I think I’ve made it pretty obvious by now that I love food (big surprise there, me having a food blog and whatnot). All the flavors, textures, seasonings- GAH. I’m drooling just thinking about it and attribute my love of food completely from growing up in a family that also just happens to be food-obsessed.
In fact, we plan family get-togethers based on the food we’ll be eating that day and holidays are just one big excuse to stuff ourselves silly. Christmas means big meat roasts, homemade bread, and my Auntie Stephanie’s delicious and fluffy mashed potatoes. The 4th of July means asian-style BBQ ribs, sashimi, and octopus salad (I know, eclectic). Growing up, Friday nights were always reserved for dinner at my Obachan’s house, and dooooonn’t even get me started on Thanksgiving. In fact, our biggest nightmare is not having enough food at one of our parties. Terrifying 😯 .
These pork wontons are a family-favorite that never fail to disappear by the time everyone packs up to leave to head back home. They’re the kind of appetizer that gets people gathering around the table, munching away, as soon as they’re brought out. They have the potential to ruin a party since everybody is to busy eating to talk and socialize. And I mean, who could blame us?! They deliver maximum golden-brown crispness with a delicious pork and garlic filling and ooooohhhh my gosh you guys! The sweet and salty explosion in your mouth when you dip them in sweet chili sauce is unreal. It’s fried deliciousness at it’s best!
I got this recipe from my mom, who is by no means a stranger to wontons. She’s a 2nd grade teacher and likes to go above-and-beyond for her students and always makes a huge 200+ batch with them for Chinese New Year. She prepares the meat filling at home, then brings in the prepared wonton dough and has them fill and crimp them, then sends them with some of the teaching assistants over to the kitchen to fry them up for everyone to enjoy. Since she’s done it for the last 10 years, that calculates out to be… at least 2000 wontons for her students alone!? I guess you could call her a wonton expert and this recipe tried and true!
If you’ve never worked with wontons before, you can usually find pre-made dough in your local grocery store in the refrigerated section by the tofu under packages titled “wonton/gyoza skins or wrappers”. They make your job much easier and help these wontons come together in a flash!
YUMMMM. When I saw these they reminded me of pierogies, which my family makes every year. NOT the same, I know, but they are the same shape and are made the same way, but with different filling.
These wontons look amazing, Christine! I’m so impressed that you made your own. I always assumed that it was so time consuming to make, so I absolutely love this easy recipe! Delish!
yummmmy! I would be pinning the snot out of this thing but I can’t seem to pin your pictures anymore!
Oh no! Really?! Do you mind telling me what you normally do to pin them so I can try to fix it? Sorry to be a hassle!
No problemo! I just hover over the image and click the little ‘P’ that appears in the corner! That then takes me to a little box that pops up where I can select which board I want to pin the image to
Hmm well I have no idea why it isn’t working for you! So strange!
Anyways, how have you been, Autumn?! Long time no chat :D!
Pshh it literally just started working again!! ??? dumb computer grumble grumble.
Ooo good good! But not i-just-got-back-from-hawaii good! 😉 But then again school hasn’t started for me though soooo, who’s the real winner here? 😀
These are gorgeous! Is it weird that I like looking at the pictures more than eating the food?
Awe.. I love your story and so jealous of you cuz my family don’t really gather, and no one really cooks anymore… But it reminds me of my fiance’s family, he’s a yonsei, and yup every family gathering has got some kind of sashimi and octopus, I love octopus btw with a little bit of yuzukosho. And this pork wonton is a staple for new year, his auntie always makes it. Love that picture with the dipping action!
Ummm, why wasn’t your mom my 2nd grade teacher? These look sooo yummy & as usual I am super impressed by your food photos. These need to get on BuzzFeed or something because they just seriously rock. Have a great weekend, boo!!
Christine these look so delicious, I’ll definitely be trying them! btw, the hover pin it button worked for me no proble (I tried with the pin it button from my toolbar and that worked too).
These look amazing! And your mam sounds like such a cutie – her students are so lucky!
Love your Blog, love these Pork Wontons, Pinned!
Hi Cathy!
Thank you so much for your kind words- they made my day :)!!
These look amazing, but I kinda want some octopus salad.
Oh fun!! Gotta love family get togethers! Love this recipe! It looks so delicious!
YUM!
These look really tasty! I can’t believe your mom has made over 200o wantons – she is such an amazing teacher to do that! 😀
hehe. made these. they were so yummy! theres only 5 left. hehe.