Making Won Tons (Part 1)

[xXSqurrillyAdamsXx]

they have a Chinese buffet restaurant up by my house, and they have these shrimp and cheese wontons T__T Im craving them

[pinayvacavilleUSA]

i love your demonstration very easy to follow, im going to make this on wednesday for my company potluck .....thank you sooooooooo much!

[vanillacarnivore]

Yummy, I'm going to do this today :)

[DarthHuru]

is there any good substitute for water chestnuts ?

[singleguychef]

@DarthHuru The texture of water chestnuts is similar to jicama. So maybe you can try that, but it might affect the taste. It's not necessary to put water chestnuts, but like I said, I like that crunchy texture it gives.

[minhthyhang]

Hi, this is a great recipe that i've been looking for ages. I've looked at many recipes but they are very simple and not that great.

I have a question thou. In the filling ingredients, there's a white stuff that you call "water chester" I'm not sure how to spell that word, and i have no idea what it is. Can you please let me know what it is?

Thanks a lot :)

[singleguychef]

@minhthyhang It's called water "chestnuts." Sorry if it sounded like chester, but it should be water chestnuts. you can find them in cans already peeled and they work fine. The fresh ones you'll find in Chinatown requires peeling and they're a bit tougher than the ones in the can, so would need to be cooked longer. Just stick with the cans.

[Healoneministries]

Thank you for the blog site. I didn't realize anyone could fly to Japan right now.

[Healoneministries]

that is it...Pot Stickers (which to me looked like won tons). Thank you so much.  I'll watch that one too and I'm pretty sure ginger was in that sauce.

[Healoneministries]

perfect. I have rice cooking wine and sherry. I never realized there are different thickness to wonton wraps. I can't wait to make them. However, I do want a dipping sauce that I had in restaurant. It appeared to have soy and seeds and something that made it sweet. Can't figure that one out.

[singleguychef]

@Healoneministries traditionally won ton is eaten in a soup. If you watch part 2 of this video you would see. It's not really something made with a dipping sauce. Maybe you're thinking of Shanghai soup dumplings or maybe potstickers? I did a video on potstickers that you can look up.

The dipping sauce you had probably was soy sauce with sesame oil and maybe some toasted sesame seeds in it.

[Healoneministries]

what is that cooking wine and where do you get it?

[singleguychef]

@Healoneministries It's called Xiao Shing wine, and it's a common rice cooking wine. You can find it at Asian grocery stores along with the soy sauce and stuff. But if you can't find it where you are (it's sometimes spelled Shao Xing wine) you can substitute with something like sherry. Or like someone commented, you can skip it and if you have good pork it should be just as tasty.

[LiddyDoo22]

...but what is the recipe for home made wrappers?

[atlastpeace]

is this I movie?

[FourZoas]

Hey mate, this was really useful. I couldn't work out how to fold the damn things from the descriptions but watching you do it made me understand. Thanks for putting it up.

[allysanddino]

i will try your recipe..but i gunna use ground chicken and shrimp.thnkx

[dukzaza]

good thankz

[Fokai17]

thank you, this video is perfect!

[nevadawolf619]

Wow that was great. I always wanted to know how to make won tons. Thanks for posting.

[slipdizzy]

Uhh, did you just use the opener from Cooking with the Dog?

[singleguychef]

I just used the music from iMovie. These are the free rights tunes that you can use so you don't have to pay for music rights. Cooking with the Dog doesn't own the song, he probably has a Mac with iMovie as well.

[slipdizzy]

That makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up.

[PLISKEN12]

is that the same as the one they serve in restaurants w/c they combine w/ beef brisket stew?

[singleguychef]

Yes, I've seen Chinese restaurants serve won ton noodles with a variety of meat like roasted duck and beef brisket. Makes a hearty lunch!

[calsweet]

shrimp and pork? what if you eat kosher? can you use chicken, beef, or turkey? oh and by the way? you are cute ;)

[singleguychef]

Calsweet, you're so sweet! Thanks! ;-)

Back to your question, while pork and shrimp are the traditional filling, you could substitute the pork with any type of ground meat to be kosher. So ground chicken or ground turkey might be a close substitute.

[MyHawaiiWebMagazine]

What is the thing you put after sesami oil?

Does it taste good even without it?

[singleguychef]

Sorry, didn't see your message until now. After sesame oil I put soy sauce and Xiao Hsing wine. If you don't have this Chinese wine, sherry will work although I think the flavor of Xiao Hsing wine taste very Chinese to me. You could probably go without it.

[bardgold]

Thanks. That was really clear and interesting at the same time. Thanks so much. I would really like to try this. Keep up the cooking shows. You're really good!

[chinesedude001]

:P chinese money really old 7:49

[chinesedude001]

wang tang

[chinesedude001]

you can do it in your soup to....

[coilnova3]

awesome, I only learned how to make wonton soup one time but I forgot how to fold the wonton

the way you fold it looks a lot easier than mine! thank you

[RayneyNight]

Oh wow! I am going to have to try that filling. I look forward to part 2 to this!