When I'm feeling lazy (to cook), I'll do some simple dish that are actually 2 dishes in want. Just like this. *stick up tongue* And it's easy too.
Ingredients:
- 4 Dried Chinese Mushrooms, soaked to soften and minced
- 60g Minced Prawns
- 100g Minced Pork
- 4 Water Chestnuts, skinned and chopped
- 1 teaspoon Cornflour
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- A dash of pepper
- Wanton Skin (but I use Shanghai Shuijiao Skin here)
- Broth, I used home-made Chicken Broth
How to do it:
- Mix all ingredients, except wanton skin and broth, together.
- Take a wanton skin, place some mixed meat on one side and fold the other over.
- Dab some water between the skin to seal it.
- You can also add an additional prawn and pleat the skin if you like.
- Set aside.
- Boil a pot of water, add a tablespoon of oil.
- Blanch your wanton till the skin become translucent. This helps remove the extra starch on the wanton skin.
- Remove.
- Bring your broth to a boil, add your wantons.
- Add salt to taste.
- Serve.
Note:
- I use Shanghai ShuiJiao Skin (上海水饺皮） so blanching is not necessary.
- Adding oil to the pot of water will help prevent the wantons from sticking together.
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