Friday, February 26, 2010

Good Noms Valentine's 2: Soup

Part 1
Part 2 of the great Valentine's meal posts (but really part 1 of the meal itself) is wonton soup.
Wonton Soup
  • Chicken broth - 2 cups
  • Ground beef - 1/2 lb
  • Green onions - 1/2 stalk
  • Onion - 1/2
  • Leek - 1/2 stalk
  • Ginger - 2 tbsp
  • Wonton wrappers
  • Soy sauce - 1 tbsp
  • Rice Vinegar - 1 tbsp
  • Brown sugar - 1 tbsp
  • Sesame oil
Cut the leek to separate the white part of the stalk from the leafy part. Dice the white part. Mince ginger. Chop up half the amount of each type of onion. Add brown sugar, a little bit of salt and pepper, soy sauce, rice vinegar. Mix all these with the meat in a bowl.
Chop up the green part of the leek. Thinly slice the rest of the onion. Set that, the second half of the green onion (chopped) and the leek aside.

Dollop out the meat mixture into the wrappers. Dip your fingers in water to seal up the edges as you pinch them together. Don't overstuff or they'll explode.

Heat up the chicken broth (or vegetable or beef) to near boiling, then pop in the wontons. Cook for about 5 minutes, then add in all your set-aside veggies. Cook for another 10 minutes, until the wontons get floaty and soft looking. Right before serving add a tiny dash of sesame oil for an awesome smell.

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