Pot stickers are one of the easiest of Asian recipes. You can make them vegan, vegetarian or non-vegetarian depending on your diet preferences. I love making this finger food using gyoza sheets (vegan wonton wrappers )available in the local market. Make the gyoza and fry it in oil.You can eat them steamed or fried as vegan pot stickers. Add the remaining ones and have them in a light vegetable broth. Here is a vegan wonton soup recipe, which you will love to make time and again.
This soup has an umami flavor. It reminds you why you will fall in love with Asian soups again. I loved having laksa in Gangtok years ago in the beautiful Indian state of Sikkim. However I am yet to try Ladakh's chutagi. This soup just reminded me of Himalayas all over again. Do you have a special soup memory too? Do share with us.Other vegan soups include Carrot tomato soup , lentil soup, pumpkin soup, white bean soup , adzuki beans soup, Asparagus soup , broccoli soup ,manchow soup ,corn soup , minestrone soup , spinach soup.
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Ingredients
The soup requires dumplings, you can either make your own homemade vegan wontons, as shown below or use store bought.
Below are the ingredients used for dumpling.
- Oil
- Salt and pepper.
- Shredded cabbage and ginger
- Gyoza sheets / dumpling sheet
Remaining ingredients for the wonton soup are given below.
- Oil
- Green onion
- Garlic
- mushrooms
- miso paste
- Soy Sauce
- Salt,pepper,lemon juice
- Warm water
- bean sprouts
Refer to recipe card for details.
Instructions
How to make filling for dumplings?
- Heat oil. Add cabbage and ginger ,cook for few minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Keep it aside to cool.
There is a nice youtube video on how to make different types of dumplings, you may refer here.
How to make vegan dumplings?
- Remove the dumpling wrappers from packet and keep the filling in a bowl.
- Add filling to individual wrappers, apply little water on the edges
- Carefully close each wrapper folding it to make a semi circle.
- Wrap the ends together, it will shape up like a dumpling below.
- Repeat this for the whole filling.
How to make wonton soup?
- Heat oil and add green onions and garlic to it.
- Add sliced mushrooms to the pot.
- Add 3 cups water with miso paste,soy sauce,soup stock and let this vegetable stock come to a boil.
- Add the dumplings to the soup. Let it boil for 10-12 minutes over medium heat. Turn off the heat.
Serve hot with a garnish of green onions and bean sprouts.
Equipment
- food processor (for chopping optional)
- Pot
Storage
Make and store raw dumplings it in refrigerator in advance. Frozen wontons can be added once light broth is simmering.
Variation
- If you are not a vegetarian or vegan, you may use non-veg fillings or seafood.
Substitution
You can use any vegetable like carrots, purple cabbage, bok choy , spinach and even watercress or silver beet for filling along with cabbage. Use dried shiitake mushrooms, if you do not have portobello mushrooms or fresh shiitake mushrooms.
Top tip
You can make vegetable broth by boiling clean scraps of food and also fight food waste.
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Equipment
- Food processor optional
- Pot
- steamer
Ingredients
Dumpling
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 1 cup cabbage shredded
- 1 piece ginger grated
- salt and pepper as per taste
- 6-7 dumpling wrappers
Wonton soup
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 1-2 cloves garlic chopped
- 3-4 stalks green onion or 1 small onion
- 5-6 brown mushrooms halved
- 1 tablespoon miso paste
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce or as per taste
- 1 teaspoon soup stock powder optional
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice or as per taste
- handfull bean sprouts
- salt and pepper as per taste
- 3 cups water
Instructions
Vegan dumpling filling
- Heat oil. Add cabbage and ginger ,cook for few minutes.season with salt and pepper. Keep it aside to cool.
- Remove the dumpling wrappers from packet and keep the filling in a bowl.
- Add filling to individual wrappers and add some drops of water at the edges to close it.
- Carefully close each wrapper folding it at each end making a semi circle
- Repeat this for the whole filling.
How to make vegan wonton soup?
- Heat oil in a pan and add chopped green onions, garlic and ginger to it.
- Add sliced mushrooms
- Add water with miso paste, soy sauce, soup stock and let it come to a boil.
- Add the dumplings to the soup and let it boil for 10-12 minutes. Turn off the heat.
- Season with salt,pepper and lemon juice as per taste.
- Garnish with green onion and bean sprouts. Serve hot.
FAQ
Yes, you can freeze them by using vegan wonton wrappers. If you want to pan fry them for making fried pot stickers, just ensure you are careful while cooking it as the water will splash while cooking.
Wontons like spring rolls can be vegan or be filled with meat and seafood fillings.
Substitution
You can even add crumbled fried tofu or firm tofu to the filling and make it protein rich. You can also make a wonton noodle soup by adding soba noodles or any other type.
suzi says
how much water do we use? 4 cups? thank you!!
bhavana bhatia says
Hi
Thanks for the query. We have now updated the post as well. You may use 3 cups of water.