PANCIT MOLO (FILIPINO WONTON SOUP)

Pancit Molo (Filipino Wonton Soup) image

Despite its name, this Pinoy pancit dish has no noodles, just wonton-like dumplings in place of the noodles. It is a soup dish served as a snack or as an appetizer before lunch or dinner. Use my recipe for homemade wonton wrappers (see Footnote).

Provided by lola

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Seafood

Time 1h

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 ½ pounds ground pork
1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 (16 ounce) package wonton wrappers, or as needed
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cooked chicken breast, shredded
1 ¼ quarts chicken broth
1 small head bok choy, cut into bite-sized pieces
2 green onions, chopped

Steps:

Mix pork, shrimp, water chestnuts, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl. Reserve 1/3 of the filling mixture for the soup. Wrap about 1 tablespoon of the remaining filling in a wonton wrapper. Repeat until all of the filling is used up.
Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; saute until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the chicken and the reserved filling. Mix well. Add chicken broth; season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Drop the filled wontons into the soup one by one. Boil until wontons float to the top, 3 to 5 minutes. Add bok choy; boil until tender, about 2 minute more. Garnish with green onions.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 372.1 calories, Carbohydrate 30.8 g, Cholesterol 126.8 mg, Fat 14.5 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 27.5 g, SaturatedFat 4.4 g, Sodium 879.6 mg, Sugar 1.7 g