Prawn Wonton Soup

Name: Prawn Wonton Soup
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200-250 g Frozen (or Fresh) Prawns; 1 pack Wonton Wrappers (*25 to 30 sheets); 2-3 Spring Onions *finely chopped; 1 small piece Ginger *grated; 3-4 Shiitake Mushrooms *finely chopped; 1/2 Egg White; 1/4 teaspoon Salt; White Pepper; 1 tablespoon Potato Starch; <Soup>; 4 cups Dashi Stock *can be replaced by Chicken or Vegetable stock; 1 teaspoon Salt; 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

On a cold day, warm soup for dinner makes my family happy. Last night, I was just about to make Tofu & Egg Soup that is my children’s favourite, but I changed my mind when I saw frozen prawns in my freezer. I made Prawn Wonton Soup instead. We can buy wonton wrappers from most supermarket stores these days. I saved some for deep frying. They were absolutely delicious and surprisingly easy to make. You should try this.

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

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Ingredients

4 servings

200-250 gFrozen (or Fresh) Prawns
1 packWonton Wrappers (*25 to 30 sheets)
2-3Spring Onions *finely chopped
1small piece Ginger *grated
3-4Shiitake Mushrooms *finely chopped
1/2Egg White
1/4 teaspoonSalt
White Pepper
1 tablespoonPotato Starch
<Soup>
4 cupsDashi Stock *can be replaced by Chicken or Vegetable stock
1 teaspoonSalt
1 tablespoonSoy Sauce

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Steps

1

Place Dashi Stock in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add Salt & Soy Sauce and bring to a simmer. If you use Chicken or Vegetable stock, alter the amount of Salt & Soy Sauce. I recommend to add some Ginger slices and Spring Onion to the stock to add Asian flavour. (Remove them before cooking wontons.)
2

Mince the thawed Prawns by chopping up, add Spring Onion, Ginger, Shiitake, Egg White and Potato Starch, then Salt & Pepper and mix well.
3

Place 1 wonton wrapper on a plate, place 1 heaped teaspoon prawn mixture in centre. Wet edges with water and fold up to form a triangle and pinch to enclose. For soup, attach both bottom corner edges together. Repeat with remaining mixture and wrappers.
4

Add wontons to simmering soup. Cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until wontons float to the surface and cooked through.
5

Alternatively, you can deep fry the triangular wontons.