Vegetable wonton recipes, vegetable wontons, vegetarian wonton

Wontons are predominantly made with meat, especially fatty pork as they are juicier.

But I am sure that, with creative cooks around, there should be vegetable wontons and vegetarian wonton recipes out there. However, I only managed to find one.

I hope I will be able to find more in the near future to share here.

The best thing about the vegetarian wonton is that not only the vegetarians benefit, we who eat almost anything can savour such creative parcels too.

Mixed vegetable wontons

This vegetarian wonton recipe uses vegetables and natural produce. It does not contain mock vegetarian products that are high in gluten.

Use frozen mixed greens to replace the green peas, carrot and sweet corn if it is more convenient.

1 packet of wonton wrappers

Filling
1 piece of firm tofu (take note that this is different from silken tofu)
50g fresh chinese or shitake mushrooms
40g green peas
60g carrot
50g sweet corn

Seasonings for filling
1 1/2 tbsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
Half a stock cube
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 tsp pepper
2 tbsp sesame seed oil

Garnish
1 stalk of coriander leaves or chinese parsley
Salt & pepper

Directions

Dice the carrot, sweet corn and mushrooms finely. You can use the food processor if you have one

Cut the firm tofu into smaller cubes

Mash the tofu using a sieve or in a food processor

Combine the tofu and the parboiled vegetables together in a big bowl

Fry the mixture lightly in a pan

Dissolve the stock cube with a little water

Add salt, stock cube juice and sugar to the vegetable mixture. Mix thoroughly

Remove from pan

Add the pepper, sesame seed oil and cornstarch. Mix thoroughly

Let the mixture stand and marinate for an hour

Wrap the wontons

Boil water and cook the wontons. Drain and leave aside

Prepare the wonton soup

Pour the soup into serving bowls, add the wontons

Garnish and serve

Other wonton fillings

Chicken wonton recipes
Check out these easy chicken wonton recipes. A good alternative if you do not eat pork. Yup! No pork at all.

Crab meat wonton recipes
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Fish wonton recipes
Fish is not a common wonton filling. Yet, they make healthy fillings. Once these babies are wrapped up, you can boil them, deep-fry them or steam them. It is up to you. Of course traditionally they are boiled and served in soup.

Pork wonton recipes
Pork is the traditional ingredient in wontons. It is common to add other types of meat or vegetable to make a delicious filling mixture. I have gathered quite a few pork wonton recipes here. Take your pick and choose your favorites.

Shrimp wonton recipes
The shrimp wonton recipes featured here range from using only shrimps to a combination of shrimp with other types of ingredients.

Turkey wonton recipes
I think these turkey wonton recipes will come in handy for using Thanksgiving leftovers. What could be nicer than a couple of turkey wontons floating in a hot clear broth to counter-act the effects of over-eating.