Not Your Sister’s Wontons
I am a wonton, dumpling, momo, bao bun…basically any Asian food that’s a filling surrounded by a wrap…stan. Seriously, it’s probably in my top 3 when it comes to food. I always order it if it’s on the menu no matter the type of restaurant it is. This is hands down the absolute best way to make wontons in your own kitchen. If I make 100 of these, the same day, all 100 are gone. And they’re surrounded by this beyond amazing chutney for dipping. You have to trust me on this one. It’s so simple and you’re going to be in love with these wontons and craving it until the end of time. Trust me, I’m currently going through a toxic relationship with them.
Pork Wontons
The most incredible wontons you can make out of your own kitchen.
Ingredients
Wontons
- 1 lb. ground pork
- 1 zucchini shredded/grated
- 3 carrots shredded/grated
- 1 T soy sauce
- 1 T hoison sauce
- 1 T oyster sauce
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- ½ t ground ginger
- ½ t white pepper or black pepper if you don't have it
- 1 package wonton wraps
- canola or vegetable oil
Tomato Chutney
- 2 T olive oil
- ½ red onion diced
- 5 tomatoes cubed
- ⅛ t tumeric
- ⅛ t garlic powder
- ¾ t salt
- ¾ t paprika
- ½ t cumin
- ¼ t mustard powder
- ⅛ t onion powder
- ⅙ t black pepper
Instructions
Pork Wontons
- Brown the ground pork in a pan. This usually takes about 10 minutes.
- Add the shredded zucchini and carrots. Combine.
- Add the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, ground ginger, and white pepper. Combine and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Let cool.
- Wrap in the wonton wrappers.
- Heat your canola or vegetable oil in a nonstick pan over medium heat for 1-2 minutes. I typically just do a light layer of it to cover the bottom of the pan. Alternatively, you can boil them for about 2 minutes.
- Add your wontons to the pan and fry for about 2 minutes on each side, or until they're golden brown. Watch them closely as they fry fast!
- Repeat until all wontons are cooked.
Tomato Chutney
- Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Add the red onion and cook until golden brown. About 10 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes. Let them cook down for another 10 minutes. The tomatoes should fall apart and all of their juices should come out.
- Add the turmeric, garlic powder, salt, paprika, cumin, mustard powder, onion powder, and black pepper. Combine.
- Using an immersion blender, food processor, or normal blender (whatever you have on hand to blend food), blend everything in the saucepan together until it's completely smooth.
- Serve with the wontons.
