Crispy wonton cups with duck salad

Recipes / Salads

Pass around these delicate wontons for a gourmet finger food delight.

Recipe «Crispy wonton cups with duck salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 20 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1 tsp peanut oil, 1 single duck breast fillet, Salt & freshly ground black pepper, Vegetable oil, to shallow-fry, 8 fresh flour wonton wrappers, cut into quarters , 65g bean sprouts, 1 carrot, peeled, cut into matchsticks, 4 green shallots, ends trimmed, thinly sliced diagonally , 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh Vietnamese mint leaves, 2 tsp fresh lime juice, 2 tsp finely chopped palm sugar, 1 tsp fish sauce, 1 tsp sesame oil.

Ingredients:

  • 1 tsp peanut oil 
  • 1 single duck breast fillet 
  • Salt & freshly ground black pepper 
  • Vegetable oil, to shallow-fry 
  • 8 fresh flour wonton wrappers, cut into quarters 
  • 65g bean sprouts 
  • 1 carrot, peeled, cut into matchsticks 
  • 4 green shallots, ends trimmed, thinly sliced diagonally 
  • 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh Vietnamese mint leaves 
  • 2 tsp fresh lime juice 
  • 2 tsp finely chopped palm sugar 
  • 1 tsp fish sauce 
  • 1 tsp sesame oil 

Instructions

  1. Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Season duck with salt and pepper. Add duck to the pan and cook for 5 minutes each side or until golden brown and cooked through. Remove from heat and set aside for 10 minutes to cool slightly. Use a fork to finely shred duck with the grain.
  2. Add enough oil to a medium frying pan to reach a depth of 2cm and heat over medium-high heat. Add 4 wonton wrappers and cook, turning occasionally, for 1 minute or until golden brown. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towel. Repeat, in 7 more batches, with the remaining wrappers, reheating oil between batches.
  3. Place duck, bean sprouts, carrot, green shallot and mint in a bowl. Combine lime juice, palm sugar, fish sauce and sesame oil in a small bowl. Drizzle over duck mixture and gently toss to combine. Top wonton wrappers with duck mixture. Place on a serving platter and serve immediately.