Your wontons are beckoning to you but something is missing...the wonton dipping sauce. Quick! whip one up! Don't let the wontons wait too long!
I don't know about you but I like to dip my boiled wontons into a fragrant spicy dipping sauce before eating them. Fried wontons do well with a creamy dip or a tangy salsa too.
Here are a couple of recipes to get you started.
Szechwan wonton dipping sauce recipe No.1
Ingredients2 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
Recipe link: Spicy dipping Sauce No.1
Szechwan wonton dipping sauce recipe No.2
Ingredients1 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
Recipe link: Spicy dipping Sauce No.2
Sweet and sour dipping sauce
Ingredients2 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
Recipe link: Sweet and sour sauce
Chinese dipping sauce
Ingredients2 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
Recipe link: Chinese dipping Sauce
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. Be adventurous!
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