Shrimp wonton soup
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients:
- 3/4 lb Raw shrimp
Instructions:
shelled -deveined rinsed and -drained 1/2 c Water chestnuts plunged -into boiling water and Refreshed in cold water -drained and chopped 2 ts Soy sauce 1 tb Rice wine or sake 1 1/2 ts Sesame oil 1/2 ts Salt 1/4 ts Freshly ground pepper 1 1/2 tb Minced fresh ginger 1 1/2 tb Minced scallions 1 Egg white lightly beaten 1 1/2 tb Cornstarch TO ASSEMBLE: 48 Wonton skins Cornstarch for dusting TO FINISH: 4 c Homemade chicken broth 1 ts Salt 1/2 ts Sesame oil 10 oz Fresh spinach stems -removed rinsed and drained FILLING: Place the shrimp in a linen dish towel or on paper towels and squeeze out as much moisture as possible. Chop the shrimp to a paste in a food processor fited with a steel blade or by hand. Place the water chestnuts in a towel and squeeze out as much moisture as possible. Place the shrimp paste water chestnuts soy sauce rice wine sesame oil salt pepper ginger scallions and egg white in a mixing bowl. Using your hand or a spoon stir vigorously in one direction to combine the ingredients evenly. Add the cornstarch and stir to blend. The mixture should be stiff. Use a fork teaspoon or two chopsticks to place a scant teaspoonful of the filling in the center of each wonton skin. Gather the edges of the skin together around the filling and squeeze to form a "waist" as you gradually remove the fork teaspoon or chopsticks. Squeeze the waist and the ends shut to enclose the filling. The finished dumpling should look like a drawstring purse. Place the finished dumplings on a tray that has been lightly dusted with cornstarch. Heat 3 quarts of water to boiling in a large pot. Add the wontons and cover. Once the water is boiling again cook for about 4 minutes or until they rise to the surface. Remove with a long-handled strainer and drain. Discard the water. Heat the chicken stock salt and sesame to boiling. Add the spinach and cooked wontons and portion into serving bowls. Serve. Makes 4 servings. Per Serving: 82 Calories 9 g Protein 6 g Carbohydrates 2 g Fat .4 g Saturated Fat 44 mg Cholesterol 494 mg Sodium. [Nina Simonds The Washington Post; Jan 29 1992] Posted by Fred Peters. Courtesy of Shareware PROFESSIONAL RECIPE CLIPPER 2.0
