Wontons are a delicious staple of Chinese cuisine! My grandma used to cook a lot, but isn’t physically able to manage much in the kitchen nowadays. Folding wonton is something she can still do one-handed, though!
The ones we made today had a minced pork filling with water chestnut for an added crunch.
Here are highly schematized depictions of how we folded them. I was happy to get my Pau Pau’s thumbs-up approval for my work.
- Start off with a small chunk of filling in the center of the dough square. Brush or dab a streak of flour-water mixture around the meat. This will act as a glue when folding the wrapping.
- Fold the dough in half.
- It should look something like this.
- To get the classic wonton boat/hat shape, push up at the bottom center so that the left and right corners come down.
- Use some more water and flour to stick the left and right corners together.
- Here’s our final product! We made seven of these trays – some for lunch, some frozen for a later meal.
I’ve never tried making wontons before.
If you have time, it’s fun and not too difficult to try!
I love wontons! Those look fantastic! Do you usually steam them or pan fry them?
– Michelle
Thanks!! We steamed them today, but I prefer them fried 🙂 what about you?
I like both, but I also prefer them to be pan fried! And then dip them into a sweet soy sauce. Yum!
OMG CHARKIE. YOU BRING A SMILE TO MY FACE. I love this new you 😛
This is old me! Hmph
Oooh perhaps I’ll try to make some! Your final product looks so professional!
But what about my graphics?! 🙂
Nevermind … Don’t answer that…
wait, did you make those graphics? THEY’RE AWESOME! GOOD FOR YOU CHARKIE!
😀 THANKS!! your approval validates me!!!!
I just love wontons. yum!
Delicious and versatile, right?!
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