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I feel like I found the biggest hidden secret. This Won Ton Noodle Soup recipe is absolutely awesome. No other words to describe it. Initially, I thought it would be labor intensive since I would be physically making and wrapping won tons. Not so much. In under an hour, I was eating my second bowl!

Serves 4. Recipe from Steamy Kitchen.

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 pound ground pork
2 stalks scallion, finely minced
1 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoons rice vinegar
1 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1/2 pound won ton wrappers, at room temperature, covered with a damp towel
1 tablespoon cornstarch + 1/4 cup cool water (cornstarch slurry)
2 quarts chicken broth
8 ounces dried won ton noodles (or thin, egg noodles or chinese style noodles)
1/2 pound bok choy, leaves separated and washed well
1 teaspoon sesame oil
chili garlic sauce (optional)

DIRECTIONS:
In a large bowl, combine the pork, scallion, soy sauce, rice vinegar, cornstarch, sugar and sesame oil. Mix well. Follow the youtube video towards the end of this post to visually see how to wrap the won ton. As an exception, use the cornstarch slurry (listed in the ingredients above) as the “glue” instead of just the water suggested in the video. Place on a clean, dry plate in one layer and cover loosely with plastic wrap to prevent drying. Repeat with remaining.

In a large stockpot, add all but 2 cups of the chicken broth and bring to a boil. The 2 cups of reserved broth should be room temperature or just slightly chilled. Turn the heat to medium-high and add the won tons. Bring pot back to a gentle boil. When it reaches a boil, add 1 cup of the reserved broth. Bring back to a boil and again, add the remaining 1 cup of reserved broth. When boiling again, it’s done. Adding broth a little at a time like this prevents your delicate won tons from breaking and bursting in rapid, hard boiling water.

Keep the heat on the pot on (you still need to cook the noodles and bok choy) while using a sieve to scoop up the won tons and distribute amongst the bowls. Cook the noodles in the pot according to the package instructions. Add the bok choy (to see how to cut bok choy, reference the youtube video and photo below) to the pot during last minute of cooking noodles and let simmer, until cooked through.

Ladle broth, noodles and bok choy to bowls. Drizzle just a few drops of sesame oil in each bowl.

Serve with chili garlic sauce if desired.

TIPS + TRICKS:
Folding Won Tons

Chopping Bok Choy

FINDING THE INGREDIENTS:
Sometimes finding all the ingredients in the grocery stores takes longer than cooking the food. Here are a few tips:

• Won Ton wraps can be found near the bag salad section in most grocery stores. Super Walmart has them too. I ended up finding the Nasoya brand wraps and chinese style noodles shown below.
• Ground pork is not found in all grocery stores. My Shaws had it, my Stop + Shop did not. It looks like ground hamburger and can be found in the meat/pork/chicken section.