Following on from our wonton recipe, a friend of mine, Stef came round for a light lunch and showed me how to make pan fried wontons. I like this as an alternative to deep-frying them because when you deep-fry something you get grease settling everywhere. Having an "open plan" kitchen which leads right onto your living room is also not a place you want to do any cooking with lasting smells.
The method is simple. Assuming you already have a ready stock of wontons, just heat a pan and put in about a tablespoon of oil. If you have a non-stick pan you can use less oil. Place the wontons down and fry until half-cooked. Watch the colour of the dumplings from the side, when it goes whiteish about halfway up the dumplings, flip them over. Cover and leave on medium high heat for about 5 minutes. They should be perfectly done!
We had ours here with soy sauce and sliced ginger. Yum!
Resident nutritionist reminds: Remember to cook the meat properly especially if it contains pork and seafood!
2 comments:
Woooo! i'm stef and i'm the latest follower of this blog. haha.
Something else i did was to "steam" them for a while. I actually put some water into the pan and let it steam for a while. The wontons were quite big and if fully pan fried, it would have taken longer to cook.(As the resident nutritionist says, its important for the meat inside to be cooked! ) Pan frying merely crisps the skin of the wontons while allowing it to maintain a juicy centre.
So, it is possible to cook it by steaming first before pan frying. (if this makes sense)
It should be ready to be flipped once golden brown/( white-ish half way?) and... cooking time depends on the size of wontons. These wontons were quite big. Size as compared to a pair of chopsticks.
woohoo. Go wontons!
Thanks for your input Stef. Yes it's white-ish half-way but that's quite arbitrary I guess. Thanks for your clarification.
For those interested, you can also pour a bit of water in, bout 1/4 cup after you've flipped it over and close the lid on your pan. Just check that it's well cooked before eating (sacrifice a wonton haha).
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