Vegetarian Wonton Soup

5 from 3 votes

This vegetarian wonton soup with shiitake mushrooms, carrots, napa cabbage, ginger, and tofu is a delicious meatless take on a Chinese comfort food.

Prep Time1 20

Cook Time10

Total Time1 30

Course: Soup

Cuisine: Chinese

Servings:

Calories: 184kcal

Author: Sarah

Ingredients

1 carrot (roughly chopped)
8 ounces napa cabbage (roughly chopped)
10 medium dried shiitake mushrooms (soaked in hot water 2 hours or overnight)
3 tablespoons neutral oil
2 cloves garlic (minced)
2 teaspoons ginger (minced)
1 pound firm tofu
1 bunch scallions (finely chopped)
2 tablespoons vegetarian oyster sauce (or regular oyster sauce, if pescatarian)
2 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
1 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon sesame oil
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon white pepper
2 packages wonton wrappers (thinner Shanghai-style wrappers preferred)

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Instructions

Add the roughly chopped carrot to the food processor and pulse until very finely chopped. Remove to a bowl. Repeat with the napa cabbage, then the mushrooms.
Heat the oil in a wok over medium heat. Add the ginger and garlic, and cook for 20 seconds. Add the mushrooms, and cook for 2 minutes, until fragrant. Add the napa cabbage and carrot, and cook until totally wilted, about 3 minutes. Remove this mixture to a large mixing bowl.
Mash the tofu well, and add it to the vegetable mixture, along with the scallions, vegetarian oyster sauce, Shaoxing wine, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, salt, and white pepper. Mix well.
Fill the wonton wrappers (see our post on how to fold wontons). Boil the wontons 3-4 mins (because the filling is already cooked, they need much less time than raw meat wontons). Use a slotted spoon to lift the cooked wontons out of the cooking water, directly into serving bowls. Serve with our shortcut wonton soup base or Asian vegetable stock, and serve immediately!

Notes

Recipe makes about 8 dozen wontons, or 16 servings of 6 wontons each. Nutrition information is for wontons only, not including broth.

Nutrition

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