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Wonton are quintessential Chinese dumplings, with a minced meat filling and thin flour wrapping. Due to its popularity and scale, the wonton varies in folding techniques and cooking method across all of China. This wonton soup recipe below, featuring pork wontons and a hot and sour broth, epitomises Sichuan cooking – spicy, sour and packed full of umami.

This hot and sour wonton soup epitomises Sichuan cooking – spicy and packed full of umami. All the better with delicate little wonton dumplings soaking up the broth.

Total time1 hr.
Ingredients
  • 20g dried shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 cloves, finely chopped garlic
  • a thumb-sized piece, finely chopped ginger
  • ground to make 2 tsp sichuan peppercorns
  • 750ml chicken stock
  • 5 tbsp (see notes below) chinkiang black vinegar
  • 2 tsp soft dark brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp (see notes below) chiu chow chilli oil
  • a handful of leaves, to serve coriander
  • subheading: DUMPLINGS:
  • 300g pork mince
  • a thumb-sized piece, finely chopped ginger
  • 2 cloves, finely chopped garlic
  • 2, finely chopped spring onions
  • 1 tsp cornflour
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • ½ tsp fine sea salt
  • 28 square dumpling or wonton wrappers
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
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