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Wonton in Chili Oil

This recipe is for making 100 wontons! Although 2 hours of preparing time seem long, once you prepared it, it is so easy to store in the freezer and cook anytime for later within 5 minutes!
Prep Time2 hrs
Cook Time3 mins
Total Time2 hrs 3 mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: spicy, wonton
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 455kcal
Cost: $30

Equipment

  • pot

Ingredients

Wonton Filling

  • 1.5 pounds ground pork
  • 12 oz shrimp
  • 3 stalks scallion
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp white pepper
  • 1 tsp Chinese five-spice
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp Sichuan peppercorn
  • ginger

Spicy sauce

  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp Chinese dark vinegar
  • 1 tsp white pepper
  • 1~4 tbsp chili oil 1~4 tbsp depends on spiciness level
  • sugar

Instructions

Juicy Pork & Shrimp Wonton Filling

  • Chop off the white part of the scallion, place in a container with a few slices of ginger, and 1 tbsp of Sichuan peppercorn. Add 1 cup of boiling hot water and soak for about 5 minutes. This spiced water will be used to marinade the pork filling.
    soaking ginger, scallion, sichuan peppercorn in hot water
  • Chop 12oz of shrimp into small pieces. Make sure the shrimp is fully deveined otherwise it will have an unpleasant flavor.
    chopping shrimp into small pieces
  • In a bowl, add 1.5 pounds of ground pork and chopped shrimp. To season this, add 1 tsp of salt, 1 tsp of white pepper, 1 tsp of Chinese five spices, 1 tbsp of oyster sauce, 1 tbsp of soy sauce, and 1 tbsp of sesame oil. Lastly, crack 1 egg into the bowl.
    season the pork filling with soy sauce, five spices, oyster sauce
  • Drain the spiced water and add ⅓ cup to the pork mixture. Mix well until pork absorbs the water then add more. (I usually do it 3 times, which is adding ⅓ cup of water at a time.)
    Once adding all of the water, mix it vigorously.
    adding spiced water into the pork filling
  • Add 2 tbsp of cornstarch to the filling, mix well. And then add some chopped scallion on the top, pour some hot oil over it and mix well until this scallion oil is fully absorbed.
    wonton pork and shrimp filling, marinated with scallion oil

Wrapping Wontons

  • Place a teaspoonful of filling in the center of the wrapper.
    Dip your finger into water and wet the sides of the square. (The water here will work as glue and make the side stick together)
    Fold it in half, and then wet one of the bottom corners, twist and stick together with another corner. (Please check out the video for more details)
    wrapping wonton in 4 steps

Cooking Wontons

  • To cook wontons, boil some water in a pot and toss the wonton in. Gently stir and make sure the wontons won't stick to the bottom.
    When the water boils again, add a cup of cold water so that the wonton can keep cooking while the skin won’t break due to the high temperature.
    Repeat this process twice. Once all of the wontons are floating, turn off the heat and drain out the water.
    cooking wonton in the boiling water
  • In a bowl, add 1 tbsp of oyster sauce, 1 tbsp of soy sauce, 1 tbsp of Chinese dark vinegar, a sprinkle of sugar, 1 tsp of white pepper, several tbsp of chili oil depends on how spicy you want it to be. I usually add 4 tbsp which is quite spicy.
    making the spicy sauce for wonton, adding soy sauce, chinese dark vinegar and oyster sauce
  • Add the wontons into the sauce bowl, mix well, garnish with scallions. Enjoy!
    adding wonton to the spicy chili oil

Video

Nutrition

Calories: 455kcal