veglemon Recipe ⊷ Easy Wonton Soup

This is an easy wonton soup for those looking for a base recipe. You can add more elaborate ingredients to the soup like mushrooms, spinach, bok choy, celery, prawns, BBQ pork, etc. Or just enjoy its simplicity.

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground pork
• 2 green onions, minced
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 2 teaspoons hot sauce
• ground black pepper to taste
• 1 (16 ounce) package wonton wrappers
• 2 (32 ounce) cartons chicken broth
• 1 (1 inch) piece fresh ginger, grated
• 5 green onions, sliced
• 1 dash soy sauce, or to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Mix pork, green onions, egg, and hot sauce for wontons together in a bowl; season with pepper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2. Place a heaping teaspoon of pork mixture in the center of a wonton wrapper. Moisten edges with water. Fold the bottom point to the top point, creating a triangle, and pinch to seal. Fold the outer 2 points in toward the center, pinching together. Repeat to form remaining wontons.
3. Pour chicken broth in a pot and bring to a rolling boil. Add grated ginger. Add wontons and cook until they float to the surface, indicating they are ready, about 6 minutes.
4. Serve, garnished with green onions and soy sauce.

Nutrition Facts

• calories310.1
• carbohydrateContent34.8 g
• cholesterolContent70.7 mg
• fatContent10.2 g
• fiberContent1.4 g
• proteinContent17.7 g
• saturatedFatContent3.4 g
• sodiumContent1470.1 mg
• sugarContent1.5 g