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Wontons ( Details ), also written as "wantan", "wanton", "wuntun", are a type of Dumpling common in Chinese Cuisine .


CHINESE NAMES

In Chinese the name of the food is written as 馄饨 "húntun", the usual standard Chinese name literally meaning roughly "irregularly shaped dumpling".

In in Cantonese.

In ) and often served in a sesame paste and chili oil sauce as a dish called "red oil wonton" (红油抄手).


TYPES

A wonton is made with a thin ten centimeter square lye-water pastry wrapper made of wheat flour, water, salt, and Lye , and filled with savory minced meat. The filling is typically made of minced pork, coarsely diced shrimp, finely minced Ginger , finely minced onions, Sesame Oil and Soy Sauce . Wontons are commonly served in soup or can be deep fried.

A related, but different kind of wonton is made by using the same kind of pastry wrapper, but merely applying a minute amount of filling (frequently meat) and quickly squashing the hand holding the wrapper together, creating an uneven wonton. These are called "xiao huntun" (lit. little wonton) and are invariably served in a soup, often with condiments such as pickles, ginger, sesame oil and coriander.


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