Recipe: Pork and Scallion Wonton Soup

Pork and Scallion Wonton Soup
From the new cookbook, 300 Sensational Soups by Carla Snyder and Meredith Deeds

Serves 6

You’ll Need:

• Baking sheet, lined with parchment paper

Ingredients:

• 8oz regular or lean ground pork
• 4 green onions, minced, divided
• 1 TBSP soy sauce
• ½ tsp five-spice powder
• ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 24 wonton wrappers, thawed if frozen
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 8 cups Chinese Chicken Stock

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, combine pork, half the green onions, soy sauce, five-spice powder and pepper. Mix with your hands until well combined. To taste for seasoning, heart a small skillet over medium heat and fry a spoon-sized patty until no longer pink. Taste and adjust seasoning with soy sauce, five-spice powder and pepper, if necessary.
2. Place a rounded teaspoon of filling in the center of each wonton wrapper. Brush beaten egg round the edges of the wrapper. Lift two opposite corners together to form a triangle and enclose filling, pressing all edges firmly to eliminate the air pockets and seal. Place wontons on prepared baking sheet, making sure the y don’t touch.
3. In a large pot, bring stock to a simmer over medium heat. Add wontons and simmer until wrappers are tender and filling is cooked through, about 8 minutes.
4. Lade stock into heated bowls and top each with 4 wontons. Garnish with the reaming green onions.

*Recipe courtesy of Robert Rose, Inc.