5 Unusual Ways to Fold Wontons at Home
You won’t know it when you bite into one of these juicy packs of happiness, but making wontons is a very technical process. Not only that, there are several approaches to folding wontons. This video shows you a basic scrunching technique, along with four more ways to impress family or dinner guests.
The video assumes that you have a basic recipe (which we discussed in this article ) and ready-made square wonton wrappers. Keep a small bowl of water handy to blot the edges of the wrapper to hold the wonton together. You will notice that in every demo, she doesn’t add a ton of toppings to the wonton. Typically, you only need a small spoonful of the filling to seal securely and not burst later in the cooking process. If you want to pan the wontons, I highly recommend using the triangle method for more even cooking.
The most effective and common method is her “tousled wallet” wonton, which simply squeezes the ends of the wonton wrap at the top. If a presentation is important to you, especially on special occasions (like Lunar New Year?), Watch the rest of the video.
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