Weeknight Wonton Soup Recipe
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Weeknight Wonton Soup

By: DeviousMuse 
"This is a very quick, semi-homemade wonton soup that can go from cutting board to table in less than 10 minutes! Serve with Chinese-style noodles for a complete meal."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.6 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (14)

Prep Time:
10 Min
Cook Time:
10 Min
Ready In:
20 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 4 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 1 cup beef broth
  • 1 (4 ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and chopped
  • 3 green onions, chopped (tops included)
  • 1 package frozen wontons
  • 1 (5 ounce) bag fresh baby spinach leaves
  • 1/2 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
  • salt to taste
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper (optional)

Directions

  1. Pour the chicken and beef broths into a large saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the water chestnuts, green onions, and frozen wontons and cook until the wontons are cooked through and floating, 2 to 3 minutes.
  2. Remove from the heat and stir in the fresh spinach. Cover the soup and let the spinach steam and soften in the hot soup for 2 minutes.
  3. Season with Chinese five spice, salt, and cayenne pepper.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 286 | Total Fat: 6.7g | Cholesterol: 85mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 6, 2009 by Cathy Myers   view full review
I am pleased to be the first review of this tasty, satisfying Asian soup. I made my own...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 22, 2010 by LINDA MCLEAN   view full review
This was so good but because I'm not a fan of the Chinese Five Spice Powder I left that out....
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 28, 2010 by Jodi Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
This soup has great flavor! I loved it. I followed the recipe plus I added a couple of chicken...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 16, 2011 by ROLLERSGIRLY   view full review
Easy and pretty tasty. I used frozen pot stickers because that's what my grocery store had. I...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 22, 2010 by paulisgirl   view full review
The entire family loves this soup. I inadvertantly used a bag of frozen pot stickers and I...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 3, 2011 by jcombs   view full review
Very good! I added a little Hosin sauce, chili paste and ground ginger....used with package...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 21, 2011 by Dina   view full review
Thank you for the tip to add the tops of the green onions as well. I never know if I'm...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 11, 2011 by unitedywc   view full review
I had to customize this recipe a lot due to lack of ingredients. I used vegetable broth, green...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 12, 2011 by SisterSarah Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
Very good. Threw in some garlic, ginger and lemon grass to the broth. And a single person udon...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 22, 2012 by Mebalina   view full review
I rarely write reviews for recipes but this soup is just too good! I added some bits of...

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