excess fat.
- Chop the meat finely for the filling.
- Add salt, pepper, sugar, vetsin and egg yolk to bind.
- Put a teaspoonful on each wanton skin, fold, seal edges securely with the tines of a fork, and then paint with egg white.
- Drop the folded wantons into the stock and cook for 8 minutes.
- Add the vegetables, seasoning and chicken or pork cut in strips.
- Cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Put the cooked wantons into a tureen.
- Pour the soup over.