Home-made wonton soup

Name: Home-made wonton soup
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 g minced pork; 200 g chopped shepherd's purse; 1 egg; 10 g chopped ginger; 1 teaspoon oyster oil; 1 teaspoon Chinese pepper sauce; 10 g salt; 1 quart broth; 5 g lard; 5 g dried laver; 10 g shredded egg crepe; 5 g dried shrimp; 5 g chopped spring onions

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Jiangsu China

Shepherd’s purse is considered as a common weed in many parts of the world.
It is commonly used as food in Shanghai and the surrounding Jiangnan region, where it is stir-fried with rice cakes or serves as a part of the fillings in wontons.

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Ingredients

500 gminced pork
200 gchopped shepherd's purse
1egg
10 gchopped ginger
1 teaspoonoyster oil
1 teaspoonChinese pepper sauce
10 gsalt
1 quartbroth
5 glard
5 gdried laver
10 gshredded egg crepe
5 gdried shrimp
5 gchopped spring onions

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Steps

1

Add a teaspoon of flour into the water and leave the shepherd’s purse to soak for 30mins before you wash it. Flour can make it easy for you to get rid of the dirt.
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Wring the shepherd’s purse before mixing it with minced pork or you will find the stuffing soggy.
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To make the wonton filling, finely chop the shepherd’s purse. Transfer to a basin and stir in the minced pork，egg, chopped ginger, oyster oil, Chinese pepper sauce and salt.
4

.Lay the wonton wrappers on a work surface in a single layer and put about 1 tablespoon of the filling mixture in the centre of each. Fold each one into a rectangle.
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Bring the two bottom corners of the edge which hasn’t been sealed to meet in the centre.
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Secure with a little of water to hold in place.
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Cook the wontons in boiling water. Add another cup of cold water when they start to swim on the surface of boiling water. Cook the wontons until they flout onto the surface again.
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Transport the wontons to the heated broth and add lard, shred laver and chopped spring onions before serving. You can also add chili oil, coriander or sesame seed oil as you like.