About once a year I buy wonton wrappers and make all kinds of fun and delicious stuff with them.
Usually it’s some type of mushroom ravioli but this week it was veggie dumplings.
I got started by sauteing a ton of minced fresh ginger, shredded cabbage, tvp, and shredded carrots seasoned with soy sauce, red chili flakes, sesame oil, and miso.
Then came the work.
Each little wrapper needed filled.
I plopped about a tablespoon into the middle of each, wiped water along two edges, folded, and pressed closed.
As long as I was doing it I went big and made a few dozen.
I put the whole tray in the freezer until we were ready to use them.
After 2 hours of shopping and errands yesterday Tate and I came home in need of a quick lunch and these dumplings practically jumped out of the freezer at me.
My original plan was to bake them but we needed something more substantial than a couple of baked dumplings so I got to work on a soup.
I boiled water then threw in broccoli flowerettes, zucchini slices, ribbons of chard, and many, many dumplings.
Around 7 minutes later, when the dumplings looked cooked, I turned off the heat and added a few spoons of miso.
As you can see from the floating carrots, a few dumplings lost there stuffing but it only added to the soup and they slippery noodles of the wonton wrappers were delicious no matter how I slurped them.
Wonton wrappers are so fun and versatile! I just wish they came in a whole wheat version…
Umm! I’m going to make this. Might just do the dumplings for a party first.
Such beautiful colors makes for a festive soup! And you can’t go wrong with chard!
Yummmmmmm!!!! Can we make these together sometime soon!?
Absolutely!
You should totally make the dumpling dough yourself… it’s one of the easiest dough. Flour+water+some salt. Sorry to be a snob… but being Chinese, store-bought wrappers were just not tolerable in the house when I grew up :-p The wonton soup looks really yummy!
Thanks for the nudge Wendy! I have been wanting to make pasta for years but haven’t gotten around to it yet. Have you ever made them with whole wheat flour? I will certainly experiment!
Gorgeous vibrant pictures! Looks so yummy and comforting. I’m making a homemade chicken soup tonight. For some reason soup is intimidating for me to make.
No need to be intimidated, soup is simple! Of course, I am not particularly picky about texture, basically as long as it’s salty enough I’m happy. Do you ever use miso? Instant broth!
The wontons and the soup both look delicious! For some reason I always think that making things with wontons is really time consuming, but it doesn’t look too complicated. I think I’ll try it soon!
The filling process does take a bit of time but once you get the hang of it it’s not so bad, maybe 10 seconds each.
I’ve always been intimidated by wontons, and I don’t know why. You make it look so simple! Maybe I’ll try some for a meal in a soup this week. 😀