wonton

noun

won·ton ˈwän-ˌtän

plural wontons

: a small dumpling filled typically with meat, seafood, or vegetables and usually served boiled in soup or fried

Whenever you're making wontons, keep in mind that the filling should be well seasoned, but not to the point that the wontons are overly salted when tossed in the sauce or added to a bowl of soup.—

Bill Leung et al.

… press the two sides of the wonton together tightly to enclose the filling and avoid any air pockets …—

Hetty Lui McKinnon

compare gyoza, pot sticker

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There’s a long list of noodle soups on the menu, with bowls of broth brimming with fish balls, wontons and springy egg noodles. —

Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024 Meanwhile, King is leaning into the warming, restorative potential of shrimp and pork wontons in broth. —

Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024 For the wontons, for example, Branz and his team braise the snails low and slow to bring out the aromatics, pre-cooking them in a classic French butter sauce. —

Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024 Then they are cooled down and folded into the wontons. —

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