Shepherd's Purse Wonton 荠菜馄饨

 Ingredients

  • For Wonton filling
    • 1 Lb frozen Shepherd's Purse (荠菜)
    • 6 oz pork
    • 1 egg
    • 1 TBSP ginger
    • 2 cloves of garlic
    • 1 TBSP onion
    • Spice: 3/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp chicken bouillon, 1/2 TBSP soy sauce, 1/2 TBSP oyster sauce, 1/2 TBSP sesame oil

  • Wonton wrappers

  • For soup
    • Spice: 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp chicken bouillon, 1/2 tsp soy sauce, 1/2 tsp sesame oil
    • Optional decoration: seaweed, green onion, cilantro
    • Optional decoration: 1 egg

Procedure

  1. Thaw Shepherd's Purse, put it into boiling water. When water boils again, put on strainer, rinse with cold water. 
  2. Put ginger, garlic, onion in food processor to chop to small pieces.
  3. Add pork to food processor, chop to make ground pork.
  4. Take everything out of food processor, add spices, mix well.
  5. Put Shepherd's Purse in food processor, chop to small pieces, add to pork
  6. Add 1 egg, mix well.
  7. Use the filling to make wontons.
  8. To make decoration for soup: Crack 1 egg, mix well, spread into a think layer on heated frying pan to make a sheet. Cut the sheet to strips. 
  9. Prepare for soup: add spices to 1/2 cup of water. Add egg strips, add chopped other decorations if desired.
  10. Boil water, put wontons in, let water boil again, reduce flame and let it simmer for three minutes. 
  11. Take wontons out and put in the bowl with soup





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