I really love that crunch you get when you bite into a freshly fried wanton, dipped in soy sauce, ketchup or a homemade dip. But what I love even more is the versatility of the wanton. It’s a blank canvas, waiting for us to unleash our culinary creativity and turn it into something truly amazing. Take, for example, the shrimp wanton.
It’s a delicious classic that can be elevated in so many ways. Add some spice with a chili dipping sauce, or make it sweet and savory with a honey mustard dip. The possibilities are endless! But the beauty of the shrimp wanton isn’t just in its taste. It’s in the process of creating it. Folding the delicate wrapper around a succulent piece of shrimp takes patience and skill, but the end result is worth it.
Prep Time: 25minutes mins
Cook Time: 50minutes mins
Total Time: 1hour hr 15minutes mins
Course: Appetizers
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients
- 2 packs wanton skins as needed
- Filling:
- 2 packs shrimp
- 1 lime or lemon juiced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 5 leaves chadon beni
- 2 pimiento peppers
- 1 small onion
- 1 small piece of ginger
- 1 tbsp. soy sauce
- 1 bouillon cube optional
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 1/2 tsp. pepper sauce optional
- Oil for frying
- Dipping sauce:
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1 tbsp. green seasoning
- 1 tsp. mustard
- 1/2 tsp. pepper optional
Instructions
- Wash shrimp in 3/4 of lemon juice and a little water. Drain and squeeze water out. Chop shrimp in electric mixer into a semi paste consistency.
- Pour other 1/4 of lemon juice into shrimp paste. Mix together. Chop all seasonings, garlic onion, pimento, bandhania in chopper until fine.
- Add to shrimp. Grate ginger very fine. Add to shrimp. Put soya sauce, bouillon cube (optional), pepper sauce and black pepper. Add salt to taste. Mix all ingredients with a spoon.
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Shrimp Wantons
Ingredients
- 2 packs wanton skins as needed
- Filling:
- 2 packs shrimp
- 1 lime or lemon juiced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 5 leaves chadon beni
- 2 pimiento peppers
- 1 small onion
- 1 small piece of ginger
- 1 tbsp. soy sauce
- 1 bouillon cube optional
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 1/2 tsp. pepper sauce optional
- Oil for frying
- Dipping sauce:
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1 tbsp. green seasoning
- 1 tsp. mustard
- 1/2 tsp. pepper optional
Instructions
- Wash shrimp in 3/4 of lemon juice and a little water. Drain and squeeze water out. Chop shrimp in electric mixer into a semi paste consistency.
- Pour other 1/4 of lemon juice into shrimp paste. Mix together. Chop all seasonings, garlic onion, pimento, bandhania in chopper until fine.
- Add to shrimp. Grate ginger very fine. Add to shrimp. Put soya sauce, bouillon cube (optional), pepper sauce and black pepper. Add salt to taste. Mix all ingredients with a spoon.
