Fried wonton boats

Since I had so much stuffing left I thought it would taste good in a wonton wrapper; a fried wonton wrapper. And of course I didn’t have it at hand so I had to go out and get it. Did I mention that there are two kinds? One for frying and one for soup. I know that the one for soup can’t be fried, but I never tried the other way around before. Today I didn’t want to take my chances so I bought the wonton wrappers for frying.

And of course my egg is there to provide the clue that keeps my boats from sinking.

One big teaspoon of stuffing went on the wonton sheet. Then I put some egg white on the edges and fold them together.

These boats were way easier and faster to make then spring rolls and since I already had the stuffing it only took me about 30 minutes to go through one whole package of wonton.

 

All these boats need some oil to make them puff up.

As you can see I am only frying a small batch at one time. It is easier to keep an eye on them. They brown very fast and need room to peddle around.

Once they are ready put them on some paper towel so it can soak up some of the oil.

They were tasty on their own, but they were irresistible with some sweet and sour dipping sauce. Just one from a jar would do.

Wonton potstickers

I was in the mood for something Chinese. But I didn’t feel like eating out and I didn’t want to spend too much time making it. I spend some time every day figuring what I would make for dinner. Sometimes it’s easy to come up with a menu, sometimes it makes me pull out my hair. What to make now? Normally I use whatever I have at hand to make dinner. But sometimes dinner plans come to me at work and then I have to ask my little sister to go out and get it. If it is not too complicated and I am able to send her a photo of what I need, she’ll get the right stuff. I prefer to do my own grocery, because I am very particular about what I need, but sometimes it is just not possible. And I know I give my little sister a hard time if she didn’t get the right stuff. We all have a mobile for a reason right?

Anyhow I sent her out to buy some wonton wrappers and told her to ask for the one people use for wonton soup. Because they have two kinds (one for making soup and one for frying) that can not be swapped around. And I needed some minced chicken. She got all I needed but when I looked at the minced chicken I saw that it didn’t contain only chicken, but also turkey and all kind of other seasoning. That was the first and the last time we bought minced chicken at the supermarket. If I buy chicken I assume it has chicken in it and not other poultry. The objective was to make Vietnamese spring rolls, but because the mince chicken wasn’t only chicken I decided to make wonton potstickers. 

I put the chicken in a bowl and added one chopped onion, 3 gloves of garlic (minced) and some minced ginger.

Then I added some salt, pepper, garlic powder and some drops of sesame oil.

 

I asked my sister to buy some "cu san" or Jícama. I remember my sister in law bought these for the spring rolls and I thought it would taste good in the potstickers also. It can never hurt to add some love =)

So after everything was diced, sliced and minced it was time to mix everything together. The black specs are dried mushrooms that I soaked in hot water and then minced.

I got my sister to help out and she seperated all the wonton sheets. I cracked one egg so I can use the whites as clue.

One teaspoon of meat went on each sheet. I spread some egg white on the two sides on top of the sheet. Then I folded everything together.

 

And this is what I ended up with. A cute little wonton boat.

 

After some hard labour I ended up with a whole tray of boats....waiting for their waterbath.

 

 

 

I cooked the wonton in boiling water and after they floated for a couple of minutes I put them in a cold water bath so they could cool off.

Then I made sure I shaked most of the water off before I “fried” them in a pan. I used a non stick pan with a little bit of oil to fried the wontons.

 

I made some dipping sauce with some light soy sauce, some cherry wine and a little bit of vinegar. And of course some chopped chives to make it look pretty. Not bad for a first time!