Recipe Ingredient
- 200g medium prawns, shelled and diced
- 100g pork with a little fat, finely chopped
- 3 water chestnuts, finely chopped
- 2 dried Chinese mushrooms, soaked and diced
- 20-25 pieces wantan skins
- Seasoning
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- Dash of monosodium glutamate
- ½ an egg white
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp cornflour
Instructions
- Combine pork, prawns, mushrooms and water chestnuts in a bowl. Add seasoning ingredients and stir with a pair of chopsticks until the mixture is well combined. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Take a piece of wantan skin and place a teaspoonful of filling in the centre. Fold into half and pinch the edges together, then gather the edges to form pleats. Leave the dumplings in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes before boiling.
- Prepare your own soup stock and drop in the prepared dumplings to cook.