Wontons in chilli oil
Soft melt in your mouth wontons filled with a simple but flavourful chicken filling topped off with a spicy chilli oil.With just a few ingredients this is a breeze to make, but beware this gets over fast
Ingredients
- 250 gms minced chicken
- 2-3 scallions chopped fine white part only, reserve the green tops for garnish
- 1 tsp ginger and garlic chopped fine
- 1 tbsp sesame oil and soya sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- 12-15 wonton wrappers
- 2-3 tbsp chilli oil
- water for cooking wontons
- sesame seeds for garnish
Instructions
- In a bowl mix the minced chicken, scallions, ginger, garlic, soya sauce, sesame oil and pepper. Mix well until combined
- Fry a small piece of the filling to check for seasoning and add salt if required
- Bring a pot of salted water to boil
- Meanwhile prepare the wontons.
- Wet the edges of a wonton wrapper with little water and add a teaspoonful filling in the centre
- Fold the wonton to make a triangle shape. You can leave this as is or join the other two corners of the base to make an envelope shape or squeeze them tighter so that the top looks like a cap and the base looks like a folded or crossed over arms. Check video if what Im saying makes no sense 😄
- Add the wontons into the pot of boiling water. Make sure you do not overcrowd the pan
- The wontons will rise up to the top and float once they have cooked
- Scoop them out into bowls. Add few spoons of the water in which the wontons were cooked and top off with chilli oil as per taste.
- Garnish with scallion greens and sesame seeds.