Your wontons are beckoning to you but something is missing...the WONTON DIPPING SAUCE. Quick! whip one up! Don't let your 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 also do well with a creamy dip or a tangy salsa.
There are many variations. Creamy, tangy, spicy and/or sweet. Some can be bought from the shelves, some are created by mixing several ingredients and condiments to make a special sauce. Adding fresh aromatic herbs like coriander leaves or spring onions adds freshness to the dip.
Here are a couple of dipping recipes to get you started.
1. Szechwan Wonton Dipping Sauce
Szechwan cuisine is famous for spiciness. Their dips or sauces are no different. Call this sauce a dip is a misnomer as they are served in the spicy sauce.
Ingredients
2 tbsp chilli oil
1 tsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soup stock
1 tsp fine sugar
1.5 tsp rice vinegar
Pinch of szechwan 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
2. Szechwan Dipping Sauce With Chilli Powder
Another version of the spicy sauce.
Ingredients
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp chilli oil
Dash of sesame seed oil
Dash of chilli powder
1 tsp finely chopped spring onion
1 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
3. Sweet and Sour Dipping Sauce
Ingredients
2 tbsp ketchup or tomato sauce
2 tbsp cider vinegar or 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
4. Chinese Wonton 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. And there are also pre-mixed bottled sauces like sweet chilli sauce, mayonnaise or Dijon mustard. Be adventurous!
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