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Pork and Prawn Wonton Soup

Pork and prawn wonton soup is a classic traditional Chinese food that is both nourishing and scrumptious.

Ingredients

85 gluten free wonton wrappers
3 bunches choy sum (washed and cut into 8 cm (3.1 inch) in length)
some water (for sealing the wrappers)
755 g lean minced pork ((substitute for minced chicken if preferred))
500 g raw prawns (peeled, deveined and cut into 1cm (0.4 inch) pieces (reserve prawn shells for soup))
4 spring onion ((shallots) thinly sliced)
2 inches ginger (peeled and finely grated)
4 tbsp gluten free light soy sauce
3 tbsp sesame oil
2 tbsp corn starch
21/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground white pepper
4 litres water
500 g chicken bones (or pork bones)
reserved prawn shells
50 g dried anchovies
1 tbsp salt (or to taste)
2 spring onion ((shallots) thinly sliced)
1/4 cup sesame oil
1 tbsp ground white pepper

1
Using a large stock pot, bring 4 litres (16.7 cups)of water to a boil.
2
Then add in the chicken or pork bones, reserved prawn shells and dried anchovies. Bring to a boil again.
3
Turn heat to low and cover with lid and simmer for 1½ hours.
4
Add salt to taste. Turn off the heat and set aside.
5
Pour the soup through a fine sieve before serving.
6
Heat up a medium pot half filled with water and bring to a boil. Turn the heat to low and briefly blanch the choy sum for 2 minutes or until the choy sum turns bright green in colour. Drain and set aside.
7
Combine and mix well all the ingredients for the filling in a large bowl. Set aside.
8
Spoon some fillings onto the middle of each wrapper. Lightly wet the edges of the wrapper with some water around the whole wrapper square.
9
Fold the wrapper in half to form a triangle. Carefully press and seal the edges firmly together around the fillings. Press out any air trapped between wrapper and filling.
10
Place on a tray until ready to cook.
11
Heat up a large stock pot half filled with water and bring to a boil.
12
Cook the wontons in the boiling water on medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes or until wontons are just soft and float to the top of the water.
13
Serve the wontons with blanched choy sum and the soup prepared earlier.
14
Garnish with some sesame oil and ground white pepper.
15
If you want to freeze some of the wontons, place them on a large plate or tray and freeze in the freezer. Once frozen, store them in a ziplock bag in the freezer.