Sunday, April 13, 2008

Wonton


Ingredients:


10 chinese mushrooms, small

1/4 lb prawns

7 water chestnuts

1/2 lb ground pork

1 green onion, finely chopped

1 pk wonton skins

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp sugar

1 tsp thin soy sauce

1 tsp oyster sauce

1 dash of pepper

1 1/4 tbsp cornstarch

1 sm egg


Instructions:

Boil Chinese mushrooms for 10 minutes, rinse, squeeze dry, cut off,and discard stems; then, chop into very small pieces.Shell, devein and wash prawns. Chop into very small piecesPeel and crush water chestnuts with the flat side of the cleaver. Ifyou don't have a cleaver, chop the water chestnuts into very finepieces.Combine mushrooms, prawns, water chestnuts, pork and green onion.Add all other ingredients and mix well. 1 teaspoon of filling isused for each wonton.With one corner of the skin toward you, place 1 teaspoon of fillingabout an inch from the corner.Fold one corner to cover the filling.Told once more...about 3/4 inch.Turn the won ton so that the triangle is toward you. Dampen the leftcorner with a little water.Swing the right corner away from you and place it on top of thedampened left corner. As you make this fold, simultaneously pull thefilling toward you with your middle finger. You should finish with alittle "hat-like" effect.

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