Wonton Soup is a classic Chinese dish that is loved by many for its comforting and flavorful taste. This recipe will guide you on how to make an authentic and easy homemade wonton soup, perfect for a family meal.
Ingredients for Wonton Soup
- 6 cups chicken broth, low sodium: This chicken broth is just a great big cuddle for your tummy. We are even using the low sodium kind to be heart healthy! Liquid gold, made rich with all the flavours that gently simmered chickens use, like how I used to make it. This is the foundational element of our comforting soup, making it nourishing and so very cozy to begin with.
- 1 Clove Minced Garlic: This little clove of garlic is small, but she packs a helluva punch!! This adds a tiny shot of sunshine, slightly sweet and sassy heat to our soup. The more you mince it, the better all its goodness comes out and gets to war with colds, like a homemade remedy from Grandma.
- 20 Mini Frozen Wontons: These mini wontons are like little bite-sized packages of happiness! Every single one is a snack pack of mouth-watering meat and veggies. As they took me back to the times I would make dumplings with you, pinching and folding each one as if it were able to feel.
- 1.5 Cups Sliced Shiitake Mushrooms: So, you know, these shiitake mushrooms are the gems of the forest. It gives a rich and hearty earthiness to our soup. Slicing them up offers that incredibly elegant texture and flavor profile as well, but they are chock full of so many good things to keep everyone here healthier longer—it feels like fall fest warm hug from Mother Nature.
- Two Baby Bok Choy, Root-Ends Trimmed and Quartered: The baby bok choy is like a precious, tiny wife of green. With its light, clean taste and subtly sweet flavor. Slicing them top to bottom merges all their wonderful flavors in our soup instead of cutting it diagonally and still keeping those nice little shapes. Adding a little bit of the garden’s magic to our meal.
- 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce: It is the taste of wisdom, an umami depth to our soup. A single tablespoon of brings a wealth of complex, umami taste. Like an old friend you can always count on, making every ingredient taste a little better.
- 1 Teaspoon Sesame Oil: Now the sesame oil… ah, that kiss of heat and nutty flavor. Just a teaspoon goes such a long way and gives our soup the most comforting flavor that smells like your in a warm kitchen on nippy day. And it smells like grandma’s Pot Roast, every day.
- Green Part Scallions, Cut on a Diagonal for Garnish: These scallions are the closing flourish of vegetables, a clean little rain of pure-sounding watering on our soup. The green parts give it some crunch and a little bit of (oniony) punch. In other words, it is akin to wrapping a preposition in an excellent packag
And we are going to make that amazing soup using these gorgeous ingredients, not just tasty also full of love and consoling. The way Grandma always made it.
Cooking Directions Broth Wonton Soup
- First, take out your big pot and get that chicken broth simmering away. Nice and hot, like grandma’s warm hug.
- Now, get your fresh ginger and some smashed slices of it. This will bring out all of those wonderful tastes. Get that ginger and garlic in the pot too. Cover it, and let everything stew for a few minutes. Your kitchen is going to start smelling like a Christmas wonderland, and you won’t be able to wait around while they finish up baking.
- Now, let’s throw in some crispy bok choy. Let it float freely in the distribution for a quick 5-minute swim, to loosen up. Next, we add those frozen wontons and some earthy mushrooms. Let them poach in the broth for 2–3 minutes. We just want to warm the wontons and soften the bok choy.
- Finally, sprinkle with a dash of soy sauce and fragrant sesame oil. The secret ingredient—that thing Grandma used to make everything taste amazing—or with a delicious complexity of flavor.
- Serve the soup into 4 bowls, garnish with chopped green scallion. They are a nice colorful touch and some added crunch.
- Dear, enjoy this nourishing bowl of warmth; it’s as if Grandma were ladling a hug into your bowl on cold winter day.
Why You Love This Recipe
Delicious Wonton Soup
Actually, as long as it is full of veggies, such wonton soup can be a whole meal and that I really like. The one from my local chinese takeout restaurant just has broth, and that is it!!! So, I made my own! I like this as a full lunch but just other great multi-course meals to enjoy in your week include Cauliflower Fried Rice or Spicy Shrimp Brown Fried Rice, Chicken and Broccoli stir-fry, or Pepper Steak. Why this chicken wonton soup recipe is the best Full of vegetables and semi-homemade with frozen wontons. After you chop some vegetables, the soup cooks in less than 15 minutes. To start, you cook your ginger and garlic in chicken broth for 5 minutes to punch that flavor into the base of our soup. Next, throw in the bok choy and cook for five minutes; then add wontons, followed by mushrooms. + Cook in wok over moderate heat, stirring for another couple of minute, Stir through soy and sesame oil before serving with 4 bowls.
Frozen wontons are a time saving device that I highly recommend. These Mini Chicken Cilantro Wontons are from Trader Joe’s, and I love them. Adjust Serving Size: 12They are my favorite frozen wontons, but feel free to use whatever type of frozen wonton you prefer for this soup. Chicken Cilantro Wontons from Costco (another option)
I also like to top it with some thinly sliced scallions or cilantro. If you want spice, then put some red chili oil or sambal oelek in the mix. Eat this simple wonton soup just as it is or alongside General Tsos chicken,or a quick and easy chicken and broccoli stir fry for an entire Chinese takeout at home.
Delicious Wonton Soup
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a large pot, bring 4 cups of chicken broth to boil
- Bash the ginger with a little back of knife to release the flavour and add to pot together with garlic, cover it and cook 5 minutes.
- Add the bok choy and cook 5 minutes, al dente; add in frozen wontons along with mushroom, simmer for about 2 to 3 minutes until the won tons are heated through and puffy where it floats on top of soup but also starts changing color as well.
- Mix in soy sauce and sesame oil.
- Divide the soup into four bowls. Garnish with fresh scallions to serve remember the quantity is according to 4 servings; you can increase and degrees as per your servings.
Notes
- Filling Variations: You can use chicken or turkey instead of pork for a lighter filling.
- Vegetarian Option: Replace the meat with finely chopped vegetables like mushrooms, carrots, and cabbage.
- Broth Enhancements: Adding a piece of ginger to the broth will give it a nice aromatic flavor.
- Storage: Leftover wontons can be frozen on a baking sheet and stored in a freezer bag for up to a month.
- Serving Suggestions: Serve with a side of steamed vegetables or a simple salad to complete the meal.
