Wonton Soup Recipe

A brothy soup full of sweet pork stuffed dumplings, onions, mushrooms, carrots, celery and Napa cabbage and fresh ginger.

Course soup main meal

Cuisine Chinese

Keyword how to make wonton soup, what is wonton soup, wonton noodle soup, wonton soup recipe

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 20

Servings servings

Calories 246kcal

Author Beth Pierce

In a small bowl mix together pork, ginger, soy sauce, green onions, bread crumbs, egg, salt, and pepper. Cover and place in the refrigerator.
In large stockpot or dutch oven over medium heat canola oil and sesame oil. Cook onion, mushrooms, carrots and celery for 5-6 minutes; stirring frequently. Reduce heat to low add garlic and ginger and cook for additional 1 minute. Add vegetable broth and bring the mixture to a boil. Then reduce the heat and simmer until the carrots are tender; approximately 10 minutes.
Place a wonton wrapper in front of you so that it looks like a diamond. Dip your finger in cool water and moisten all around the edges of the wrapper. Place 1 teaspoon of the pork mixture in the center of the wrapper and fold in half over the filling to make a triangle. Press firmly along the sides to seal. Moisten the left and right corners of the triangle and pinch them together firmly. While working with the wontons keep the extra skins and stuffed wontons covered with lightly water moistened paper towels.
Once your carrots are tender add the stuffed wontons and Napa Cabbage to the soup and simmer for 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Finally garnish with green onions and serve.

Wonton wrappers can be found in the refrigerated section of Asian markets or most grocery stores.

Keep both your extra wonton wrappers and your prepared pork stuffed wontons covered with lightly moistened paper towels while you work.

To make things even faster, you can substitute frozen wontons. Sometimes Costo has mini chicken cilantro wontons.

Napa cabbage is usually found near the snow peas and bok choy in the refrigerated produce section.

Both the wontons and the Napa cabbage will cook quickly. Be prepared to serve promptly.

To add more vegetables, use chopped baby bok choy, shiitake mushrooms, or Chinese broccoli. Add at the same time as the wontons and Napa Cabbage but cut back on the wontons and cabbage by about half, so there is enough room to simmer everything.

Finely chopped shrimp, ground turkey, or ground chicken can be substituted for ground pork.

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat on low on the stovetop.

To freeze the soup, first cool it completely. Then freeze in a sturdy freezer container for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight and reheat on low on the stovetop.