Cantonese Wonton Noodle Soup
Making homemade wonton noodle soup is a labor of love, but it leaves you with a steaming bowl of Cantonese comfort food full of complexity in flavor!
- Prep time
- 1 hr
- Cook time
- 1 hr 30 min
- Yield
- 50 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1-2 large pork bones (any type)
- shrimp heads from 1 lb of whole shrimp (optional)
- 8 cups water
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1 lb peeled, deveined, tail off shrimp
- 1 egg (see note)
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 tsp ginger, grated
- 1 12 oz. package wonton wrappers
- 1 lb package Chinese egg noodles
- vegetables such as bok choy, choy sum, gai lan
- soy sauce
- sesame oil
- salt
- sugar
- pepper
- garlic
- ginger
- green onion
Instructions
- 1
To make homemade broth
- 2
Remove heads from shrimp, peel, and devein.
- 3
Place shrimp heads and pork bones in pressure cooker with about 8 cups of water (I fill my pot up to the 1/2 way marker). Lightly season with about a teaspoon each of salt and sugar, if desired. Cook on high pressure for 45 minutes.
- 4
If not using whole shrimp, you can make a broth with just the pork bones. You can also just use chicken broth simmered with some ginger, garlic, and scallions.
- 5
To make wontons
- 6
While broth is cooking, prep the wontons. Put ground pork, shrimp, egg, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic in a food processor or blender. Mix until filling resembles a thick paste. You can also add additional seasonings as you like, such as salt and pepper or sesame oil.
- 7
Scoop a teaspoon of filling into each wonton wrapper and fold the edges as desired. See instructions in above blog post for a couple folding options.
- 8
When broth is close to done, bring a large pot of water to boil. Blanch vegetables of choice for your noodle soup by cooking for 4-5 minutes.
- 9
Remove vegetables and set aside. In the same pot, boil the wontons in batches until all are cooked. It should take about 4-5 minutes per batch. Wontons are done when they float to the top of the water. You can cut one open to check if the filling is cooked through.
- 10
While the wontons are boiling, prepare bowls of soup. Scoop finished broth into serving bowls, one per person. Add condiments to taste. I like to add a drop of sesame oil and a splash of soy sauce, but see the blog post for other ideas.
- 11
When wontons are done, cook noodles in the same pot of water according to the package instructions. While noodles are boiling, place vegetables and 4-6 wontons in each bowl of prepared soup. Finally, add the noodles when finished. Garnish with green onions, if using. Serve and enjoy!