16 Creative Ways to Cook Frozen Wonton!

Wontons – also known as Wantan 云吞 – are a versatile and delicious dish that can be enjoyed in numerous ways. From traditional boiled wontons in soup to creative twists like wonton tacos and Szechuan Spicy Wontons, there’s a method for every palate. Discover 16 enjoyable ways to prepare and savor this culinary favorite in my latest blog post! It has been a while since I last posted. 😁

Pan-fried Wonton / Dumpling / Winged Gyoza

1. Pan-Fried Wontons
   - Add oil on heated flat frying pan and pan-fry Wonton.
   - Pour a mixture of potato or corn flour and water into the frying pan with the Wonton. The mixture will become a crispy golden-brown layer like wings holding all the Wontons together.
   - Fry until golden and crispy. Takes lots of practice to perfect the wings of this dish. 😁
   - Serve with a sweet chilli sauce or a mixture of rice vinegar with soy sauce.
   
   
2. Steamed Wontons
   - Unlike dumpling which has a firm shape, wonton is soft. To prevent them from lumping together after steaming, we have to put each wonton in a silicon cupcakes container. Refer to photo below.
   - Steam in a steamer for about 15min until cooked through.
   - Serve with a little side-dish of Chinese black vinegar – Zhenjiang black vinegar 鎭江香醋 with ginger strips for dipping.
   
   
3. Wonton Soup
   - Boil in a chicken broth with leafy green vegetables like Caixin, mushrooms and fresh spring or fried onions.
   - Serve hot as a comforting soup.
   
   
   
   Air Fryer Silicon Cupcake Container
   
   
4. Deep-Fried / Air-fried Wontons
• Deep-fry until golden brown and crispy. If you prefer the air-fry option, you may choose to air-fry the Wonton with 7 holes round silicon Air Fryer Cupcake Pan as seen in the photo above. 
• Serve with a sweet and sour dipping sauce.
  
  

Wonton Noodles using Jinjili Whole Prawn Wonton; huge with fish roe.

1. Wonton Noodle Soup 🍜
   - Boil and serve with egg noodles in a flavorful broth.
   Usually I pair Wontons with Yee mee 伊面 noodles, as the crispy texture gives a good contrast to the soft Wontan. 
   - Garnish with fresh spring onions and a dash of sesame oil.
   
   
2. Baked Wontons
   - Line the baking tray with baking paper. Arrange the Wontons on it. 
   - Brush Wontons with oil and bake in the oven for about15 mins (200°C) until crispy.
   - Serve with a side-bowl of Guacamole or Salsa.
   
   
3. Wonton Chips
   - Fry until crispy.
   - Serve with various dips like hummus, guacamole or sweet chili sauce.
   
   
4. Wonton Salad
   - Boil or bake in the oven for about 15 mins (200°C) until cooked.
   - Serve on a bed of mixed greens with a dressing.
   Try mixing grated yuzu, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, soy sauce and brown sugar for a zesty dressing. Let the mixture sit for about 10minutes before serving.

Fried Wonton using Jinjili Prawn Wonton

10. Wonton Tacos
    - Fry, air-fry, deep-fry or bake in the oven for 15 mins (200°C) until crispy. 
    - Serve with shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes and sour cream.
    
    
11. Wonton Ravioli
    - Boil until tender.
    - Serve with Marinara sauce and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.
    
    
12. Wonton Lasagna Cups
    - Line Muffin tins with Wonton
    - Layer with Marinara sauce and Ricotta cheese.
    - Top with Mozzarella cheese and bake in the oven for about15 mins (200°C) until bubbly and golden.
    
    

Wonton with Sesame Sauce - ate this at a restaurant in Singapore

10. Sesame Sauce Wontons
    - Air fry or deep fry Wonton.
    - Pour creamy sesame salad sauce over the Wonton. Creamy sesame salad sauce like Kewpie Roasted Sesame Dressing can be easily bought off the shelf.
    
    
11. Stuffed Wonton Capsicum
    - Cut Capsicum into shapes like a cup, sprinkle some oil on it. And fill each with a boiled Wonton.
    - Line the baking tray with baking paper. Put stuffed capsicum on it. 
    - Bake in pre-heated oven 220°C for about 10min until the Capsicums are tender. 
    - Ideal as an appetizer or side dish.
    
    
12. Wonton Hotpot / Steamboat / Shabu Shabu
    - Boil Wonton until cooked.
    - Serve with desired dipping sauce.
    My favorite steamboat dipping is chopped fresh chilli, garlic and soy dipping sauce with a dash of black vinegar. 😋

16. Mala Wonton (Szechuan Spicy) 
    - Boil Wonton and drain it.
    - Stir in a spoon of spicy chili crisp (i.e. Lao Gan Ma or Heng brand) and serve. Goes well with a bowl of white rice!
    

These cooking suggestions should provide a wide array of options to enjoy Wontons in different and delicious ways!

Salad

Feasting due to festivities often comes with an unwanted increase.. To counter the gain and guilt, I embarked on a diet on 2nd day of new year! Today I missed my breakfast. Instead of the usual Beef Hor Fun or Wanton Mee, I decided to settle for a bowl of salad for lunch. I've resigned to atone for my "sins" by munching plain veg like a cow for the next few weeks. But thank God, I chance upon this colorful salad stall at Amoy Street Food Market. Discovered that eating salad can be fun and economical too!

