serves
4–6
prep
15 minutes
cook
15 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
4–6
people
preparation
15
minutes
cooking
15
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
Ingredients
- 2 litres good quality chicken stock
- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- 8 slices ginger
- 1 quantity prawn and mushroom wontons
- 1 bunch water spinach (kangkong), cut into 10 cm lengths and washed
- sesame oil, for serving
- 1 shallot, finely sliced on the diagonal
Prawn and mushroom wontons
- 4 medium, approximately 20 g dried shitake mushrooms, soaked in hot water, drained and finely chopped
- 4 shallots, finely chopped
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp shao shin wine
- 1 pkt wonton wrappers
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 24 medium green prawns, shelled leaving the tails on and deveined
Makes 24 wontons
Instructions
To make the wontons, combine the first 5 ingredients in a small bowl.
Place 1 teaspoonful of mixture onto each wonton wrapper. Lightly brush the edges with egg. Place a prawn onto the mushroom mixture and gather up the edges of the wonton wrapper to form a bag shape leaving the prawn tail exposed. Seal tightly.
Place onto a tray lined with baking paper and refrigerate until required.
Combine the stock, soy and ginger in a large saucepan and bring to a simmer. Cook for 5 minutes.
Gently drop the wontons into the simmering soup and cook for 5 minutes. Add the water spinach and simmer for a further 2 minutes, being careful not to overcook the water spinach.
Carefully lift wontons and water spinach into serving bowls and ladle over the soup. Drizzle with a small amount of sesame oil and sprinkle with shallots, serve.
Note
• These can be steamed over simmering water for 5 minutes and served with a soy dipping sauce as an appetizer. For a crispy version, try deep frying them.
Photography by Petrina Tinslay, styling by David Morgan and art direction by Anne Marie Cummins.
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
