Sichuan Wonton Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 Tbsp Chinese chili oil (storebought or homemade)
• 1 Tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
• ½ tsp Chinese Chinkiang black vinegar
• 3-4 Tbsp hot water (or water from boiling dumplings)
• ½ lb shrimp, peeled, deveined and patted dry
• ½ lb ground pork
• 1 scallion whites, chopped (reserve green parts for garnish)
• 1 tsp minced ginger
• 1 tsp Chinese cooking wine (such as Shaoxing or michu)
• 1 egg white
• ½-1 tsp kosher salt, to taste
• 2 dashes white pepper powder
• 4 Tbsp cold water
• 1 lb package of large 3-inch wonton wrappers (mine contains 45 wrappers)
• Chopped scallion greens, reserved from above
• Cilantro leaves, roughly chopped
• Crushed toasted peanuts or sesame seeds (optional)