Dumpling Soup (Wanton Soup)

Hey everyone! :) Hope you had a great day! 

Dumpling soup - Asians being Asians, we love to have soups for dinner. I have no idea why, but since young, I would finish my dinner with just a bowl of soup (personally, it is because I dislike dry food, I need something moisturized - like soup!) Therefore, today I am going to share with you one of my favorite soups since young. 

Advantage of making wanton soup? You can serve it with a hot bowl of rice or simply add noodles to it! 

Preparation time: 30 - 60 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Soup will be ready in 90 minutes

Ingredients for the dumpling/ wanton: 

1. Ground pork/ Ground chicken 
2. 8 medium shrimps (peeled and minced)
3. 2 tablespoons of minced onion
4. 2 tablespoon of minced garlic
5. 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
6. 1/2 teaspoons of white pepper
7. 20-25 wanton wrapper 

Ingredients for the broth/ soup:

1. 8 cups of water
2. 3 tablespoons of chicken stock/ pork flavored soup base
3. 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
4. 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
5. 1/2 tablespoon of sesame oil
6. A pinch of white pepper

How to get started? 

1. Mix all the ingredients as mentioned above for the dumpling except the wrapper. Mix well and set aside for 30 minutes to an hour. (go ahead and continue with other work while the ground pork/ chicken is marinating) 
2. Fold the dumplings in anyway you like. I used water to glue the wantan wrapper together (by putting some water at the side of the wrapper). 
3. Heat up 8 cups of water in the pot. Once it is boiled, add in all the ingredients for the broth.
4. Add in the dumplings and let it cook by itself about 10 to 15 minutes. Do move the dumplings around so that it doesn't stick at the bottom of the pot. 
5. Add in some vegetables to the broth for some boiling (I used lettuce in this case, you can use any vegetable of your choice). 
6. Now, the dumpling soup is ready to be served. 

If you choose to add noodles to the broth, then while cooking the broth, you can heat up another pot of water to cook the noodles. 

This is how the dumplings will look like. They are multiple ways on folding the dumpling, but I think this is one of the easiest. :) 

Here's a picture of my dinner tonight! 

Feel free to provide feedback after you try this recipe out!