Wontons (cha Yun T’uns) — Chinese
| CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meats, Grains, Eggs | Chinese | Diabetic | 1 | Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1/2 | lb | Ground chicken, or pork |
| 1/4 | lb | Raw shrimp, peeled and |
| deveined finely chopped | ||
| 1/2 | c | Finely shredded and chopped |
| cabbage | ||
| 8 | Water chestnuts, finely | |
| chopped | ||
| 2 | Green onions, finely chopped | |
| 1 | T | Lite soy sauce |
| 2 | t | Cornstarch |
| 1 | t | Sesame oil and rice vinegar |
| 1/4 | t | Hot Oriental chili paste |
| 1 | pn | Salt and white pepper |
| 1 | Egg white | |
| 24 | Wonton wrappers |
INSTRUCTIONS
In bowl, combine chicken, shrimp, cabbage, water chestnuts, green onions, soy sauce, cornstarch, sesame oil, vinegar, chili paste, salt, and pepper until well mixed. Stir in egg white until well blended. Chill for 10 minutes. Arrange wonton wrappers on work surface. Place spoonful of filling on each. Brush edges with bit of water. Fold dough over into triangle; pinch edges to seal. Press little pleats into the sealed edge for decoration. Place on nonstick baking sheet lightly dusted with cornstarch. Cover with dry kitchen towel. Lightly oil bottom of steamer basket with sesame oil. Arrange dumplings in basket, about 12 at a time. Place over boiling water. Steam for 4 minutes or until shiny and filling is no longer pink. Exchanges: Starch Exchange -- 1&1/2 Very Lean Meat Exchange -- 1 Calories -- 162 Total Fat -- 2g Saturated Fat -- 1g Cholesterol -- 63mg Sodium -- 110mg Potassium -- 173mg Carbohydrate -- 21g Protein -- 14g Recipe for Monday, 3/9/98 This week's recipes are from the cookbook World-Class Diabetic Cooking, featuring more than 200 great-tasting, exotic dishes from around the globe that are low in fat and calories. You can order a copy of this and many other cookbooks from our online bookstore or call 1-800-ADA-ORDER (1-800-232-6733). Copyright © 1998 American Diabetes Association MC Formatted & Busted by Barb at Possum Kingdom on 3/26/98 NOTES : 8 servings/Serving size: 1/8 recipe All sorts of dumplings or little packages similar to these turn up in Chinese cooking and are an integral part of dim sum. Like pyrohys, they are also similar to Italian ravioli. To turn them into pot stickers, brown the bottoms in a nonstick skillet before steaming. Recipe by: http://www.diabetes.org/ada/rcptoday.html Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "abprice@wf.net" <abprice@wf.net> on Mar 26, 1998
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 2986
Calories From Fat: 422
Total Fat: 46.8g
Cholesterol: 385mg
Sodium: 8343.8mg
Potassium: 2786.2mg
Carbohydrates: 490.4g
Fiber: 25.6g
Sugar: 7.8g
Protein: 142.6g