Chinese: Basic Won Ton

Name: Chinese: Basic Won Ton
Ingredients: 10 each mushrooms, chinese small; 1/4 pound shrimp; 5 each water chestnuts fresh or 7 canned; 1/2 pound ground pork; 1 each scallions, spring or green onions finely chopped; 1 package wonton wrappers; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon soy sauce, tamari thin; 1 teaspoon oyster sauce; 1 dash black pepper; 1 1/4 tablespoons cornstarch; 1 small eggs

13 ingredients

14 steps

Ingredients

10 each mushrooms, chinese small
1/4 pound shrimp
5 each water chestnuts fresh or 7 canned
1/2 pound ground pork
1 each scallions, spring or green onions finely chopped
1 package wonton wrappers
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon soy sauce, tamari thin
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
1 dash black pepper
1 1/4 tablespoons cornstarch
1 small eggs

Directions

1

Boil Chinese mushrooms for 10 minutes, rinse, squeeze dry, cut off, and discard stems; then, chop into very small pieces.
2

Shell, devein and wash prawns.
3

Chop into very small pieces Peel and crush water chestnuts with the flat side of the cleaver.
4

If you don't have a cleaver, chop the water chestnuts into very fine pieces.
5

Combine mushrooms, prawns, water chestnuts, pork and green onion.
6

Add all other ingredients and mix well.
7

1 teaspoon of filling is used for each wonton.
8

With one corner of the skin toward you, place 1 teaspoon of filling about an inch from the corner.
9

Fold one corner to cover the filling.
10

Fold once more about 3/4 inch.
11

Turn the won ton so that the triangel is toward you.
12

Dampen the left corner with a little water.
13

Swing the right corner away from you and place it on top of the dampened left corner.
14

As you make this fold, simultaneously pull the filling toward you with your middle finger.