Description
Easy Homemade Wonton Soup Recipe (Chinese Takeout Style) with hand folded chicken wontons floating in a clean ginger garlic chicken broth. Make ahead friendly, freezer friendly, and better than takeout every time.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 pound ground chicken thigh
- 2 scallions (thinly sliced)
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoons rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper (or black pepper)
- 12 ounce package wonton wrappers
- 10 cups unsalted chicken stock
- 1 inch piece fresh ginger (thinly sliced)
- 6 whole cloves garlic (peeled)
- 4 scallions
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- pinch white pepper
- thinly sliced scallions to serve
Instructions
- Step: Mix the ground chicken thigh, scallion, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, rice vinegar, cornstarch, sesame oil, and white pepper in a medium-sized bowl until combined.
- Step: Place a wonton wrapper onto a clean work surface. Place 1 teaspoon of the filling in the center. Dip a fingertip into water and run it along the edges of the wrapper. Fold a pointy end over the filling and secure the edges. Press out any air to create a triangle.
- Step: Make a little indention at the bottom of the wrapper. Run a little water on each of the bottom points of the triangle. Bring the points together and secure them by pressing the edges together firmly with your fingers.
- Step: Repeat with the remaining filling and wrappers. Place on a sheet tray covered with a clean kitchen towel while you work so they don’t dry out.
- Step: In a large pot over medium heat, add the chicken stock, ginger, garlic, scallions, soy sauce, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce to low, and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Step: Discard the solids out of the soup and keep warm.
- Step: Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add as many wontons as you are about to consume and boil for 4 minutes until they start to float.
- Step: Take the cooked wontons out of the water with a slotted spoon and place them into your serving bowl. Top with the hot soup and add more scallions. Serve immediately.
Notes
Use ground chicken thigh instead of breast to keep the filling juicy. To keep the broth crystal clear, always boil the wontons in a separate pot of water rather than directly in the soup. Wontons can be frozen in a single layer on a parchment-lined tray before being transferred to a freezer bag for up to 3 months.
- Prep Time: 60 minutes
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Category: Soup, Appetizer, Main Course
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: Chinese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 319 kcal
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 1607 mg
- Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 37 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 17 g
- Cholesterol: 33 mg
Keywords: wonton soup, Chinese takeout style, chicken wontons, ginger garlic broth, homemade soup