Chicken Wontons

I made these chicken wontons and they came out delicious. They are great in soup or dipping them in coconut aminos as a side. Next I’ll try some different flavored dumplings. This is my first time successfully making dumplings and I am so happy with how they came out. They are time consuming but well worth the effort because they are so much more fresh than store-bought.

Meat mix before adding green onion.
Placing meat in middle of wonton.
Folding wonton and pressing sides.
Wonton egg drop soup with hot sesame oil on top.
This is the hot sesame oil I like to buy. It's extremely hot and a little goes a long way.

Chicken Wontons

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 5 Servings

Equipment

  • Bowl
  • Steamer
  • Instant Pot

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Ground chicken
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Pepper
  • 1/4 tsp Garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin
  • 3 stalks Green onion Green parts only
  • 1/2 tbsp Rice vinegar
  • 3 tbsp Cornstarch Optional, but gives more flavor
  • 1 pkg Wonton skins

Instructions

  • Mix together in a bowl the ground chicken, spices, egg, and green onion until combined. Add the cornstarch and mix.
  • Put about 1tsp meat mix in the middle of the skin and fold over and press sides to adhere. Please see photos above. Take the 2 pointy ends and press them together in front of the wonton.
  • I steamed my dumplings in the instant pot for 4 minutes on the steam function. I steamed them in batches because I have a small 3qt instant pot that maybe only fit 10 wontons at a time. Cook the wontons before storing in the refrigerator because if you store raw wontons in the refrigerator the meat juice will seep out and make a mess. You can also steam in a traditional stovetop steamer for about 20 minutes.
  • Eat the wontons as is after cooking or add them to soup. They are delicious on their own with some coconut aminos to dip them in.

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