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Easy wonton soup recipe with juicy shrimp wontons in chicken broth. Learn the best and most authentic ways to make this classic Chinese soup at home with my step-by-step picture guide. This recipe takes 20 mins to make!
Wonton Soup Recipe
Wonton soup is one of the most popular Chinese recipes. The soup is nourishing, especially for cold winter months.
What is wonton soup?
It’s a popular soup served at many Chinese restaurants. The hearty soup comes with delicately wrapped wonton in a steaming hot and delicious broth.
Wontons are Chinese dumplings wrapped with wonton wrappers. They are commonly filled with shrimp, ground pork or a combination of shrimp and pork.
Recipe Ingredients
My recipe calls for the following ingredients:
- Shrimp
- Yellow chives. If you can’t find yellow chives, you can use scallions.
- Packaged wonton wrapper. Wonton wrapper is always square in shape and has a light yellow tint to it.
- Low-sodium chicken broth.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Wonton Soup
It’s very easy to make the soup from scratch. This is the most authentic and the best recipe, sourced from my best-selling cookbook Easy Chinese Recipes.
The first step is to make the wonton filling. Next, wrap the wonton with the filling using a store-bought wonton wrapper.
The final step is to cook the wrapped wontons in the broth and it is ready!
The Soup Base
You can get instant soup base at Chinese grocery stores but it’s always laden with too much MSG.
My choice for the soup base is low-sodium chicken broth.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you can make the soup with frozen wontons. Make the wontons ahead and freeze in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. When you are ready to make the soup, thaw the wontons to room temperature.
This soup is filled with heart-healthy unsaturated fats, which are great for your diet.
You can use your protein of choice as the wonton filling, for example: chicken. You can also use turkey. The method and recipe will stay the same.
Yes, my recipe is Halal.
Each wonton is 42 calories. This recipe is only 210 calories for five (5) wontons in each serving of the soup.
What To Serve With This Recipe
Serve this dish with fried rice and other Chinese main entrees. For a healthy Chinese meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Wonton Soup
Ingredients
- 8 oz (230g) peeled and deveined big shrimp
- 1 oz. (30g) yellow chives or scallions, chopped finely
- 15 wonton wrappers
- water, for boiling wontons
Seasonings:
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon chicken bouillon powder
- 1/4 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 dashes white pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
Soup:
- 3 cups low sodium chicken broth
- salt to taste
- white pepper to taste
- sesame oil to taste
Instructions
- Rinse the shrimp and pat them dry with paper towels. Then, cut each shrimp into 3-4 pieces.
- Add half of the chopped yellow chives to the shrimp and marinate with all the Seasoning ingredients for 1 hour.
- Place a wonton wrapper on your palm and put about 1 teaspoon of filling (approximately 3-4 pieces of shrimp) in the center of the wrapper.
- Dab the corners of the wonton wrapper with water. Fold the wrapper into a triangle shape and press the edges to seal.
- Gather the two corners of the wrapper with your thumb and index finger on both hands and fold them down. Pinch the middle to seal the wonton, ensuring it is tightly closed. Repeat the process until all the filling is used up.
- Prepare the soup by bringing the chicken broth to a boil. Then, add salt, white pepper, and sesame oil to taste.
- Heat another pot of water until it boils. Drop all the wontons into the boiling water, stirring gently to prevent them from sticking together. Continue to boil until the wontons are fully cooked and float to the top.
- Transfer the wontons using a strainer and place them into the soup. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I am a scientist, so I usually want to know “Why”.
Why are the wonton cooked in water instead of cooking them in the broth?
Thanks, I love your recipes.
They are cooked in water to rid off the flour on the surface of the wonton wrapper. If you cook in the broth, the broth will become cloudy. For the best and cleanest taste, please do it my way.