Curry Beef Wontons Food

GROUND BEEF WONTONS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large pan, add olive oil and sauté chopped onions and celery until translucent. Lightly season with salt and pepper.
• Add ground beef, season with salt and pepper, and sauté until browned and cooked through.
• Line a mesh colander with paper towels and drain beef mixture for about 5 to 10 minutes to remove excess oil. This also allows the filling to cool prior to wrapping.
• Prepare your work station with a small bowl of cold water, wonton wrappers, and a tray for the finished wontons.
• Put a wonton wrapper on your work surface and place a heaping teaspoon of the meat mixture in the center of a wonton wrapper.
• Dip your finger in the water and moisten two adjoining edges of the wonton.
• Fold dry edges over meat mixture and seal with moistened edges, pressing firmly and sealing the triangular-shaped wonton closed. (When sealing, try and minimize the amount of excess air inside the wonton. Air will cause the wonton to "puff up" when fried.)
• Repeat with more wontons until all of the mixture is used.
• Heat canola oil in a medium pot on medium-high. The ideal frying temperature is about 375 F. If you do not have a thermometer, test the oil with a small piece of uncooked wonton wrapper and if the wrapper quickly bubbles and floats to the top, then the oil is ready.
• Fry no more than 4 wontons at a time so as not to crowd the pot. It only takes about 30 to 40 seconds on each side to fry the wontons to a golden color.
• Remove wontons from oil and drain on paper towels.
• Once wontons have cooled slightly, serve, with or without a dipping sauce.

VEGETABLE CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and carrots; cook and stir until tender. Season with curry powder, turmeric, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes.
• Add the cauliflower and potatoes to the pan, and stir to coat with spices. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. Stir occasionally.

CHINESE WONTONS

Steps:

• Combine pork, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, and vegetables in a bowl.
• Separate wonton skins.
• Place a heaping teaspoon of filling in the center of the wonton.
• Brush water on 2 borders of the skin, covering 1/4 inch from the edge.
• Fold skin over to form a triangle, sealing edges.
• Pinch the two long outside points together.
• Heat oil to 450 degrees and fry 4 to 5 at a time until golden.
• Drain and serve with sauce.

BEEF WONTONS

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; saute for 5 to 7 minutes. Add beef, cumin, salt, and pepper; cook and stir until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
• Pour beef mixture into a large bowl and add sour cream and Monterey Jack cheese. Mix well.
• Lay out wonton wrappers and add 1 teaspoon of filling to each. Wet your fingertips and seal wraps, folding ends diagonally and folding and pinching corners.
• Heat 1/2 inch of oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Deep-fry wontons in the hot oil, 2 to 3 minutes each. Drain on paper towels.

PORK AND SHRIMP WONTON

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Process half of the shrimp and all the pork, ginger and seasonings in a food processor .
• Roughly chop the remaining shrimp and transfer to a medium bowl. Add the spring onions and the mixture from the processor to the bowl. Fold together to combine.
• Put 1 teaspoon of filling onto the center of the wonton wrapper and use your fingers to gently close the wrapper tightly. You can brush a little bit of water onto the edges to help the wrappers seal and stay closed. Sprinkle a thin layer of flour on a large plate. Place the wontons on the plate as you finish forming them.
• Bring a pot of water (or broth) to a boil. Drop in the wontons in batches and cook until they float to the top, about 5 minutes.

HOW TO MAKE EASY INDIAN SAMOSAS WITH WONTON WRAPPERS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 375F.
• Brown meat in a large skillet over medium heat until cooked through, drain meat and return to skillet.
• Add next 5 ingredients and cook for 2 more minutes over medium heat, stirring often.
• Add cilantro and onions, stir and cook one more minute, set aside to cool.
• Scoop 1 tbs of meat mixture onto wonton, wet two sides with water and fold. Press the edge to make a seal. Set aside on a rimmed baking sheet. Repeat until all ingredients are used.
• Spray samosa dumplings with cooking spray and bake in oven until golden brown.
• Serve with your favorite savory dipping sauces. I used an apricot chutney this time.