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December 20, 2016 by barb Leave a Comment

Easy Won-Ton Soup

A classic relationship conundrum.  Joe likes Wonton Soup, and I occasionally crave a salt fix via deep fried wontons.

A friend recently shared a video on FB for “Easy Wonton Soup”.  I watched it with scepticism and decided to try it.  What would be the worst that could happen ?  I might waste a bit of ground pork, spices, and time.  But at least I’d try it.  Best case would be we never have to debate which of us wins in the Wonton debate because we’d have a supply of home-made wontons stored in the freezer.

I had my doubts that I would get any further than a few mangled misshapen excuses for Wontons.  My fingers aren’t nearly as dextrous as most people with Cerebral Palsy making it awkward for me to do anything really intricate with my hands.  But the prep for the recipe itself was beyond easy.  The meat isn’t cooked before hand, so instead of dealing with crumbly cooked ground meat to stuff and fold into Wontons I was dealing with raw ground meat.  This made the process much easier.

Wonton Filling

  • 4 oz. ground pork
  • 1 tsp. soy sauce
  • 1 tsp Shaoxing Wine (I didn’t have any, so skipped this)
  • 1 tsp cornstarch
  • 1/4 tsp sugar
  • 1/4 tsp sesame oil
  • 1/4 tsp ground fresh ginger root
  • 1 small garlic clove
  • 1 green onion, finely chopped
  • small pinch of black or white pepper

To make the Wontons – just add everything in the above list to a bowl and mix it up.  This recipe provides enough to fill about 20 wrappers.  Watch this video of the preparation on YouTube to see the method of wrapping wontons.  I was surprised at how easy it actually was, even with my awkward stiff hands.  Joe just needed to set me up with a chair at the counter, put some music on, and I happily sat there in my Wonton Wrapping “Zone”.

To make Soup or to Deep Fry – the eternal question

Before I met Joe, one of my guilty pleasures was to order Chinese Food along with an appetizer order of Deep Fried Wontons.  I’d generously salt them up and satisfy my craving for greasy salty food.  When I met Joe I learned that his favorite Chinese Food Appetizer was Wonton Soup (no salt, no grease).

So I made these Wontons the other day.  We had doubled the recipe (my insane optimism) and wound up with 40 not-so-bad-looking Wontons.  Joe was impressed.  I immediately brushed a few of them with oil and put them into my AirFryer to see how they would deep fry up.  Amaze-balls !!  I had my very own salt-fix-satisfying supply of Wontons and I no longer had to order the entire plate just to have a few.  Joe said they tasted like something you’d get in a restaurant

For dinner that night we made the soup and it was awesome!

Soup Recipe

  • 2 1/2 cup chicken stock
  • 2 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 3 garlic cloves, smashed
  • 3 or 4-  1/2 inch thin fresh ginger root slices
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • Bring to a boil, reduce to low and simmer 10 to 15 minutes.
  • Discard solid ingredients from soup base and bring it to a boil.  Carefully add the wontons and cook for another 10-15 minutes.  (Wontons will be cooked in 3 minutes, but longer boiling time will spread the flavors).

Original Recipe

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December 20, 2016 by barb Leave a Comment

Chocolate Cracker Candy

In the last year I’ve been tackling some of those “too easy to be true” Facebook recipes that are constantly passing me by on my newsfeed.  They are presented in such a simplistic fashion that I convince myself that I too can be a culinary goddess and create magic in my kitchen.   A video from Afternoon Baking With Grandma for Chocolate Cracker Candy recently came by my screen and I knew I had to try it immediately.

Joe agrees I definitely made magic with this fast, easy, and incredible recipe for “Cracker Candy” – a true candy addict could simply call it Chocolate Crack.

If you have a sleeve of Premium Plus crackers, butter, brown sugar and a bag of chocolate chips, you are in business.

Ten Simple Steps to Magical Cracker Candy

  1. Line a baking sheet with foil or confectioners paper, spray lightly with oil
  2. Lay 1 sleeve of crackers flat on foil/paper
  3. Heat 1 cup butter, 1 cup (and 2 Tbspns) brown sugar in pot until it boils (stir and boil 3 minutes)
  4. Pour over crackers
  5. Into oven for five minutes at 350 degrees
  6. Sprinkle one bag of chocolate chips over caramel, cover with foil for three minutes
  7. Remove foil, spread chocolate over caramel
  8. Sprinkle with almond slivers, holiday sprinkles, or nothing at all
  9. Place in freezer for about 30 minutes to set
  10. Break into pieces of Chocolate Crack

Link to original recipe and video

So if you’re like I was, you may be sceptical.  It just seemed too easy, and too simple.  I was blown away when I tried it.  The caramel had fully enveloped the crackers and the result was nothing short of a Home Made TWIX Bar.  Yes, I said TWIX.

This is an easy to make, impressive and delicious idea for any holiday party this season, just add festive sprinkles !

 

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