Comment on How to Make Wonton Soup by Jen

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Beef and Broccoli to Mongolian Chicken to Wonton Soup! This Wonton Soup might taste laboriously delicious, but I promise the filling takes less than 5 minutes to whip up in your food processor! All that is really left to do is assemble the wontons, and as soon as you make a couple, you will have them mastered and the task will fly by. You can even enlist the help of your kiddos OR pull them out of the freezer you have made earlier. Either way, the end result is HOMEMADE Wonton Soup made with only the freshest ingredients, no fillers, just flavor.

up close of authentic wonton soup recipe in a white bowl

Wontons originated from Northern China but the filling varies from region to region. I’ve stuck with the most common winner of juicy ground pork and seasoned it with plenty of aromatics. The filling is soooo flavorful, I could eat it with a spoon and SO good, I’ve adapted it slightly to use in my homemade Potstickers recipe. If you want to taste the filling before it’s been wrapped, you can microwave a little bit to sample – addicting I tell you – and even more tantalizing when its wrapped in a tender wonton and cooked in seasoned broth.
For this Wonton Soup recipe, we are going to stuff our Wontons with:

You can leave the garlic and ginger peeled but whole and you don’t need to chop your green onions or mushroom either because of my shortcut below.

The only ingredient you might have a question about is rice wine. I explain this in all my posts because I tend to always get questions about it. Rice wine is NOT rice vinegar- DO NOT switch them out. Rice wine adds a sweetness and depth of flavor. Rice vinegar, on the other hand will add an acidic flavor. I use “Kikkoman Aji-Mirin: Sweet Cooking Rice Seasoning” which is commonly found in the Asian section of most grocery stores or you can Amazon it. I highly suggest you google image before you head off to the grocery store so you know exactly what you are looking for. The best substitute for rice wine is pale dry sherry.

Wonton Wrappers should easily be found at any grocery store, and definitely at specialty Asian markets. At my grocery store(s), the wonton wrappers are located near the produce, at the end of the aisle in the refrigerated section. You will need approximately 38-42 wonton wrappers for this Wonton Soup recipe so be sure to check how many are in the package before you buy them. Depending on the brand of wontons wrappers you purchase you will need one or two packages.

easy, authentic, homemade wonton soup recipe in a white soup pot

You are going to LOVE my wonton filling shortcut! Instead of chopping all of the veggies, I use the same shortcut I use when I make egg roll filling – we add everything whole to the food processor – no chopping! This method makes our wonton filling come together in minutes! WINNING!

showing how to make wonton filling for easy Wonton Soup by adding ginger, garlic, mushrooms and green onions in a food processor

showing how to make wonton filling for Wonton Soup by chopping ginger, garlic, mushrooms and green onions in a food processor

showing how to make wonton filling for Wonton Soup by adding ground pork, soy sauce, egg to food processor

showing how to make wonton filling for Wonton Soup by mixing ground pork, eggs, ginger, sesame oil, garlic green onions, mushrooms, soy sauce together

How easy was that?!

showing how to wrap wontons for best wonton soup by laying wontons on a flat surface and topping with 2 teaspoons of filling

showing how to wrap wontons for wonton soup by brushing the top 2 sides of wonton with water with a finger.

showing how to wrap wontons for wonton soup by bringing 2 opposite corners of the wonton together (2 dry, 2 wet) to form a triangle and enclose the filling, pinching edges of the wrapper together to firmly a seal, pressing out any air.

showing how to wrap wontons for wonton soup by Moisten opposite corners of the long side of triangle and fold them down

showing how to wrap wontons for wonton soup by crossing edges of wontons then pinching them to seal together.

wrapped wontons on a baking sheet ready to go into authentic Wonton Soup

showing how to wrap wontons for wonton soup

There are a couple tricks to keeping wontons sealed:

side view of easy wonton soup in a white soup pot

The broth is warm, comforting, soothing and the perfect bath for our wontons. The Wonton Soup Broth consists of:

Make sure you use low sodium chicken broth and low sodium soy sauce or else your broth will taste to salty.

We start making our broth very first so it can simmer and develop flavor while we prep our wontons.

showing how to make easy wonton soup by cooking carrots before adding wonton soup ingredients

wonton soup broth in large white soup pott

showing how to make easy wonton soup recipe by cooking wontons in the broth

spooning a wonton in easy wonton soup recipe

up close of easy wonton soup recipe in a white bowl

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There are a couple tricks to keeping wontons sealed:

The star of this Homemade Wonton Soup is the wonton filling but if you don’t have time to make your own wontons, you can make semi-homemade Wonton Soup and use frozen wontons. Make the broth according to directions and add frozen wontons when specified. The frozen wontons will take a few extra minutes to cook.

Freezing the wontons creates a fabulous easy-dinner option for all those busy nights. To freeze wontons:

Place assembled, uncooked wontons on a parchment-lined baking sheet/plate (whatever will fit in your freezer) without touching.
Loosely cover with plastic wrap.
Freeze wontons until solid, about 1 hour.
Transfer wontons to a freezer bag.
Cook wontons directly from frozen in hot broth.