Homemade Wonton Soup
Homemade Wonton Soup is the best way to satisfy any craving for Chinese food without having to leave the house.
If you’re craving takeout, you could make this Homemade Wonton Soup in the time it would take the delivery driver to make it to your place. Filled with aromatic flavours of ginger, garlic and cilantro and packed with your favourite store-bought wontons, this soup is going to be a new family classic; I’m sure of it.
Ingredients:
- 1 tsp Olive Oil
- 1 inch Ginger Minced
- 2 cloves Garlic Minced
- 1 large Onion Diced
- 1/4 cup Cilantro stems Optional
- 8 cups Chicken stock
- 1 cup Water
- 6 Mushrooms Sliced thin
- 2 tbs Soy sauce
- 1 tsp Sesame oil
- 1-1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 2-3 Baby bok choy Quartered
- 2 tbs Cornstarch
- 1/2 lbs Shrimp Cleaned and peeled
- 15-25 Frozen wontons/dumplings
- 1/2 cup Green onions Sliced
Instructions:
- Into a pot set over medium high heat, add in 1 tbsp of olive oil, ginger, garlic, onion and cilantro stems. Let those get to know each other and saute for 3-4 min or until the onions are translucent.
- Add in 8 cups of stock and 1 cup of water, bring to a boil. Once boiled add in 6 chopped mushrooms, quartered bok choy, soy sauce, sesame oil, ½ lbs of shrimp and 15-20 frozen wontons and ½ cup of green onions.
- Bring to a boil and allow to cook for 5-6 min. Stir often. Season with more salt and pepper.
- Remove from the heat, serve hot.