Wonton Soup Recipe Step By Step Photos

Homemade Wonton Soup Recipe

Wonton Soup is one of my absolutely favorite soups. I love how fresh yet richly soothing it is at the same time. I love the layers of textures and flavors in one bite from the juicy, plump dumpling followed by the hot aromatic broth. It is the type of soup that you wish you could recreate at home because it is soooooo good. And now you can. Nothing is better than fakeout takeout at home from Laksa, Beef and Broccoli to Mongolian Chicken to Wonton Soup! This Wonton Soup might taste laboriously delicious, but I promise the filling takes less than 5 minutes to whip up in your food processor! All that is really left to do is assemble the wontons, and as soon as you make a couple, you will have them mastered and the task will fly by. You can even enlist the help of your kiddos OR pull them out of the freezer you have made earlier. Either way, the end result is HOMEMADE Wonton Soup made with only the freshest ingredients, no fillers, just flavor.

Homemade Wonton Soup Ingredients

Wontons originated from Northern China but the filling varies from region to region. I’ve stuck with the most common winner of juicy ground pork and seasoned it with plenty of aromatics. The filling is soooo flavorful, I could eat it with a spoon and SO good, I’ve adapted it slightly to use in my homemade Potstickers recipe. If you want to taste the filling before it’s been wrapped, you can microwave a little bit to sample – addicting I tell you – and even more tantalizing when its wrapped in a tender wonton and cooked in seasoned broth. For this Wonton Soup recipe, we are going to stuff our Wontons with:

shiitake mushrooms green onions ginger garlic cloves ground pork – lean is fine 1 large egg yolk reduced sodium soy sauce sesame oil rice wine vinegar rice wine (NOT rice wine vinegar) Asian chili sauce (optional) salt pepper

You can leave the garlic and ginger peeled but whole and you don’t need to chop your green onions or mushroom either because of my shortcut below.

Wonton Wrappers

Wonton Wrappers should easily be found at any grocery store, and definitely at specialty Asian markets. At my grocery store(s), the wonton wrappers are located near the produce, at the end of the aisle in the refrigerated section. You will need approximately 38-42 wonton wrappers for this Wonton Soup recipe so be sure to check how many are in the package before you buy them. Depending on the brand of wontons wrappers you purchase you will need one or two packages.

How to Make Wonton Filling

You are going to LOVE my wonton filling shortcut! Instead of chopping all of the veggies, I use the same shortut I use when I make egg roll filling – we add everything whole to the food processor – no chopping! This method makes our wontong filling come together in minutes! WINNING!

To make Wonton Filling:

How easy was that?!

How to Wrap Wontons

Wrapping Wontons is easy! There really is no right or wrong way to wrap your wontons as far as the shape goes because they will mostly loose their shape once cooked. We just want to assemble them in such a way that they stay sealed. Here is my easy method:

Tips to Prevent Wontons from Tearing

There are a couple tricks to keeping wontons sealed:

CAN I MAKE EXTRA AND FREEZE THE WONTONS?

Freezing the wontons creates a fabulous easy-dinner option for all those busy nights. To freeze wontons:

Place assembled, uncooked wontons on a parchment-lined baking sheet/plate (whatever will fit in your freezer) without touching. Loosely cover with plastic wrap. Freeze wontons until solid, about 1 hour. Transfer wontons to a freezer bag. Cook wontons directly from frozen in hot broth.

Wonton Soup Broth

The broth is warm, comforting, soothing and the perfect bath for our wontons. The Wonton Soup Broth consists of:

garlic: ginger scallions low sodium chicken broth low sodium soy sauce rice wine brown sugar

Make sure you use low sodium chicken broth and low sodium soy sauce or else your broth will taste to salty. We start making our broth very first so it can simmer and develop flavor while we prep our wontons.

You will saute carrots (optional), ginger, garlic, red pepper flakes in a large soup pot/Dutch oven.

Add chicken broth, soy sauce, rice wine, and brown sugar and bring to a boil then reduce to a gentle simmer while you make your wontons.

I prefer to cook my wontons directly in the broth because both the dough and the filing absorb the flavorful broth while they cook, rendering the filling mega juicy. Whether you choose this method or boil your wontons in water, you will want to remove them as soon as they are cooked so they don’t continue to absorb liquid and become soggy and fall apart.

What Vegetables are in Wonton Soup?

Wonton Soup is delicious in its simplicity or the hot, savory broth creates a flavorful base for other add-ins such as shrimp, noodles or vegetables. For this Wonton Soup recipe, I’ve added my favorites of shrimp, carrots, mushrooms, bok choy and green onions. You can easily swap the bok-choy for spinach, or add/swap in bell peppers, zucchini, broccoli, snow or snap peas.

Easy Wonton Soup Recipe variations

CAN I USE FROZEN WONTONS TO MAKE WONTON SOUP?

The star of this Homemade Wonton Soup is the wonton filling but if you don’t have time to make your own wontons, you can make semi-homemade Wonton Soup and use frozen wontons. Make the broth according to directions and add frozen wontons when specified. The frozen wontons will take a few extra minutes to cook.

Looking for more Chinese Recipes?

Sweet and Sour Chicken Chinese Chicken Salad General Tso’s Chicken Chinese Cashew Chicken Sweet Fire Chicken Ginger Chicken with Honey Lemon Glaze

Looking for more Asian Soup Recipes?

Thai Chicken Noodle Soup Tom Kha Gai Miso Soup with Chicken, Noodles and Veggies Slow Cooker Thai Coconut Chicken and Wild Rice Soup Thai Butternut Squash Soup