Roasted Pumpkin, Mushrooms, Sun-dried Tomatos, Pickled Onions
+ Carrot Orange with home-made Ceasar dressing.

The B Salad Kitchen

(Amoy Street Food Centre)

Address: 7 Maxwell Road, #01-37, Singapore 069111 (building)

Opening hours: 10am - 8pm. Monday - Friday (closed on public holidays)

Healthy choices

At $4.50, the salad comes with basic greens like lettuce, and 5 choices of toppings. Additional topping costs $0.50. Additional compound salad topping like poached chicken or smoked duck cost $1. Amazing price! Where else can we get smoked duck at $1?

10 exciting types of homemade dressing like Ceasar, Honey Mustard, Japanese Wafu, Thai Lemongrass, Teriyaki Mayo, Virgin Olive Oil & Balsamic to Red Wine Vinaigrette are available.

Enclave with lots of yummy food

Recommends: 

1. Sun dried tomatoes (Toppings) –  Rare find. Gives depth to your salad.  

2. Roasted Pumpkin (Toppings) –  Naturally sweet. Well-roasted, fragrant and soft.

3. Sweet Potato (Toppings) - Goodness of purple potato. Tender to bite.

4. Pickled Onion (Toppings) - Crunchy onion with zest. Makes your greens more appetizing!

5. Orange Carrot (Toppings) - Carrot soaked in orange love.

5. Sandwich - Price range from $5 - $7, with choice of 3 toppings. Black Olive bread or Ciabatta bread.

About 30 types of toppings to chose from!

Ambience: 6 out of 10

Cleanliness: 7 out of 10 (it's a hawker centre anyway)

Remarks: 

Fresh greens with interesting variety of toppings. We shall never be bored to diet daily as the toppings are changed regularly.

The stallholders are pleasant, humble and helpful people. As it is a hawker centre, we might have to raise our voice to inform the vendor on the toppings you have chosen, especially during busy lunch hours. 

Public parking lots along Amoy street and Telok Ayer street.

Rediffusion = Porridge

3 Cs why Rediffusion is like Teochew porridge:

Culture - reminds Chinese of our rich heritage and Singapore’s history, keep us connected with our roots. Essential for continuity of Asian tradition.

Comforting - reminds us of Ah Ma's cooking, warms our soul with love. Brings our hearts closer to home.

Colourful - great variety of dishes to cater to different taste.

Teochew Porridge at Cheong Chin Nam Road

Like Teochew porrridge, Rediffusion is enriching our lives and would be dearly missed if it is gone.  I wish the flavours of this station would be retained.

Supper Porridge 1

After Midnight Supper Place
For those who prefers variety, appetizing, and light food for supper, I would recommend Teochew porridge! It is one comfort food with traditional homecooked goodness. Teochew porridge is healthy, served warm and has less MSG.

Here is a new Teochew porridge coffeeshop for you to cure your hunger pangs.

Seah Soon Teck Teochew Porridge (Closed)
Address: 283 Changi Road Singapore 419762 (near Kembangan MRT)
Opening hours: Daily 11am – 5am (except for chinese new year holidays)

Recommends:
1. Pork trotter jelly - melts in your mouth!
2. Homemade fish and meat ball - bouncy!
3. Fried spicy minced dried prawn - kickass!
4. Stewed pig's tail - tender and fragrant!
5. Ice-lemon tea - another glass please!

Promotions:
Free rice and porridge for taxi drivers!

Ambience: 8 out of 10

Cleanliness: 7 out of 10

Remarks:
Inexpensive quality food. Value for money!

Keh Lapis

Agnes is a retired Peranakan nurse.

I love cooking exotic local food. As such, a good friend introduced me to his mother to learn baking Kek Lapis. Also known as Kueh Lapis, it is the famous multi-layered cake originated from Indonesia. I love this recipe as the ingredients can be found in most baking shops in Singapore and easy to prepare.

Recipe of Kek Lapis, coutesy of Auntie Agnes

Ingredients:
30 egg yolks
I can condensed milk
200g flour
200g sugar
2 tea spoon mixed spice powder (Lapis Cake Spice)
1 can Golden Churn butter
2 table spoon brandy

A. Mix the egg yolks and sugar together with mixer.
B. In a separate container, mix condensed milk and butter together.
C. Mix A and B together.

D. Sieve flour with spice powder.
E. Fold flour onto the mixture.
F. Pre heat oven for 10min at 130 degree Celsius.
G. Oil baking tray with butter. Put in baking paper.
H. Pour 1 cup mixture into baking tray.
I. Grill till brown at 180 degree celsius for about 2min (or bake till light brown)

J.Take out tray, press cake to remove air.

K. Pour in another cup of mixture. Put into oven and grill.
L. After the last layer is baked. Cover with alumimium foil and bake for 10min.

M. Take it out. Put over wire mess, flip it over and let it rest for about 10 min.
N. Cut Kek Lapis according to the lines imprinted by the wire mess.

Final product - Keh Lapis

It will be more moist after 24 hours of breathing outdoor. It can last for a few days without refrigeration. Once refrigerated, we need to consume it within 3 days, else it turns mouldy.