Dim sum, small spicy and fried wontons with beef filling. With the flavors added it they got a lot of taste. A bit sesame, the five spices, and ginger, you can taste everything in one bite.
Wontons are delicious when steamed, but also great when fried for their crispiness. And very easy to prepare, with easy to buy ingredients. Look for yourself!
- You can also steam the wontons. Put a steamer on top of boiling water and steam the wontons until done in about 10 minutes.
- You can substitute the ground beef with ground chicken.
- If you want a vegan (and therefore vegetarian) wonton, replace the beef with shiitakes. They've got a lot of flavors.
- Fried wontons are delicious just eaten plain, but also very tasty with a sweet chili sauce or salty soy sauce with roasted sesame seeds.
- These snacks are delicious at an Asian buffet.
Storage
- You can't store fried wontons, eat them the same day.
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📖 Recipe
Servings: wontons
Equipment
- Deep Fryer or Frying pan with sunflower oil
Ingredients
- 50 pieces pangsit sheets thawed
- 1 spring onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 500 grams ground beef
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 cm fresh ginger fresh
- 1 teaspoon Chinese 5 spices powder
- 1 tablespoon Kecap Manis
- 1 tablespoon sherry
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic
Instructions
- Slice the spring onion finely.
- Peel the ginger and grate it.
- Add to a bowl the ground beef, spring onion, ginger, rice vinegar, sesame oil, sherry, Chinese 5 spices powder, and salt.
- Squeeze the garlic above the bowl.
- Mix everything well.
- Take the package of Pangsit sheets and fold them in a wet towel (so they won't dry out).
- Put a bowl of water aside from your workplace.
- Put a Pangsit sheet in front of you and take about 2 teaspoons of ground beef and roll a ball of the meat.
- Put that in the middle of the sheet.
- Wet your fingers and fold the sheet to the inside. Pinch with your wet fingers and make sure it's closed.
- Repeat this until all the sheets or meat are done.
- Preheat the fryer to 355 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius).
- Take about 8 wontons each time and fry them for about 2 minutes.
Notes
- You can also steam the wontons. Put a steamer on top of boiling water and steam the wontons until done in about 10 minutes.
- You can substitute the ground beef with ground chicken.
- If you want a vegan (and therefore vegetarian) wonton, replace the beef with shiitakes. They've got a lot of flavors.
- Fried wontons are delicious just eaten plain, but also very tasty with a sweet chili sauce or salty soy sauce with roasted sesame seeds.
- These snacks are delicious at an Asian buffet.
Nutrition
Calories: 32kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 19mg | Vitamin A: 2IU
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