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
- Mix pork
- shrimp
- water chestnuts
- salt
- 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.
- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; saute until onion is translucent
- 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
- 3 to 5 minutes. Add bok choy; boil until tender
- about 2 minute more. Garnish with green onions.
Prep Time: 45 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 10