Pork Won Ton

Name: Pork Won Ton
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Twenty won ton or about four servings
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: 5 ounces lean ground pork; 4 water chestnuts, finely chopped, about 1/4 cup; 1 scallion or green onion, trimmed and finely chopped, green part and all, about 3 tablespoons; 1/2 teaspoon monosodium glutamate, optional; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1/8 teaspoon salt, if desired; 1 1/2 teaspoons dry Sherry or Shao Hsing wine; 1 1/2 teaspoons dark soy sauce; 1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil; 1/8 teaspoon ground pepper, preferably white; 20 won ton skins; 1 egg, lightly beaten

By Craig Claiborne and Pierre Franey

Total Time: 25 minutes
Rating: 3(17)
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Ingredients

Yield:Twenty won ton or about four servings

5ounces lean ground pork
4water chestnuts, finely chopped, about ¼ cup
1scallion or green onion, trimmed and finely chopped, green part and all, about 3 tablespoons
½teaspoon monosodium glutamate, optional
1teaspoon sugar
⅛teaspoon salt, if desired
1½teaspoons dry Sherry or Shao Hsing wine
1½teaspoons dark soy sauce
1½teaspoons sesame oil
⅛teaspoon ground pepper, preferably white
20won ton skins
1egg, lightly beaten

Ingredient Substitution Guide

Preparation

Step 1
Combine the pork, water chestnuts, scallion or green onion, monosodium glutamate, sugar, salt, wine, soy sauce, sesame oil and pepper in a mixing bowl. Blend thoroughly with the fingers.
Step 2
Spoon about one-and-one-half to two teaspoons of the pork mixture in the center of a won ton skin.
Step 3
Fold one side of the won ton skin to enclose the filling, rolling it cigar-fashion. Press the ends to seal.
Step 4
Brush the upper portion of one sealed end with a little beaten egg.
Step 5
Bring the ends together. As you bring them together, give the unbrushed end a 180-degree twist and press this end against the egg-brushed end. Pinch lightly to seal.
Step 6
Continue filling the skins until all of them are filled and sealed.
Step 7
Bring two quarts of water to the boil. Add the won ton. When the water returns to the boil, cook the won ton one-and-one-half minutes. Add about half a cup of cold water, let the water return to the boil again and cook for about another minute. When the won ton rise to the top of the water, they are done.