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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 38 calories. This recipe is only 190 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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