Chicken wontons
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Total Time
1 hr
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Servings
50
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Calories
40 kcal
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Course
Snacks
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Cuisine
Indonesian
Chicken wontons
Description
The filling consists of ground chicken mixed with tapioca and all-purpose flour, spring onions, garlic, ginger, eggs, soy sauce, sesame oil, and a selection of spices including black pepper, onion and garlic powder, and salt. The ingredients are stirred until fully incorporated into a sticky, cohesive filling.
The filling is placed onto moist wonton wrappers folded into triangular shapes enclosing the filling. The wontons are cooked in boiling water until tender, then served in a flavorful chicken broth enhanced with sliced onions, spring onions, butter, salt, and pepper. Alternatively, the cooked wontons can be deep-fried to create crispy snack bites served with chili sauce.
These versatile chicken wontons highlight the freshness of the filling combined with the soft or crispy textures of the wrapper. The soup serves as a comforting presentation for the wontons, making them suitable for meal or snack.
Store-bought wrappers can be used or homemade pastry made following a separate guide, depending on preference and availability.
Ingredients
For the wontons
- 1 pound ground chicken aka chicken mince
- 7 tablespoons tapioca flour
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour or plain flour
- 2 spring onions finely chopped, or scallions
- 2 cloves garlic minced or crushed finely into paste.
- ½ inch ginger minced finely.
- 2 egg lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon black pepper or white pepper, ground
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 50 pieces wonton wrappers see the note, pastries
For the soup:
- 1.5 liter chicken stock or vegetable stock
- ½ onion finely sliced.
- 1 spring onion sliced, or scallion
- 1 tablespoon butter
- salt according to taste
- black pepper according to taste
- onion optional, fried
Instructions
For the wontons:
- Firstly, we have to make the filling by putting all the ingredients except the pastry into a mixing bowl.
- Using a spoon, mix the ingredients well that you can tell that it’s all mingled.
- At the beginning you may find it slimy and slippery due to the eggs. But keep stirring and mixing until all well blended.
- Open the wonton pastry pack, and put the pastry on a damp tea towel. Fold the towel and cover the pastry with it. The idea is to keep the pastry moist so it won’t go dry and hard.
- Take a sheet of the pastry and put it on your palm, then put about 1 teaspoon of the chicken mixture on the middle of the pastry.
- Take one corner of the pastry to its opposite and fold it over the meat. So you’ll have a triangle pastry with the chicken filling inside.
- Fold the pastry gently from end to end.
- You can check the video here to get a clearer idea ;-).
- In a pot, boil some water and put the wontons in the boiling water. Make sure the water covers the wontons fully.
- When the wontons float on the surface, it means they’re cooked.
- Spoon and drain the wontons.
For the soup:
- In a separate pot, melt the butter and put in the onion slices.
- When the onions become translucent and smell fragrant, add in the spring onion/ scallion slices. Fry further for about a minute or two.
- Put your preferred stock in the pot, and let it boil at low heat.
- You can season the soup with salt and pepper according to your taste.
Assemble the chicken wontons with the soup:
- Put a few wontons in a small bowl and add in the soup.
- Garnish with some fried onions.
- Tuck in and enjoy.
Notes
- You can use store-bought wonton wrappers or prepare your own using a trusted homemade pastry guide.
- Boiled wontons can be deep-fried later for crispy snacks, ideal as finger food with dipping sauce.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 50Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 40 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 10portions | |
| Calories | 40kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 3g | 1% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.4g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.02g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 16mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 125mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 89mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 0.1g | 0% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 25IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 0.3mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 4mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.3mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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