Recipe - Chinese: Basic Won Ton

10 Chinese mushrooms, small
One fourth pound Prawns
5 Fresh water chestnuts (OR 7
canned ones)
One half pound Ground pork
1 Green onion, finely chopped
1 pack Wonton skins
1 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Thin soy sauce
1 teaspoon Oyster sauce
Dash of pepper
1 One fourth tablespoon Cornstarch
1 small Egg

Boil Chinese mushrooms for 10 minutes, rinse, squeeze dry, cut off, and
discard stems; then, chop into very small pieces.

Shell, devein and wash prawns. Chop into very small pieces

Peel and crush water chestnuts with the flat side of the cleaver. If you
don't have a cleaver, chop the water chestnuts into very fine pieces.

Combine mushrooms, prawns, water chestnuts, pork and green onion.

Add all other ingredients and mix well. 1 teaspoon of filling is used for
each wonton.

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With one corner of the skin toward you, place 1 teaspoon of filling about
an inch from the corner.

Fold one corner to cover the filling.

Told once more...about Three fourths inch.

Turn the won ton so that the triangel is toward you. Dampen the left corner
with a little water.

Swing the right corner away from you and place it on top of the dampened
left corner. As you make this fold, simultaneously pull the filling toward
you with your middle finger. You should finish with a little "hatlike"
effect.

SOURCE: Chopstick, Cleaver and Wok.

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