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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Deep Fried Wontons 金元宝炸云吞


Chinese New Year Dishes – Part 6(年菜之六)
This was my last CNY dish prepared on Thursday 17th February "Chap Goh Meh". After our heavy "Chap Goh" lunch sharing, I was saved to prepare dinner as there was still pretty much left over food especially sweet and sour fish.

However, to add some lucky chime to our dinner I had fried some wontons. The shape of the deep fried golden color of the wontons resembled gold ingots (Yuan Bao元宝) widely circulated during the Ming Dynasty. It was a great auspicious symbol of wealth. Best of all, this snack was so simple and flexible to make. Other than the normal mince fillings you could opt for any ingredients which you could find in your fridge! J If you wish to eat healthier, you can make the wonton soup instead. Check out my previous post on this.

金黄色的炸云吞外形元宝状可是新春佳节好意头的,云吞馅料除了肉馅你也可随意添加,看看冰箱有什么就放什么。皮脆馅鲜超好吃!

Deep Fried Wontons 金元宝炸云吞- Featured in Group Recipes 20/02/2011
Check out the step by step in folding wanton into Gold ingots shape.


DEEP FRIED WONTONS


Ingredients:
1 packet of wonton wrappers (square ones)
½ small bowl of water (use to seal wanton skin)

Fillings:
Minced pork/chicken, prawns ( you can replace with veggie fillings)
Spring onions – finely chopped
Light soy sauce to taste
1/2 tsp. sesame oil
1 tsp. corn flour or potato starch (to soften the mince)
Sprinkle of pepper

Garnish:
Cucumber/tomato – slice into thin pieces and place around the plate
Methods:
  1. In a bowl, combine minced pork with the marinade ingredients. Mix them well and set aside.
  2. Place a wonton wrapper on the palm of your hand. Place ½ tsp filling in a corner of the wrapper, fold up to make a small triangle.
  3. Fold the triangle to the middle.
  4. Turn wonton with triangle face down and moisten the left corner edge of the wrapper with water.
  5. Overlap the right end corners to left moist corner and pinch the ends firmly to seal it creating a nurse cap looks.(refer photo)
  6. Once completed, place them on a plate, cover with a dry towel and set aside.
  7. The wontons can be prepared in advance covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated, rest at room temperature before frying.
  8. Heat up oil in a wok over medium heat.
  9. Frying in batches, slowly slide the wontons into the hot oil and fry until golden brown.
  10. Remove and drain oil on paper towels, transfer to platter and garnish with cucumber slices.
  11. Serve hot as finger food with chili or mayonnaise sauce as desired.
金元宝炸云吞


材料:

馅类:半肥瘦肉,鲜虾肉,青葱(剁碎)

适量生抽(酱油), 麻油(1/2茶匙),太白粉,胡椒粉少许
先将肉碎和虾碎加油,酱油等配料一起和好搅至胶,加入葱碎再拌和。

包法:

  1. 把一块四方的云吞皮放好,在角落放半茶匙肉馅。
  2. 对上把皮和肉包上行成小三角形,成三角形的面皮后再次折上
  3. 在左上角边皮粘上少许的水,然后将右端角重叠到左角压一压贴起来,造一个护士帽(参考附图)就形成了元宝状的云吞。
  4. 一旦完成,放在盘子里,盖上干毛巾,备用。
  5. 你也可预先准备后用塑料包装和冷藏,在油炸提前拿出稍室温。
  6. 把油烧热后,才把元宝状的云吞一个个的平放到油里(让它保持不变其原来的形状)炸至金黄色即可.

10 comments:

  1. Wow those wontons are amazing, like your other dishes in your blog. I love Chinese cusine, so will be bookmarking your site now.

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  2. Looks so crispy and delicious! Thanks for the tutorial how to shape them, very helpful...

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  3. I like how you only used a little meat for each wonton. It keeps the wonton crispier longer. Now I'm really craving for some!

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  4. Mmmmmm yum! I love deep fried wontons! You make it look so simple that I may give it a try myself! Great job and very nice blog! Will be back! :-)

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  5. Ang Sarap, Manu :
    Thanks for dropping by and your lovely comments on my site. Do hope to see you again.

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  6. Eugene:
    Yup, I learnt this wanton wrapping from hb. He was part time kitchen helper before and told me the chinese chef told him that wanton should not have too much fillings in it.

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  7. Treat and Trick:
    I learnt that from hb :-P

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  8. Hello Yin, hope you and everyone at home is fine. Saw on TV about that horrible earthquake at Christchurch. you okay?

    Love your wontan, Can see you have a black belt in cooking. Outstanding!
    Where you learn do this? Mom's tuition? Ha ha.
    Have fun and keep a song in your heart.
    Best regards, Lee.

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  9. Uncle Lee:
    Thank you very much for your concern, we are fine over in Auckland. Truly heart breaking to learn this mishap over in Christchurch again.

    Thanks again for your sweet comments, but in actual fact my sifu is my hubby :-P

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  10. Thank you for stopping by my blog. Have never tried wontons before but they look delicious.

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