Pork Wonton Soup with Chard and Shiitake Mushrooms
 
 
Makes 6-8 servings
Ingredients
Pork wontons:
  • ¼ pound chard, ribs removed and roughly chopped
  • ½ pound ground pork
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 1½ teaspoons minced fresh ginger
  • 1½ tablespoons Shaoxing wine
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 40 wonton wrappers
Remaining ingredients:
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 pound shiitake mushrooms, stems removed and thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
  • 6 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 8 cups chicken broth
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 4 teaspoons hoisin sauce
  • 8 cups roughly chopped chard leaves
Instructions
Make the wontons:
  1. Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Add chard and cook, uncovered, until just tender, 3-4 minutes. Drain, let cool and then roughly chop. Transfer to a medium bowl.
  2. Add next 8 ingredients (ground pork through pepper) and mix well.
  3. Place 1 teaspoon pork mixture in the center of a wonton wrapper. Brush the edges of the wrapper with water and fold wrapper in half to form a rectangle, pressing to seal. Brush the corners of the folded edge with water and bring them together, pressing to seal. Transfer to a baking sheet dusted with flour. Repeat with remaining pork mixture and wonton wrappers.
Make the soup:
  1. In a large pot, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and ginger and cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms start to brown, 3-4 minutes.
  2. Add garlic and pepper and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
  3. Add chicken broth, soy sauce and hoisin sauce. Stir and bring to a boil.
  4. Reduce heat to medium and add prepared wontons. Simmer until cooked through, 2-4 minutes.
  5. Add chard and cook, stirring occasionally, until just barely wilted, about 2 minutes. Serve immediately.
Recipe by Two of a Kind at http://www.twoofakindcooks.com/pork-wonton-soup/