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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) big shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 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.
- 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.
Are the “Seasonings” to be added to the “Ingredients” for the Wontons or are they to be added into the “Soup” the directions do not specify.
Looking forward to making this dish.
Thanks for the recipe.
Hi John, the instruction is very clear: “Add half of the chopped yellow chives to the shrimp and marinate with all the Seasoning ingredients for 1 hour.” Soup has a completely different header.
Hello,
Thank you for sharing your wonderfully delicious recipes! I’ve not been disappointed by any of the ones I’ve tried thus far. All were easy to follow, quick to make, and yummy!
I can’t seem to find the recipe card you referenced in your post for wonton soup which lists more information on the ingredients. I noticed that your recipes usually have a “jump to recipe” section which this one doesn’t. There is also no option to print for this one. While this recipe seems easy, I need the measurements for the ingredients.
Thanks and warmest regards,
Hi Marvel, thanks for letting me know. The recipe card was accidentally deleted. I have put it back.
Do you have a filioino recipe for Pancit molo?
No I don’t but you can try my pork dumplings soup recipe: https://rasamalaysia.com/pork-dumpling-soup-recipe/
I just had to leave a comment for this soup. It is amazingly delicious!!
Thank you for sharing your recipes with us. Everything I have tried so far has been great. Though I admit, this is probably my favourite!
I haven’t found a good wonton soup since I left the States. So today I am going to try to make a wonton soup like before. Please note that I am not a chef and boiling water is a task that I am still working on. But as you have explained, I promise to try and do my best ! Thank you for the recipe !
Thanks, jm!
It’s rainy season here already and I think wonton soup(or what we call molo soup here) is one of the best to cook during this season.
Can I freeze prepared wontons to fry later?
Yes you can. Just thaw before deep frying.
All of your food is amazing. I have tried many of your listed Asian recipes and they are all fantastic!
Hi Janica, thanks for your comment. Yes, all my recipes are good, please try more: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
so easy and delicious to make this chinese wonton soup!
I made the won ton soup using broth I made in my instant pot. The won ton’s were so delicious that my wife wants to marry me again.
So good!
Thank you so much for sharing.