Chicken Wontons

This year, Lunar New Year falls on Feb 19, six weeks away from now. I can’t wait to start baking some of my favorite Lunar New Year goodies. I am also looking forward to eating some seriously good Chinese food: jiaozi, dumplings, potstickers, and so much more. Chinese New Year (check out all my Chinese New Year recipes) is my favorite time of the year!

I will be sharing some amazing Lunar New Year recipes with you in the next few weeks. Let’s start with chicken wontons. Wontons are little morsels of ground meat wrapped in a wheat-based wrapper. They are always dainty, appetizing, and the most amazing food ever! Wontons can be made into wonton soup, steamed shrimp wonton, Sichuan spicy red oil wonton, or fried wonton. There are also endless possibilities with the filling—ground pork (most common), chicken, turkey, vegetables, shrimp, seafood, or combinations.

These chicken wontons are filled with ground chicken, shrimp, and then deep-fried to golden perfection. Every bite is bursting with flavors. They can be eaten alone or with some dipping sauce. For this recipe, I serve it with Thai sweet chili sauce, which is perfect for the chicken wontons. Once you eat one, you just can’t stop until you finish everything so double up your portion and make a big batch because they will be gone in no time!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb ground chicken
• 1/4 lb shrimp chopped into small pieces
• 1 stalk scallion cut into rings
• 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash fish sauce optional
• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 3 dashes ground white pepper
• 12 pieces wonton wrappers
• Water for sealing
• Oil for deep frying

Dipping Sauce:

• 3 tablespoons Thai sweet chili sauce
• 2 teaspoons lime juice
• 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro leaves
• Pinch of white sesame seeds

Instructions

1. In a bowl, mix the ground chicken, shrimp, scallion and cornstarch until well combined. Add the salt, fish sauce, sesame oil and white pepper. Stir to mix well. Set aside.
2. Wrap the wontons with the wonton wrappers by placing a piece of the wonton wrapper on your palm. Add 1/2 tablespoon of the filling in the middle of the wrapper. Dip your index finger into some water and trace it on the outer edges of the wonton wrapper. Fold and pinch the edges of the wonton wrapper up and seal the wonton tight so there is no opening at the top and the wonton is securely enclosed. Watch the video below to learn how to wrap wontons.
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