Wonton Soup (VIDEO)

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5 from 46 votes

This is the easiest and most delicious restaurant quality Wonton Soup that you can make in under 15 mintues!

Prep Time5

Cook Time5

Course: Soup

Cuisine: Chinese

Servings:

Author: Chris Joe

Equipment

Mesh Strainer

Ingredients

4 cups low sodium chicken stock Sub 4 cups water + 2 tsp chicken bouillon powder
1 inch ginger sliced
5 cloves garlic smashed
2 scallions greens chopped and whites left to 3” pieces
¾ tsp white pepper
2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp msg optional
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
1/2 tsp sesame oil
chili oil optional

Instructions

In a small saucepan, combine high quality chicken stock, scallion whites, ginger, Shaoxing wine, soy sauce, white pepper, msg, sugar, and sesame oil. Bring to a simmer over medium heat while you prep the rest of your ingredients.
In a large pot of boiling water, add the wontons (fresh or frozen) and cook over a low boil until they float. Drain and transfer to the serving bowl.
In the same water, add your bok choy to the same boiling water and blanch for 1 minute or until they are dark green and crisp. Drain and add along with the wontons.
Remove the large pieces of aromatics from your broth and strain over the wontons and bok choy. Garnish with chopped scallions and lots of chili oil!

Notes

Chicken stock: this will be the base of your Wonton Soup, so use the highest quality chicken stock or broth you have access to! Sometimes I will even use bone broth for the added health benefits and protein. You can substitute with beef stock or vegetable stock. You can also substitute with 4 cups of water and add 2 tsp of chicken bouillon powder

Add other aromatics: You can add other aromatics to add into soup – mushrooms, dried mushrooms, dried seaweed, dried fish or scallops

Boil wontons separately. The are often dusted with cornstarch, and we don't want the cornstarch to get into the broth and thicken it. If you are adding leafy green vegetables, like bok choy, add them in the last 60 seconds before the wontons are done so you can strain them out at the same time into your broth!

Storage and Reheating

If you have leftover Wonton Soup, I would store the cooked wontons separately from the broth. If you store the leftover cooked wontons in the Wonton Soup broth, the cooked wontons will continue to absorb the broth and expand - if you are OK with that, then that works!

Store any leftovers (wontons, broth, or wontons in the broth) in an airtight container for up to 3 days in the refrigerator.

If you want to make this ahead of time, you can prepare your Wonton Soup broth and keep it in an airtight container in the refrigerator (for up to 3 days); when ready, cook your wontons (not in the broth), reheat your Wonton Soup broth and then combine to enjoy!

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