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:
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.
Add next 8 ingredients (ground pork through pepper) and mix well.
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:
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.
Add garlic and pepper and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
Add chicken broth, soy sauce and hoisin sauce. Stir and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to medium and add prepared wontons. Simmer until cooked through, 2-4 minutes.
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/