Cantonese Wonton Noodle Soup
Cantonese style vegetable wonton noodle soup
Ingredients
- Vegetable stock - 4 cups
- Cabbage - 1/4 cup shredded
- Carrot - 1/4 cup julienned
- Hot chilli sauce - 1 tbsp
- White vinegar - 1 tsp
- Soy sauce - 1/2 tbsp
- Thin egg noodles - 50 gm
- Wonton wrappers - 8 to 10 at room temperature
- Corn flour - 1 tbsp
- Sesame oil - 2 tsp
- Salt - to taste
- Pepper - to taste
- Spring onion - to garnish
For the filling
- Tofu - 1/4 cup crumbled
- Carrot - 1/4 grated
- Celery - 1/4 cup minced
- Cabbage - 1/4 cup finely chopped
- Spring onion - 1/4 cup finely chopped
- Green chilly - 1 finely chopped
- Garlic - 3 minced
- Ginger - 1 inch piece minced
- Sesame oil - 1 tsp
- Salt - to taste
- Pepper - to taste
Instructions
For the filling
- Heat oil in a wok. Add green chilly, ginger, garlic and fry for 30 seconds. Then add spring onion, tofu and saute for few more seconds.
- Now add carrot, celery, cabbage and saute till raw smell goes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
Preparing the wonton
- Spoon about 1 tsp of the filling onto the center of each wonton wrapper. Use finger or a pastry brush to lightly moisten the edges of the wonton wrappers with water.
- Fold over to form a triangle encasing the filling. Press the edges together to seal. Moisten the two long ends of the triangle, fold them together, and press them firmly to seal.
Preparing the soup
- Cook the noodles with salt according to the instructions in the package. Drain and rinse in cold water. Set aside till use.
- Bring the vegetable stock to a boil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add ginger, garlic, cabbage, carrot and stir for 1-2 minutes.
- Then add add chilli sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, salt to the soup and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Drop the wontons one by one into the soup, and let them cook for 3 to 5 minutes, until they float to the surface.
- Reduce heat to a simmer, add sesame oil and cooked noodles to the soup. Meanwhile, mix corn flour in 3 tbsp water. Add to the soup and bring this to boil.
- Boil till the soup starts to thicken. Remove from heat, season with salt and pepper and garnish with spring onion.
Notes
- You can add any vegetables of your choice for the wonton filling.
- Do not drop all the wontons together into the soup, as they will stick together.