Lay The Table

Crispy pork and prawn wantons

Sunday, August 16, 2009

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These make great snacks or starters, serve with sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce for dipping. These take a while to make, but it’s well worth the effort!

40mins – Prep time: 35 mins – Cooking time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 250g pork mince
• 200g prawns
• 1 pack wanton wrappers for deep frying (about 30)
• 3 spring onions
• 4 water chestnuts
• 2cm fresh ginger
• 1/4tsp five spice
• 1tsp light soy sauce

Instructions

1. Put wanton wrappers on a plate and cover with a damp cloth to keep them moist.
2. Finely chop the spring onion and water chestnuts.
3. Peel the ginger and chop finely too
4. In a large bowl, mix together all the ingredients except for the wanton wrappers.
5. Peel a wanton wrapper from the block and brush a little water over it to moisten.
6. Using a teaspoon, spoon about 1 rounded spoonful onto the middle of the wanton wrapper.
7. Fold wrapper in half diagonally and seal edges.
8. To cook, heat a saucepan with about 4cm of oil in. Cook wantons in batches for about 3-4mins or until the wantons are golden.

Categories: Snacks | Tags: pork, prawn, wantons

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