Teach You How To Make The Traditional And Easy Chinese Breakfast Wonton

Here is a traditional Chinese breakfast recipe for you to try out. Wonton is a healthy and easy Chinese breakfast for us, there is a basic recipe for wonton with a pork and shrimp filling. Deep-fry the wonton or boil in soup as desired. For extra flavor, use fresh water chestnuts.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 pound boneless lean pork
• 1/2 pound shelled and deveined medium shrimp
• 3 water chestnuts
• 2 slices ginger, or as needed to make 1 teaspoon
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine, dry sherry or rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• a few drops sesame oil
• Freshly ground white pepper, to taste
• Wonton wrappers, as needed

Preparation:

1. Finely chop the pork and shrimp. Peel the water chestnuts and finely chop. Mince the ginger until you have 1 teaspoon.
2. Combine the pork and shrimp with the water chestnuts, minced ginger, oyster sauce, soy sauce, rice wine or sherry or rice vinegar, sugar, sesame oil and white pepper.
3. To fill the wontons, lay one won ton skin in front of you. (Cover the remaining won ton skins with a damp towel to keep them from drying out). Moisten all the edges of the won ton wrapper with water. Place a heaping teaspoon of won ton filling in the center.
4. Fold the wonton wrapper in half lengthwise, making sure the ends meet. Press down firmly on the ends to seal. Use thumbs to push down on the edges of the filling to center it. Keeping thumbs in place, fold over the wonton wrapper one more time. Push the corners up and hold in place between your thumb and index finger. Wet the corners with your fingers. Bring the two ends together so that they overlap. Press to seal. The finished product should resemble a nurse's cap. Repeat with remaining wontons.