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How many ways can you fold wontons?
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How many ways can you fold wontons?
Are you stuck in the rut with just one style?
You don't have to be now that you've found the ultimate wonton folding classroom ... online. I have 8 styles so far and I'm still on the hunt.
The 8 styles are organized according to level of difficulty (in my humble opinion)
What are you waiting for? Dazzle your family and friends with wontons in all sorts of shapes.
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1. Ravioli style
- Place a wonton wrapper on a dry clean cutting board
- Place 1 ½ teaspoon of filling in the center of the wrapper
- Take another piece of wonton wrapper and lay it over the filling
- Press the top wrapper gently but firmly over the filling, working out any air between filling and wonton wrapper HLI-PRE3XL battery for HP Pre 3
- Use a little water to seal the edges
This is so easy. Ultimate beginners should start here. Because you are using two pieces of wonton wrappers for each wonton, either buy extra wonton skins or make less filling or you might run out of wrappers and have to make meatballs too.
Try to push all the air out. If you don’t, the air will expand when boiling and your wontons will look like they have "pimples".
Sealing properly is important unless you want your wonton to spill its "treasure".
When you boil them, they are going to do cartwheels. When they finally stop and stay afloat, it means they are cooked.
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2. Samosa style
- Lay a wonton wrapper on a clean cutting board
- Place a teaspoon of filling in the middle of the wrapper
- Fold the wrapper in half to form a triangle
- Work out any air between wrapper and filling
- Wet the sides of the wrapper with some water
- Press to seal the wonton
This is a very simple style. Laying it on a cutting board to fold gives you more control. The next 2
styles are variations of this one.
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3. Samosa style with a twist
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Lay a wonton wrapper on a clean cutting board
Place a teaspoon of filling in the middle of the wrapper
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Wet the sides of the wrapper
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Fold the wrapper in half to form a triangle
Work out any air between wrapper and filling
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Wet the two side corners of the triangle, gently pull them together and press firmly
The center corner should stick out slightly. Cute right?
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Boil the wonton in water
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4. Envelope style
- Lay a wonton
wrapper on a clean cutting board
- Place
a teaspoon of filling in the middle of the wrapper
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Fold the wrapper in half to form a triangle
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Work out any air between wrapper and filling
- Wet sides of wrapper and press firmly to seal the
wonton
- Wet the two side corners of the triangle
- Fold
the two corners on top of the wonton
This
is not a traditional Chinese wonton style. But the little envelope
lookalike is quite cute, don’t you think?
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5. Taiwan style (hua
lian bian
shi)
- Lay
a wonton wrapper on a clean cutting board
- Place
a teaspoon of filling at the lower half of
the wrapper near a corner
- Shape
the filling into a narrow rectangular shape
- Fold
the corner over the
filling and fold again to cover the filling
- Do
not fold all the way up, leave the opposite
corner free
- Flatten
the two ends of the wrapper
- Pull
them together and press firmly. Use some
water to seal
A
little more challenging, but the shape looks
great. If you want a step-by-step photo guide to making this style,
visit Gastronomic
Fight Club.
This shape is similar to the
samosa style with a twist except that the center corner that sticks out
is a single layer here.
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5.
China style Number 1
- Lay a wonton
wrapper on a clean cutting board
- Place a
teaspoon of filling in the middle of the wrapper
- Shape
the filling into a rectangular shape, parallel to the wrapper
- Fold the
wrapper in half
- Work out
any air between wrapper and filling
- Fold the
wrapper in half again
- Flatten
the two ends of the cylindrical shape
- Pull
them together and press firmly. Use some water to seal
Actually, this style is the same as the samosa
with a twist style except you fold
half into a rectangle instead of a triangle. When you connect the two
ends together, you can choose to connect the diagonal sides together or
from end to end. Notice that your choice can result in two
very different wonton shapes?
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5.
China style Number 2
- Lay
a wonton wrapper on a clean cutting board
- Place
a teaspoon of filling in the middle of the
wrapper
- Flatten
the filling
- Fold all 4 corners of the
wrapper towards the center of the wrapper
- Work
out any air between wrapper and filling
- Gather
all four corners and squeeze gently to
close
This one is supposed to crease like an un-ironed
shirt when it is
cooked. What do you think?
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5.
Cantonese style
- Make
a ring with your fingers
and thumb
- Place a wonton wrapper on your hand on top of the
ring
- Place a teaspoon of filling in the center of
the wrapper
- Gently push the filling down the ring with the
teaspoon
- Slowly move your fingers to close the ring to wrap
the wrapper around the filling
- Dab a little water around the closing of the
wrapper to seal
- Check that the wrapper is properly sealed
This looks simple, but needs a certain degree of
dexterity.
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Finally, we've come to the end.
I couldn't provide step-by-step photos for all the folding styles at this moment. My skill as a photographer is as limited as it can get. So please use your imagination.
I hope you had fun folding wontons. If you have a wonton folding style that is not featured here and you would like to share, let me know by using my share your recipe form. I'll make sure it gets up on this page
pronto. It would be nice if I could have before and after photos of the product.
Feel free to use or forward or share the wonton photos featured here, but I would appreciate it if you would attribute it to this website by including a hyperlink of my website next to the photos.
Can I suggest you use the html code below? It is easy, just cut and paste into your email, blog or website.
It will look like this:
I found these wonton folding styles at Homemade Chinese Soups.
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