Chinese Pea Soup With Floating Pork Dumplings

Cooking Time
'
Nr of servings
4
Difficulty Level
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Cooking Time
'
Nr of servings
4
Difficulty Level

Ingredients

For the soup:
1 
tablespoon
 
sesame seed oil or vegetable oil
1 
tablespoon
 
fresh ginger, finely grated
2 
garlic cloves, crushed into a paste
1 
small carrot, thinly sliced
1 
red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
4 
spring onions, thinly sliced
1 
litre
 
chicken or vegetable stock
4 
chestnut mushrooms, thinly sliced
300 
g
 
frozen peas
2 
tablespoons
 
light soy sauce, plus extra to serve
1 
tablespoon
 
cornflour
A dash of fish sauce (optional)
Sea salt and black pepper
Fresh coriander leaves, to garnish
For the pork dumplings(Makes 10-12):
150 
g
 
minced pork
1 
spring onion, finely chopped
1 
tablespoon
 
fresh ginger, grated and peeled
1 
tablespoon
 
light soy sauce
A dash of dry sherry or Shaoxing rice wine
1 
tablespoon
 
fresh coriander, chopped
2 
teaspoon
 
cornflour
Sea salt and black pepper
16 
ready-made wonton wrappers (cut into rounds)
1 
egg, beaten

Our method

  1. Firstly make the dumplings, mix all of the ingredients except for the wonton wrappers and beaten egg in a bowl.
  2. Place a small amount of the mixture in the middle of each wrapper, brush with a little beaten egg on the edge and fold into a half moon shape and seal well. Place on non-stick baking parchment and put into the fridge until required. Any remaining filling can be made into meatballs or wontons and frozen.
  3. To make the soup, heat the oil in a heavy based saucepan or wok, add the ginger and garlic and stir fry for 30 seconds, stirring all of the time, taking care not to burn them, add the carrot, spring onion, chilli and mushrooms and continue to stir fry for a further 2 minutes, taking care not to brown then add the stock, peas (cook according to pack cooking instructions), soy sauce and fish sauce (if using) and bring to the boil. 
  4. Simmer for 4 minutes and remove from the heat. Mix the cornflour with a little cold water to make a smooth paste and stir into the soup, bring back to a simmer.
  5. To cook the wontons, heat a large pan of boiling water and simmer the wontons for 3-5 minutes until they rise to the top and the filling is cooked. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and reserve.
  6. To serve, add the wontons to the soup and do not re-boil. Serve with extra soy sauce, garnished with the coriander leaves.
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Info per serving

KCal
Fat (g)
Sat.fat (g)
Sugar (g)
Salt (g)
Nutritional Information
305
10.1
3
5.6
7.2