Wonton Soup
A super easy, light and comforting wonton soup that you can make right at home – and it tastes 1000x better than ordering out!
Whenever we’re ordering take-out, wonton soup is always a must. Always, always, always. See, I have a major thing for wontons. And soup.
But little did I know that the homemade version is unbelievably easy. And fool-proof. The only thing that takes a little bit of time is wrapping up the wontons. But that’s when the kitchen helpers come in, like your fiance who can never wrap them perfectly but still, an extra set of hands is always helpful.
Once your wontons are done, you’re all set! But if you know you’ll have leftovers, it’s best to keep the wontons uncooked and separate until right before serving. Or if you’re anything like me, you’ll throw it all in at once and eat every last one of these by yourself!
Wonton Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 4 ounces shiitake mushrooms
- 2 baby bok choy
- 3 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon yellow miso paste, or more, to taste
For the wontons
- 8 ounces medium shrimp, peeled, deveined and diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon reduced sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon Sriracha, optional
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 36 2- inch won ton wrappers
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine shrimp, garlic, green onions, oyster sauce, soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil, Sriracha and pepper.*
- To assemble the wontons, place wrappers on a work surface. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the shrimp mixture into the center of each wrapper. Using your finger, rub the edges of the wrappers with water. Fold the dough over the filling to create a half-moon shape, pinching the edges to seal; set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon sesame oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add garlic and ginger, and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes.
- Whisk in chicken broth, mushrooms and 2 cups water.
- Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until mushrooms have softened, about 10 minutes. Stir in bok choy and green onions. Stir in miso paste until well combined, about 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in wontons until cooked through, about 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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this recipe is amazing! Better than takeout AND the Chinese restaurant (well, better than any we’ve been to anyways!). 🙂
will definitely be making this again and again…it’s a bit of work to make the wontons by hand but sooooo worth it!
I’m planning to make this for a week of lunches. When I’m ready to eat that day’s serving can I cook the wontons in broth while microwaving? Or will that ruin it?
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment.
I cook the wonton separately in a pot of boiling water all the time and then add the cooked wontons to my soup as I eat it. I don’t like the idea of simmering raw meat in my broth.
Great!
I can’t wait! my little one is not feeling so well but he didn’t want the usual suspect, chicken noodle soup. When I showed him your pictures he was sold!! I couldn’t find yellow miso, and I have no clue what the stuff tastes like so it was hard to choose from the insane variety at my local Whole Foods, so, I went with white miso. I’ll let you know how it goes! Hmm, question would it completly ruin and change the broth if I maybe added a handful of baby shrimps I’ve been looking to add to something??
Not at all! 🙂
Holy-mother-of-AWESOME! I could not believe I produced such a broth in my kitchen! T’was DeeeLish! I ended up using more miso paste (I did cringe a little when I saw the sodium content,) but was so impressed by the authenticity that paraded itself in our mouths and filled our tummies with comfort. After debating so much over the baby shrimp, I ended up forgetting to add them, lol. Also, being pressed for time, plus a hungry & sick kid lead me to doing a quick cheat and I used Trader Joe’s mini wontons. I now can’t wait to attempt to make the wontons from scratch! After the success of that broth, you have all my faith!!
ROCK ON SISTA! Thanks for the killer recipe. 🙂
thanks for the tip! I will try making the broth only next time and see if I can’t find some wonton’s already premade frozen! The broth is amazing! 🙂
Yummy! I made this soup today and it was excellent. I could only find ‘white miso paste’ so I used that and it tasted wonderful. I also added a handful of snow peas. The pork won tons turned out perfectly, so easy to assemble and not one fell apart. Thank you so much for showing and telling how to make a delicious Asian soup. I have made many of your recipes over and over because they instantly become family favorites.
Thank you
I have a question can I find all the ingredients at my local market or do I have to go to a specific place
All ingredients should be available at mainstream grocery stores, but please note that I am not familiar with what your local grocery store carries. It may be best to call ahead for ingredients that you are unsure of.
I made the broth before but went with a pork and shrimp wonton recipe.
