Wonton dipping sauce, chinese dipping sauce, wonton sauces

You've got your wontons cooked and they are floating like clouds in steaming hot soup.

You are ready to eat and they are ready to be eaten.

But wait ...

Something is missing ...

the wonton dipping sauce

Quick! whip one up!

Don't let the wontons wait too long!

Szechwan wonton dipping sauce recipe No.1

Ingredients
2 tbsp chilli oil
1 tsp oyster sauce
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tbsp soup stock
1 tsp fine sugar
1.5 tsp rice vinegar
pinch of szechuan peppercorn powder
1 tbsp chopped spring onion

Directions

Add the chilli oil, oyster sauce, soy sauce, soup stock, fine sugar and rice vinegar in a serving bowl. Stir vigorously to combine well

Place cooked wontons in the bowl

Sprinkle the szechuan peppercorn powder and chopped spring onion on top of the wontons before serving

Szechwan wonton dipping sauce recipe No.2

Ingredients
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp chilli oil
sesame seed oil
chilli powder
1 tsp finely chopped spring onion
?tsp finely chopped garlic
1 tbsp coriander

Directions

Add the soy sauce, chilli oil, sesame seed oil & chilli powder together in a serving bowl. Stir vigorously to combine well

Place cooked wontons into the bowl

Garnish with spring onions, garlic and coriander on top before serving

Sweet and sour dipping sauce

Ingredients
2 tbsp ketchup / tomato sauce
2 tbsp cider vinegar / white rice vinegar
2.5 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch solution
1 tsp sesame seed oil

Directions

Mix the ketchup or tomato sauce, vinegar and sugar in a small sauce pan

Bring the mixture to a boil

Reduce the heat when the mixture starts to boil

Add the cornstarch solution to the mixture slowly to thicken the mixture. If you want, add one teaspoon at a time. Check the consistency. Stop adding when the consistency you want is achieved (the art of Chinese cooking)

Pour the sweet and sour mixture in a small dipping bowl

Add a little sesame seed oil before serving

Chinese dipping sauce

Ingredients
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 tbsp finely chopped spring onion
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch solution
1 tsp sesame seed oil

Directions

Mix the soy sauce, minced garlic and sugar and chopped spring onion in a little saucepan

Bring the mixture to a boil

Reduce the heat when the mixture starts to boil

Add the cornstarch solution to the mixture slowly to thicken the mixture. If you want, add one teaspoon at a time. Check the consistency. Stop adding when the consistency you want is achieved

Pour the mixture in a small dipping bowl

Add a little sesame seed oil before serving

If none of the above suits you, make your own. There are also pre-mixed bottled sauces like sweet chilli sauce, mayonnaise or Dijon mustard.

Filling recipes

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
Looking for crab meat wonton recipes? Check out these easy recipes using crab and pork. Includes a yummy crab rangoon recipe.

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.

Vegetable wonton recipes
How can we leave out our vegetarian friends when we enjoy wontons? Here is at least 1 vegetable wonton recipe.