Pancit Molo (Filipino Wonton Soup)

Description

Despite its name, this Pinoy pancit dish has no noodles, just wonton-like dumplings in place of the noodles. It is a soup dish served as a snack or as an appetizer before lunch or dinner. Use my recipe for homemade wonton wrappers (see Footnote).

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pounds ground pork
  • 1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 (16 ounce) package wonton wrappers, or as needed
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 cooked chicken breast, shredded
  • 1 ¼ quarts chicken broth
  • 1 small head bok choy, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 2 green onions, chopped

Instructions

  1. Mix pork
  2. shrimp
  3. water chestnuts
  4. salt
  5. and pepper together in a large bowl. Reserve 1/3 of the filling mixture for the soup. Wrap about 1 tablespoon of the remaining filling in a wonton wrapper. Repeat until all of the filling is used up.
  6. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; saute until onion is translucent
  7. about 5 minutes. Stir in the chicken and the reserved filling. Mix well. Add chicken broth; season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Drop the filled wontons into the soup one by one. Boil until wontons float to the top
  8. 3 to 5 minutes. Add bok choy; boil until tender
  9. about 2 minute more. Garnish with green onions.

Prep Time: 45 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 10

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