Cantonese Wonton Noodle Soup
Making homemade wonton noodle soup is a labor of love, but it leaves you with a steaming bowl of Cantonese comfort food full of complexity in flavor!
Servings: 50 wontons
Equipment
- Pressure cooker (optional)
Ingredients
- 1/2-1 lb ground pork
- 1/2-1 lb whole shrimp
- 1-2 large pork bones (any type)
- 2 quarts water
- 1 egg
- 1 12 oz. package wonton wrappers
- 1 lb package Chinese egg noodles
- vegetables of choice
Various Seasoning Condiments (All Optional)
- soy sauce
- sesame oil
- salt
- sugar
- pepper
- garlic
- ginger
- green onion
Instructions
- Remove heads from shrimp, peel, and devein.
- Make the broth: Place shrimp heads and pork bones in pressure cooker with about 2 quarts of water (I fill my pot up to the 1/2 way marker). Lightly season with about a teaspoon each of salt and sugar, if desired. Cook on high pressure for 45 minutes.
- While broth is cooking, prep the wontons. Mix ground pork, shrimp, and egg in a food processor or blender. Season as desired. I use a drop of sesame oil, a splash of soy sauce, a pinch of salt, pepper, and sugar, and one clove grated garlic and same amount of grated ginger. Mix until filling resembles a thick paste.
- Scoop a teaspoon of filling into each wonton wrapper and fold the edges as desired. See instructions in above blog post for a couple folding options.
- When broth is close to done, bring a large pot of water to boil. Blanch vegetables of choice for your noodle soup.
- Remove vegetables and set aside. In the same pot, boil the wontons in batches until all are cooked. It should take about 4-5 minutes per batch.
- While the wontons are boiling, prepare bowls of soup. Scoop finished broth into serving bowls, one per person. Add seasonings to taste. I like to add a drop of sesame oil and a splash of soy sauce, but see the blog post for other ideas.
- When wontons are done, cook noodles in the same pot according to the package instructions. While noodles are boiling, place vegetables and 4-6 wontons in each bowl of prepared soup. Finally, add the noodles when finished. Garnish with green onions, if using. Serve and enjoy!