Shanghai Style Wontons

The mega-marts around here are Hannafords, Stop & Shop, Shaws, Sudbury Farms, Whole Foods and Price Chopper. (As I write this, it occurs to me that an entry about the differences between the local vendors might be interesting. The customers definitely vary from store to store. What do you think?)

All of these grocers carry wonton wrappers. All of these grocers carry the same wrappers and they contain eggs.

I used to get our egg-free Twinmarquis wrappers in Acton from Barbara Chen at the Oriental Pantry. Barbara has, good for her-bad for me, retired. Twinmarquis remains in business and available at many asian markets including a new one that just opened on Rt 27 near Main street and the train station in Acton. This is an asian market with authentic ingredients including live tilapia and fresh chicken feet. (more to come on this market, stay tuned)

If you clicked on the link for Twinmarquis you already know the navigation is shall we say unusual. In any event, the product is good, consistent and, unfortunately, not available at your local mega-mart. If you are a food lover with food allergies, you know your local specialty markets already though, don't you...yes, yes you do.

This recipe differs from many that you may have found looking for dumpling or wonton recipes. Odd, I think, that so many recipes fill the dumplings with raw filling and cook everything at the same time. Cook the filling before you assemble the dumpling and then when it is time to serve, all you have to cook is the wrapping. The wontons pictured above were perfectly crispy, golden brown and delicious. They were in the hot oil (350 or so) for less than 2 minutes. Raw filling would still be raw.

Ingredients:

1 lb ground pork

1 cup shredded cabbage

1/4 cup shredded carrot

2 scallions, sliced

1 T scallions, fried

1 T garlic, fried

1 T ponzu sauce

2 T chicken stock

1 tsp cornstarch, slurried

Sriracha to taste. If you a new to Sriracha, proceed with caution.

Shallot salt to taste



How to make the wonton filling:

1. Cook a pound or so of ground pork.

2. Mix in the rest of ingredients about halfway through cooking.



Should we do a video on how to fold the wrapper?



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