Wonton Soup

Ingredients

• ½ pound pork or beef, ground
• 1 Tablespoon scallions, finely chopped
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 Tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil (optional)
• 1 Tablespoon water
• 2 packages wonton skins
• 3 cans (15 ounces each) chicken or other broth (about 6 cups)

Procedure

1. Mix ground pork (or beef), scallions, egg, salt, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, and water in a bowl.
2. Place 1 teaspoon of meat mixture in the center of a wonton skin.
3. Moisten the edges of wonton skin with water and fold it to form a triangle. Press the edges together to seal.
4. Fill and fold the rest of the wonton skins.
5. Bring a large pot of water to a boil to cook the wontons.
6. In another pot, heat the broth. (Wontons will be cooked first in the boiling water and then added to the broth.)
7. Add a few wontons at a time to the boiling water, giving them room to float freely. Cook over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes.
8. Add the cooked wontons to hot broth. Use about 3 dozen wontons for 6 cups of broth.

Recipe makes 48 wontons.

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