Crispy Thai Pork and Shrimp Wontons

Prep Time: 15 min | Cook Time: 8 min | Serves: 20 | Difficulty: Moderate | SmartPoints: 1

Description

Don't be intimidated by homemade wontons—all you do is stuff and fold and then bake until crisp. Serve with a simple sweet and sour sauce.

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp ginger root, fresh, coarsely chopped

• 1 clove(s) garlic clove(s)

• 1 Tbsp lemon grass, tender bottom parts only, chopped

• 1 oz uncooked scallion(s), coarsely chopped

• 2 oz cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined

• 3 oz cooked lean boneless pork chop, cut into 3.75cm (1 1/2-inch) pieces

• 1⁄2 tsp sesame oil

• 2 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce

• 20 item(s) wonton wrapper(s), plus a few extra in case some break

• 2 spray(s) cooking spray

• 2 Tbspapricot preserves

• 2 Tbspwater

• 1 Tbspfresh lime juice

• 1 Tbspfish sauce

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 200ºC (400ºF).

2. In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a chopping blade, place ginger, garlic, lemon grass and scallions; pulse until finely chopped. Add shrimp, pork, oil and soy sauce; pulse to combine. Spoon mixture into a small bowl and mix well to combine.

3. Lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. Place wonton wrappers on prepared baking sheet so they look like diamonds.

4. Fill a small bowl with water and using your finger or a small pastry brush, coat edges of wrappers with water. Spoon a heaping 5ml (1 tsp) of shrimp mixture onto middle of each wrapper; fold each wrap over filling to make a triangle and press to seal edges.

5. Coat tops of wontons with cooking spray and bake, flipping once, about 3 minutes per side. If wontons are not crispy enough, cook for 1 to 2 minutes more.

6. Meanwhile, while wontons are baking, in a small bowl, stir together preserves, water, lime juice and fish sauce. Serve wontons with dipping sauce on the side. Yields 4 wontons and about 15ml (1 Tbsp) of sauce per serving.