Steamed Kai Lan and Hong Kong Style Wonton Soup

After a trip to the Chinese supermarket in the town, i came home, happy with my big bundle of kai lan, chinese chives and wonton wrappers among other things..I got so many dishes that I want to prepare with the purchase. Sound greedy isn't it, don't blame me please, must be the hormon :p

I love kai lan so much, also known as Chinese broccoli. I like to prepare it in a very simple way. Just steam it and few dash of oyster sauce. For the wonton (Chinese dumpling), I found a recipe that I altered a bit to suit our taste.

Steamed Kai Lan 

Ingredients

200 g kai lan

2 garlic cloves - slice thinly

1 tsp sesame oil

2 tbsp cooking oil

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tsp soy sauce

2 tbsp water/chicken broth

Boil a pot of water and blanch the kai lan, less than a minute. Drain and place it on a serving plate.

Heat oil in a wok and saute garlic until golden brown. Remove the garlic and keep aside. Add sesame oil, oyster sauce, soy sauce and water/broth, bring to a quick boil.

Pour the sauce over the kai lan and sprinkle the garlic crisp.

Hong Kong Style Wonton Soup

Broth Ingredients:

500 g chicken bones

2 tbsp dried shrimp

1 piece ginger, peeled and sliced

2 liter water

Simmer the bones and ginger in a large pot for 1 hour, add the dried shrimp in the last 20 minutes.

Wonton Ingredients:

500 g shrimp, deveined and finely chop

1 stalk of spring onion, chopped

1 piece ginger, peeled and minced

1 garlic clove, peeled and minced

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp sesame oil

Pinch of black pepper

Salt to taste

I packet of wonton wrappers

Flour for dusting

1 egg wash

In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients, mix it well and let it stand for at least 20 minutes.

Place about 1 tsp of the filling at the center of the wonton wrapper. Moisten the edges of the wrapper with the egg wash, then pull the top corner down to the bottom, folding the wrapper over the filling to make a triangle. Press edges firmly to make a seal. Bring left and rigt corners together above the filling. Overlap the tips of these corners, moisten with the egg wash and press together.

Drop wonton in a boiling water or broth and cook for 5 minutes. Garnish with chopped green onion or serve it with egg noodle.

Original Recipe from : Hong Kong Style Wonton Soup