There are many pork wonton recipes because every Chinese cook has their own recipe. This could be their own creation or was passed down from the generations.
Some, like me, tend to make it up as we go along, especially with whatever leftovers we have in the fridge (^-_^).
Ground pork is the de facto ingredient in Chinese wontons. The best pork filling contains 4:2 ratio of lean to fatty pork.
Combine the basic pork filling with vegetables like cabbage and chives, or meat like crab meat and fresh shrimp.
Here are 9 recipes to help you get started.
Recipe 1. Basic pork wonton filling
This is a basic pork wonton filling recipe. To this, other ingredients like fresh shrimp, cabbage, mixed vegetables can be added.
Filling Ingredients
600g ground pork
1 stalk of spring onion
1 piece of ginger (approximately 8g)
1/2 cup of cold water
Seasonings for filling
1.5 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 tsp pepper
1 tbsp sesame seed oil
Directions
Cut the spring onion into sections
Using a food processor, process the spring onion and ginger with the cold water
Mix the ground pork with the salt and sugar well
Add the spring onion and ginger mixture into the pork slowly, making sure that the pork and the spring onion mixture is well combined
Add the cornstarch, pepper and sesame seed oil
Mix everything well and you are ready to wrap
Pork wontons from Southern China usually contain fresh seafood. The next 3 recipes contain fresh shrimp, crab meat and fish.
Recipe 2. Basic pork wonton with fresh shrimp
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Filling
150g ground pork
150g fresh prawns
Seasonings for filling
1/2 egg white
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cornstarch
Dash of pepper
Directions
Shell and de-vein the shrimps. Wash and slice in half if they are too big
Mix the ground pork and seasonings for filling well together. Add a dash of cold water if the mixture is too dry
When the mixture is well mixed, fold in the fresh prawns
Wrap the wontons
Recipe 3. Pork wontons with crab meat
Filling
250g crab meat
250g ground pork
1 stalk finely chopped spring onion
Seasonings for filling
2 tsp cooking wine
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp minced ginger
Dash of cold water or soup stock
Directions
Mix the ground pork, chopped spring onion, cooking wine, soy sauce, minced ginger together. Add cold water if mixture is too dry
When the mixture is well mixed, fold in the crab meat
Wrap the wontons
Recipe 4. Basic pork with fresh shrimp and fish
Filling
150g minced pork
80g minced fish
80g fresh prawns
Seasonings for filling
1 tsp cooking wine
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sesame seed oil
1/2 egg white
1/2 tsp cornstarch
Dash of pepper
Directions
Shell, devein and wash the prawns. Dice into small pieces
Mix the ground pork with the seasonings for filling well
Fold in the minced fish and prawns
Leave to stand and marinate for an hour
Wrap the wontons
Pork wontons from Northern China usually contain vegetables. Most commonly used are Beijing cabbage and chives. Here are 2 recipes:
Recipe 5. Pork wontons with Beijing cabbage
Beijing cabbage is like napa cabbage.
Beijing cabbage is like napa cabbage.
Filling
150g ground pork
3 leaves of Beijing cabbage
Seasonings for filling
1 tbsp hoisin sauce (chinese oyster sauce)
2 tbsp sesame seed oil
1/2 tsp cornstarch
Directions
Wash and blanch the cabbage leaves. Leave to cool, chop finely and drain off excess water
Mix the ground pork with the finely chopped cabbage. Add seasonings for filling. Mix well, leave to stand and marinate for an hour
Wrap the wontons
Recipe 6. Pork and chives wontons
Filling
150g ground pork
75g chives
Seasonings for filling
1 tbsp hoisin sauce (chinese oyster sauce)
1/2 tbsp sesame seed oil
Dash of pepper
Directions
Wash and chop the chives finely
Mix the ground pork with the chopped chives. Add seasonings for filling.
Mix well, leave to stand and marinate for an hour
Recipe 7. Taro and pork wontons
This last pork wonton recipe contains an unusual ingredient. A root vegetable called taro. Try it and let me know what you think.
Filling
150g ground pork
1/2 taro or yam
Seasonings for filling
1 tbsp cooking wine
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp sesame seed oil
Directions
Peel the taro. Wash, cut, steam and mash it. Leave to cool
Mix the ground pork with the mashed taro. Add seasonings for filling
Mix well, leave to stand and marinate for an hour
Wrap the wontons
Okay, that's all. I hope you have fun making these 7 pork wonton fillings.
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