Sichuan style spicy chili oil wontons, are one of my happy foods. Silky little dumplings filled with pork and shrimp drowned in chili oil, soy, and vinegar are all good things.
Chili Oil
The key to good spicy chili oil wontons is the chili oil, so make sure you start off with a chili oil that you like. We tend to make our own (recipe coming soon update: recipe here!) because homemade is the way to go, but there’s nothing that beats the ease of store bought. Heck, if you wanted to go the extra easy route, you could even buy frozen wonton from the Asian grocery store and I wouldn’t judge. I’ve done it before and I’ll probably do it again. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
Chili Oil Wonton
But, what you’ve got to do –store bought or not– is eat wontons drowned in chili oil, soy, sesame, black vinegar, garlic, green onions, and cilantro. They’re spicy from the chili oil, bright and tangy from the vinegar, savory from the soy, with a nice hit of freshness from the herbs. Seriously so good. And even if you’re not a huge fan of spicy, give these a go, working up from a small amount of chili oil. The thing about Chinese chili oils is that they’re not super spicy, so much as they’re pleasantly fragrant with a hint of heat.
Meal Prep Wonton
PS – This may be weird, but this totally works as a meal prep kind of thing. The wontons keep in the fridge well and reheat beautifully in the microwave. So if you wanna make yourself a double batch so you can be the envy of everyone at work, go for it! I recommend tossing it in the chili oil, then scooping them out of the oil into another container. Keep the extra chili oil on the side and add it after.
Ingredients
Pork and Shrimp Wontons
- 1/4 lb ground pork
- 1/4 lb shrimp peeled, deveined, and chopped
- 2 tbsp green onions sliced
- 2 tsp ginger minced
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp shaoxing wine
- 1/2 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp white pepper
- Fresh wonton wrappers as needed
Spicy Chili Oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp chili oil or to taste
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 1 tbsp black vinegar
- 2 tbsp green onions sliced
- 1 tbsp cilantro chopped
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together the pork, shrimp, ginger, green onions, soy, Shaoxing, sesame oil, salt, and white pepper.
- Take a wonton wrapper and place 2 teaspoons of the meat filling in the middle. Dip your finger into water and lightly wet the edges of the wrapper. Bring one corner of the wrapper to the other corner to form a triangle. Fold in the other two corners, wet, and pinch to seal. Alternatively, just wet the edges of the wrapper and bring together and pinch into a small pouch. Keep the wrappers and finished wonton covered with saran wrap as you work, to keep them from drying out.
- Bring a large pot of water to boil over medium high heat. While the water is coming to a boil, mix together the spicy chili oil ingredients.
- When the water is at a rapid boil, add in your wonton. Stir gently so they don’t stick to the bottom of the pot. Cook for 4-6 minutes or until cooked through – cut one open to check.
- Drain well and toss in the spicy chili oil. Enjoy with extra cilantro, green onions, and toasted sesame seeds if desired.
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-Steph & Mike
These look super bomb! Do they reheat (microwave) well for next day lunches?
hi sam,
absolutely, that’s what we do, reheat in the microwave :)
Can you please recommend substitutes for the shaoxing wine and black vinegar — more conventional items? Thank you!
hi tamara,
you can try dry cooking sherry for the shaoxing and rice vinegar for the black vinegar, but it will taste vastly different, of course :)
These sound great! Could these be made with a steamer basket instead of boiling?
hi sara,
you can absolutely steam them if you like steamed :)
Do you have a recommendation for the chili oil? Is it the same thing as chili crisp (which I tend to hoard like it’s toilet paper!)?
hi julie, you can definitely use chili crisp! we make our own chili oil: How to Make Authentic Chinese Spicy Hot Chili Oil
Hello! What brand of wonton wrappers do you recommend? Anything you can find easily in the grocery store?
hi stephanie, i just choose the one with the least amount of ingredients. are you in the us? twin marquis is pretty good :)
Yes, thank you for the recommendation!