Yesterday I made your recipe and doubled it for the broth only because I wanted a heartier soup and I added not only shiitake, more bok choy, fresh enoki mushrooms and Jumbo shrimp for the garnish, and even rice sticks (vietnamese style serving with Rice noodle on bottom.
I chose dried shiitakes because I have them. I prepared this for a pescatarian friend so I used vegetable broth, but I personally didn’t find it as good (it needs chicken broth just like the recipe says) so I did add the strained water from the dried shiitake liquid, extra miso, and a tiny 1/2 teaspoon of dashi granules. Now the broth is really good, but lost the clear liquid look. Everything else was awesome. Thank you for this. It was Damn Delicious!
I have a question, If I use the uncooked pork how long to I boil it for ?
Cooking time should remain about the same, but as always, please use your best judgment.
Thanks for this tasty treat. I made it tonight and used ground beef rather than shrimp as I had it on hand. I had to cook the wontons for six minutes, but the flavor was still fantastic and savory. I have yet to find an Oyster sauce that isn’t chalk full of MSG and high fructose corn syrup so I substituted 1 Tbs. Hoisin Sauce and added 1/4 fish sauce. I also had white miso paste on hand so I just used that. I imagine it’s even tastier with the yellow! I really appreciate your tasty recipes. I have tried several and your blog is becoming a reliable resource for me. Thank you for the time you put into it. I have to say though that you must be a seasoned wonton preparer as this recipe took me about 35-40 minutes to make. I’ll work on it:).
Made this tonight and it turned out pretty freaking good. I was unable to find the miso paste, but I decided to use a miso ramen seasoning considering it was literally the only “miso” I could find in my tiny commissary. Not a bad substitute at all. I ended up making too much and shared with my neighbors. Over all, great recipe I will share with all of my peeps who love a good wonton soup.
Do you have a receipt for Hot and Sour soup?, another one of my favorites
I do not have a recipe for hot and sour soup at this time, but please feel free to browse through the recipe index for more recipes!
I stumbled upon this and was wondering if, after assembling the wontons, can they be frozen if you do not use them all?
Yes! To freeze, place uncooked wontons in a single layer on a baking sheet overnight. Then transfer to freezer bags.
For the frozen wontons, do you need to thaw them before adding them to the soup or can you throw them in frozen?
Nope – no need to thaw!
Is it possible to prepare the soup without oyster sauce? I have an allergy.
Yes, absolutely.
How many calories does the soup have in it?
Nutritional information is provided only for select and new recipes at this time. However, if it is not available for a specific recipe, it is best that you use free online resources at your discretion (you can Google “nutritional calculator”) to obtain such information.
I love your recipes and this soup looks so great, but I am allergic to mushrooms. Will it seriously effect the flavor if I leave them out or is there something I can substitute?
Sarah, the mushrooms provide a lot of flavor as the broth of this soup. I recommend substituting additional veggies of your choice (to create more of a vegetable stock) to suit your dietary restrictions.
When I make Won To s, I use a combination of or by themselves Chinese BBQ pork, ground pork, chicken, shrimp or turkey whatever I have in the freezer. I also fry the WonTons, and then add them to the soup. Also, I save the broth from my Mongolian Fire lots, which makes a very rich broth.
This looks great! I have used a couple of your recipe’s in the past with huge success. I will be making this one next week. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Just made this. A bit time consuming, but turned out good. I used ground pork instead of shrimp. Thank you for the recipe.
I couldn’t find miso paste–my supermarket is pretty scant for Asian food ingredients–but this was still amazing! Definitely going in my permanent archive.
if I’m using ground pork, should I still use the oyster sauce, or do you recommend something else? Also, when an Asian recipe calls for Sesame oil, is that the dark brown oil, or the lighter oil…more like a vegetable/frying oil? I have both, and I’m never sure?
Yes, I recommend still using oyster sauce. As for the sesame oil – there’s really only one kind. I’m not really sure the other vegetable/frying oil that you are referring to. Nonetheless, sesame oil is a little bit darker.
Do you know what the nutritional value for this recipe is?
Nutritional information is provided only for select and new recipes at this time. However, if it is not available for a specific recipe, it is best that you use free online resources at your discretion (you can gooogle “nutritional calculator”) to obtain such information.