WANTON SOUP

This tasty Chinese soup, also called wonton soup, is liked by many.

INGREDIENTS

Chicken stalk - 5-6 cups /chicken soup cubes - 8-10 /chicken soup powder - 1 packet or
100 grams
Boneless chicken piece of any sizes - 100 grams
Spring onions - 100 grams / onions - 2 medium sizes
Carrot - half of one
Ajino motto - 1 tsp
Salt - 1-2 tsp
Black pepper powder - 1-2 tsp
Flour - one to one and a half cup
Egg - 1
Lettuce- just one leaf

PROCEDURE

Make the chicken stalk first. There 3 ways to make it. (1) Boil about 100 grams chicken meat, 500 grams of chicken bones and 1 tsp salt with for 5 minutes on high flame and 10- 15 minutes on low flame. Strain and keep aside. (2) Boil half liter or 5 cups of water and crumble the soup cubes and add them to the water when it just starts to boil. Simmer for 2-3 minutes. Put off the flame. (3) Make the chicken soup using the packet of chicken soup powder. Follow the instructions given on the packet. Only make the soup more dilute (thinner) than that instructed on the packet.You can dilute the soup by adding double the water instructed on the packet. You must dilute it because the soup becomes quit thick when the wantons are added to the stalk/soup and the instructions given on the packet are only for making a plain chicken soup.
Boil the 100 grams of boneless chicken pieces till just done. Cool and mix/grind in a mixer. Chop half of the spring onions/1 onion in very tiny pieces. Mix the ground meat, chopped onions and half tsp of salt. Make balls of marble size with the mixture. Keep aside covered. Beat the egg and knead the flour and one fourth tsp salt, with it. Add water if needed to make a dough neither soft nor hard. Divide the dough into balls and roll out each into thin circles. Cut the circle into squares of 3 inch sides. Place a meat ball in the center of each square. Roll the square along with the meat ball, curling the strip of square, to seal the meat ball. These would take the shape of a round with 2 tails. Keep these wantons on a generously floured plate, kept covered. Now grate the carrot (only half) into fine strips and the rest of the onions slitted in fine strips - one inch long. Heat the soup and shift the wantons when the soup starts to boil. Simmer for 5 minutes. Now add the strips of carrot and onion and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Add the ajina moto (mono sodium glutamate) and shut off the heat. Cut the lettuce into thin strips and put in the serving bowl. Pour the hot wanton soup over the lettuce - in the serving bowl. Sprinkle the pepper powder over the soup. Check whether the salt is right in the soup. The soup itself should not be too thick or thin. You can make it thicker by adding flour mixed in water or make it thinner by adding water - only while the soup is boiling. Serve hot, in small soup bowls with soup spoons. One can add tomato sauce and chilly sauce according to personal taste.

Posted by Keya