Basic won ton
Yield: 1 servings
Ingredients:
- 10 Chinese mushrooms small 1 ts Salt
- 1/4 lb Prawns 1/2 ts Sugar
- 5 Fresh water chestnuts (OR 7 1 ts Thin soy sauce - canned ones) 1 ts Oyster sauce
- 1/2 lb Ground pork Dash of pepper
- 1 Green onion finely chopped 1 1/4 tb Cornstarch
- 1 pk Wonton skins 1 sm Egg
Instructions:
Boil Chinese mushrooms for 10 minutes rinse squeeze dry cut off and discard stems; then chop into very small pieces. Shell devein and wash prawns. Chop into very small pieces Peel and crush water chestnuts with the flat side of the cleaver. If you don't have a cleaver chop the water chestnuts into very fine pieces. Combine mushrooms prawns water chestnuts pork and green onion. Add all other ingredients and mix well. 1 teaspoon of filling is used for each wonton. * * * With one corner of the skin toward you place 1 teaspoon of filling about an inch from the corner. Fold one corner to cover the filling. Told once more...about 3/4 inch. Turn the won ton so that the triangel is toward you. Dampen the left corner with a little water. Swing the right corner away from you and place it on top of the dampened left corner. As you make this fold simultaneously pull the filling toward you with your middle finger. You should finish with a little "hat-like" effect. SOURCE: Chopstick Cleaver and Wok.
