Homemade Wonton Wrappers (雲吞皮)
This recipe for Homemade Wonton Wrappers yields a dough is naturally colored, thin, and perfect for wonton dumplings or for pork siu mai.
Ingredients
Dough:
- 200 g all-purpose flour 麵粉
- ⅛ teaspoon sea salt 鹽
- 100 ml pumpkin puree kabocha, or canned, cooked; Chinese name 南瓜泥
- ½ teaspoon lye water Chinese name 鹼水
For dusting:
- ⅓ C tapioca starch 菱粉
Instructions
Make the dough:
- In a bowl, combine all-purpose flour, salt, and pumpkin puree.
- Mix in lye water and knead in the bowl until it form a dough.
- Cover and let the dough rest for 30 mins.
- Knead the dough again until smooth, cover in plastic wrap and roll into a 6" square.
- Re-wrap the dough in another piece of plastic wrap and let it rest overnight at room temperature. If your kitchen is too warm, place into the fridge to rest.
- Cut dough into 3 pieces.
- Flatten into a long 3"-wide strip with a rolling pin.
- Cover the dough and let it rest for 30-60 mins.
Roll the dough:
- Run the dough through the pasta roller, working from the thickest setting to the thinnest setting, and running it through the thinnest setting a second time.
- Use a sharp knife (or pizza cutter) to cut the dough into 3" square shape for traditional wonton, or with a 3" round cutter for siu mai wrappers.
- Dust each wrapper liberally with tapioca starch.
- Ready to use for wontons or siu mai.
- If not using right away, wrap with plastic wrap and place into a freezer bag in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Notes
- Yield: appx 62 x 3" round wrappers.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 62 pcs
Amount Per Serving
Calories 15
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 15kcal | 1% |
| Carbohydrates | 3g | 1% |
| Protein | 0.4g | 1% |
| Fat | 0.04g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.003g | 0% |
| Sodium | 5mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 7mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0.1g | 0% |
| Sugar | 0.1g | 0% |
| Vitamin A | 251IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 1mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.