Pork and sweet corn wonton soup

Recipes / Meat

Theres no need to rush to the local Chinese takeaway joint for your next dumpling fix – this wonton soup is the business!

Recipe «Pork and sweet corn wonton soup» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1L salt-reduced chicken stock, 500ml water, 1 tbsp light soy sauce, 1 tbsp shaoxing cooking wine, 3cm piece fresh ginger, cut into matchsticks , 1 long fresh red chilli, thinly sliced, 1 sweet corn cob, kernels removed, 2 green shallots, thinly sliced diagonally , 1 tsp sesame oil, 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves, 300g pork mince, 1 tbsp fresh coriander, finely chopped, 1 tbsp hoisin sauce, 1 green shallot, finely chopped, 2 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated, 2 tsp light soy sauce.

Ingredients:

  • 1L salt-reduced chicken stock 
  • 500ml water 
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce 
  • 1 tbsp shaoxing cooking wine 
  • 3cm piece fresh ginger, cut into matchsticks 
  • 1 long fresh red chilli, thinly sliced 
  • 1 sweet corn cob, kernels removed 
  • 2 green shallots, thinly sliced diagonally 
  • 1 tsp sesame oil 
  • 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves 
  • 300g pork mince 
  • 1 tbsp fresh coriander, finely chopped 
  • 1 tbsp hoisin sauce 
  • 1 green shallot, finely chopped 
  • 2 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated 
  • 2 tsp light soy sauce 
  • 250g pkt wonton wrappers 

Instructions

  1. For wontons, line a baking tray with baking paper. Combine mince, coriander, hoisin, shallot, ginger and soy in a bowl. Place a wonton wrapper on a work surface. Place a heaped teaspoonful of pork mixture on centre of wrapper. Use a pastry brush dipped in water to brush the edges. Fold wrapper diagonally to enclose filling. Brush 1 corner with water. Fold under filling to meet second corner. Press to join. Place on prepared tray. Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling.
  2. Meanwhile, bring stock, water, soy sauce, wine, ginger and chilli to the boil in a saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium. Add wontons and corn. Cook for 6 minutes or until wontons are cooked through. Stir in white part of shallot and sesame oil.
  3. Ladle soup and wontons among serving bowls. Top with coriander and green part of shallot.