🇨🇳 Chinese Cuisine

云吞面 (Wonton Mian)

Wonton Noodle Soup

Prep Time 90 minutes

Servings 4

Difficulty Medium

A Cantonese classic of plump shrimp and pork wontons served in a clear golden broth with thin springy egg noodles. The broth is made from dried flounder and pork bones.

Ingredients

200g ground pork
200g shrimp peeled
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Wonton wrappers
400g thin egg noodles
Pork bones for broth
Dried flounder for broth
Soy sauce
Scallions for garnish

Instructions

1 Make broth by simmering pork bones and dried flounder for at least an hour.
2 Mix pork and chopped shrimp with sesame oil and white pepper for filling.
3 Wrap filling in wonton skins, sealing with water.
4 Cook wontons in boiling water until they float.
5 Serve wontons and blanched noodles in the strained broth with scallions.

Did You Know?

In Hong Kong, traditional wonton noodle shops use a bamboo pole to knead the noodle dough by bouncing on it for hours.