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Shortcut Wonton Soup Base
This easy shortcut wonton soup base uses pantry ingredients to make a tasty, inexpensive soup for wontons when you don't have stock or broth.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 teaspoons light soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon scallions ((finely chopped))
- 2 pinches white pepper
- 2 1/2 cups boiling water
- salt ((to taste))
- 1 tablespoon cilantro ((chopped))
- 1 teaspoon lard
- 1 pinch dried shrimp flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon mushroom powder
- 1/4 teaspoon dark soy sauce ((optional))
- chili oil ((to taste))
Instructions
- 1
While your wontons are boiling, prepare your serving bowl. Into the bowl, add the light soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, chopped scallions, and white pepper.
- 2
As desired, add the optional ingredients in to taste, like the cilantro, lard, dried shrimp flakes, mushroom powder, dark soy sauce, and chili oil.
- 3
When the wontons are done cooking, add them to the bowl, and then add the boiling water (if you’re feeling super lazy, you can even use the water the wontons were cooked in—unless it is very starchy). Stir, and season with salt to taste if desired. Serve!