Crispy Pork Wontons makes 20 small-mini ones / 12 medium
Whole Food Earth – Penko Crumb promotion
150g minced pork
1 small egg (or 1/2 large)
1 teaspoon cornflower
1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger – grated
1 clove garlic – crushed
1 – 2 spring onion – thinly sliced
1 – 2 teaspoons light soya sauce or tamari
75 g / ½ tin water chestnuts – chopped very small (or grate)
1 heaped tablespoon WFE panko crumbs (to bind)
1 tablespoon fresh coriander – finely chopped (optional)
½ green chilli – finely chopped or minced (optional)
season well
For the breadcrumb mix x 3 bowls (= 3 step process)
2 – 3 tablespoons plain flour – in one bowl
1 whole egg and 1 tablespoon milk, mixed – in another bowl
4 -6 tablespoons WFE panko crumbs – in the 3rd bowl
(Variation :- add some black sesame seeds for colour to the crumbs 10-15% ratio)
Method :-
- Mix together all the ingredints to the pork won tons.
- With cold damp hands – mould small balls in to spheres the size of a small meatball / 1 inch /
- Pane – means with clean nahds, and possably a spare hand on bowl 3 – dip in the flour and coat well, shake off any excess, then coat in the egg mix, allow the escess to drip off before placing in the penko crumbs to coat well – re-shaping them with your hands and ensuring they are well coated.
- You can deep fry or bake – – see below.
- Bake for 9 – 10 minutes in a hot oven 180c/ gas 6-7
- Cook – Fry until golden, bake for 7 – 9 minutes until golden.
- Tip – – make sure they are cooked in the middle, probe to over 70*c, firm and not at all pink/raw in the middle.
Whole Food Earth contacted me to make a recipe using their panko crumbs and i fancied something Asian i could use as part of a dim sum lunch – so these Crispy bon bons were born using a dumpling, pork based filling but flour, egged and breadcrumbed using these Japanese style crumbs which fry up so crispy and golden, making them a real tasty treat.
All moneys paid has been donated to The Feed Charity – who run a social supermarket on Hall Road in Norwich, they have to fund the ingredients by around 1k per month. But with over 4k members locally needing to use a social supermarket it’s a must for our community. They offer FREE veggies and sanitary products, with reduced other items.
Im occasionally there a few times a year offering community cookery lessons, which is always fun.
Recipe by Zena Leech-Calton (C) – All for the LOVE of FOOD especially Norwich food.