Cantonese Cooking Together Recipes

Pork & Prawn Wonton Dumpling Soup – Starter

Ingredients – Serves 2:

• 70g mince pork (15-20% fat) 
• 4 prawns (2 minced, 2 in larger chunks) 
• 2-3 water chestnuts – roughly diced 
• 1 stalk spring onion 
• 1 clove garlic 
• 10g fresh ginger 
• 2 tsp soy sauce 
• 1 tsp oyster sauce 
• 1 tsp shaoxing wine 
• ¼ tsp white pepper 
• ¼ tsp chinese five spice 
• ½ tbsp sesame oil 
• ½ tbsp cornstarch 
• 8-10 wonton wrapper sheets 
• 2 chicken stock cubes or chicken bones (spine preferred) 
• 2 leaves pak choi 
• 3 stalks coriander for garnish 
• Chilli oil (optional) 

Veggie alternative: rehydrated dried shiitake and cabbage / veggie stock cubes / vegetarian oyster sauce. 

Method:

1. Make a stock: in a saucepan add hot water to chicken bones and bring to a boil. Drain the bones and season with salt and MSG. If using stock cubes, simply dissolve in boiling water and season to taste. 
2. Make the filling: finely dice the garlic, spring onion and ginger. Rough chop the water chestnuts. Divide the prawns into 2 – finely mince half and rough chop the other. In a mixing bowl, combine the pork, prawns, water chestnuts, aromatics, soy sauce, oyster sauce, shaoxing wine, dry seasonings, sesame oil and cornstarch. 
3. Mix vigorously until you reach a sticky consistency and you notice white streaks around the edges of the bowl – this is the fats in the meat breaking down to produce a tender and juicy filling. 
4. Wrap the wontons: place a teaspoon of filling in the centre, dab the edges with water and fold the edges into a triangle shaping, ensuring there are no air pockets inside and it’s tightly sealed. Wet one corner of the long corners and seal to create a “fortune cookie” shape. 
5. Boil the dumplings and pak choi in a saucepan. Remove the pak choi after 1-2 minutes but continue cooking the dumplings for another 2 minutes until the internal temperature reaches 70C. 
6. Ladle the stock into a bowl, place in your dumplings and garnish with coriander. 
7. Serve with chilli oil for a kick!