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Wanton Wonton

Name: Wanton Wonton
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, portioned into pieces; hot water, to cover chicken; ¼ cup dried goji berries; 5 dried red dates; ¼ cup dried longan; 4 dried shiitake mushrooms; 15g fresh ginger, sliced; 10-15 astragalus membranaceus root chips; ¼ cup Shaoxing cooking wine; ¼ cup fish sauce; ½ tbsp sesame oil, plus extra ½ tbsp for shredded chicken meat; white pepper, to taste; salt and black pepper, to taste; 250g chicken mince; 5 king prawns, peeled, cleaned and roughly chopped; ¼ cup chopped garlic chives; ¼ cup finely chopped coriander; ¼ cup chopped spring onion; 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger; 3 fresh shiitake, diced; 1 large egg; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; 2 tsp fish sauce; 2 tsp Shaoxing cooking wine; 2 tsp sesame oil; 1 pinch salt; 1 tsp ground white pepper; 1 pinch black pepper; 1-2 tbsp cornflour

MasterChef Australia

20 Apr 2026

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Serves

Components

Ingredients

Season

Ingredients

Soup

1whole chicken, portioned into pieces

hot water, to cover chicken

¼ cupdried goji berries

5dried red dates

¼ cupdried longan

4dried shiitake mushrooms

15gfresh ginger, sliced

10-15astragalus membranaceus root chips

¼ cupShaoxing cooking wine

¼ cupfish sauce

½ tbspsesame oil, plus extra ½ tbsp for shredded chicken meat

white pepper, to taste

salt and black pepper, to taste

Wonton Filling

250gchicken mince

5king prawns, peeled, cleaned and roughly chopped

¼ cupchopped garlic chives

¼ cupfinely chopped coriander

¼ cupchopped spring onion

1 tbspfinely chopped fresh ginger

3fresh shiitake, diced

1large egg

1 tbspoyster sauce

1 tbsplight soy sauce

2 tspfish sauce

2 tspShaoxing cooking wine

2 tspsesame oil

1pinch salt

1 tspground white pepper

1 pinchblack pepper

1-2 tbspcornflour

Wonton Wrappers

1egg

⅓ cupwater

½ tspsalt

2 cupsplain flour

cornflour, for dusting

Ginger Shallot Oil

80mlpeanut oil

2 tbspfinely diced ginger

2 clovesgarlic, finely chopped

1-2birds eye chilli

⅓ cupthinly sliced spring onion

⅓ cupchopped coriander

2 tbsplight soy sauce

1 tspsalt

½ tbspsesame oil

white pepper, to taste

Soy Vinegar Dipping Sauce

1 tbsplight soy sauce

1 tbspJapanese rice vinegar

Garnish

8snow peas, halved

2spring onions, sliced diagonally

2 tbspchopped coriander

¼small red onion, finely diced

1birds eye chilli, sliced

cooked longan from the chicken soup

Method

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Tagged

ChickenDumplings

Recipe by a MasterChef Australia contestant, Season 18. Originally published by Network 10 on 20 Apr 2026.

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