Won Ton Soup

Soup-Wonton soup

Ingredients:
3 cups of chicken stock
1 1/2 carrots, peeled and chopped
1/2 sweet onion, chopped
5 mushrooms-diced or sliced
10-15 won ton wrappers (available at grocery stores already made)
won ton filling-below


Won ton filling:
1 boneless chicken thigh, remove fat, and cut into 6-8 pieces
1 Bratwurst (I prefer the Johnsonville bratwurst, they taste the best to me)
1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tbsp sherry
1/2 tbsp sesame oil
1/2 tbsp brown sugar
dash of pepper
1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch


10-15 won ton wrappers
1 egg for sealing the won tons


Filling directions:
Note, you can fill these with anything you like, I like this recipe for filling because it cooks in the liquid within 3-5 minutes.  You can even not fill them, and place in at the end with the mushrooms, still a very nice noodle addition.

Cut off the fat from the chicken thigh, and cut it into 6-8 pieces and place into a cuisinart or chopper. 


Slit the bratwurst casing with a knife and remove inner meat, throw away the casing.  Chop up the chicken and the bratwurst in the cuisinart. 




 Remove into a bowl.  Add all the other ingredients including the cornstarch.


Put the egg in a bowl, and stir slightly.  Use a basting brush or your finger to brush 2 sides of the square won ton wrapper. 



Place about 1/2-1 tsp of filling onto a wrapper. Fold over like a triangle, and then if you want to be fancy, put a little more of the egg wash on one corner and connect the 2 corners like a ring.  They are ready for the soup.

Soup Directions could not be easier.  Heat up 3 cups of chicken stock to a boil, add carrots, celery and onions and simmer for about 2-3 minutes until almost cooked.  Then add the won tons, and cook for about 2 minutes, add the mushrooms.  Lower heat, simmer a couple of minutes and enjoy homemade healthy soup.  If you make it yourself, all the nutrients from the vegetables stay in your food, and no preservatives.