Wonton Soup Topped with Edamame Herb Salad

You’ll love the intense and flavorful Lemon Wonton Soup. It’s an ideal stability of a savory do-it-yourself broth with store-bought frozen wontons, and topped with a zesty and refreshing edamame and herb salad.

It’s a semi-homemade recipe however doesn’t skimp within the taste division — plus, it’s able to serve in half-hour (thanks, frozen wontons!) making it good for a comfortable weeknight meal with the fam ❤️

A bowl of broth with dumplings, sliced green chili, edamame, and chopped green onions, garnished with herbs. A spoon is resting in the bowl.

There’s one thing about lemon in a soup that makes me really feel like my immune system simply received a strong increase! Which we might all use just a little (or A LOT) of this time of yr. Between our 3 households, one kiddo or mother or father has been sick just about always because the holidays. Cue all of the soup recipes, together with this lemon-y wonton soup. Each sip feels SO nourishing and comforting. It jogs my memory of our One-Pot Lemon Tortellini Soup however with a pleasant Asian-inspired twist.

A one-pot recipe, all you could do is add all of the components into one pot and let it simmer away till the wontons are cooked. Prime it with the do-it-yourself herb-y edamame salad, and omg it’s simply so dang scrumptious.

We suggest Dealer Joe’s model of frozen wontons — we’ve tried just about each frozen wonton, potsticker or gyoza from TJs, each vegetarian and meat-filled, and all of them could be scrumptious on this soup.

We’ve additionally examined this with Costco’s frozen rooster wontons, and people labored nice as nicely. We DO NOT suggest utilizing Chung’s model frozen wontons for this soup. We first examined this recipe with them, they usually fell aside nearly instantly.

high ideas from the match foodie kitchen ⤵️

A pot of broth with a wooden spoon holding a dumpling above the liquid.

Warmth the sesame oil in a big pot over medium/excessive warmth. Add onion and ½ teaspoon of salt to the pot. Saute for 3-4 minutes.
Add the garlic and ginger and saute for an extra 2 minutes or till aromatic.
Add the soy sauce, fish sauce, lemon juice, chili garlic sauce, and rooster broth to the pot. Whisk the components collectively and produce to a boil.
Flip to a simmer and let the broth simmer for 15-20 minutes.*
Put together the herb salad by tossing the entire components collectively and put aside.
Add the jalapenos, rice vinegar, honey, and salt to a bowl and stir to mix. Put aside.
Deliver the broth again to a boil and add the frozen wontons. Let the wontons cook dinner within the boiling broth for 2-3 minutes. When the wontons are cooked, take away the pot from the warmth.
Serve instantly. Prime every soup with the herb salad and the jalapenos.

You simmer the broth to boost the flavour of the broth.
Be sure you add the wontons when frozen, or they could overcook and crumble.
We suggest ready so as to add the wontons to the soup proper earlier than serving.
We do not suggest utilizing Chung’s model wontons for this soup. They fell aside nearly instantly. We suggest the Dealer Joe’s model of gyoza or an identical sort of gyoza.

Energy: 317 kcal, Carbohydrates: 44 g, Protein: 12 g, Fats: 11 g, Fiber: 5 g, Sugar: 9 g

Vitamin data is routinely calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.

A bowl of soup with dumplings, sliced jalapeños, green onions, edamame, and cilantro. A spoon rests in the bowl, and a striped cloth is nearby.

Serving Strategies

This lemon wonton soup recipe would pair completely with some Sticky Rice or this Cauliflower Fried Rice on the aspect. You can also’t go fallacious with our Straightforward Spicy Tuna Roll or Steamed Broccoli!

Tips on how to Make Our Wonton Soup

For the total recipe, scroll as much as the recipe card for a listing of components and directions.

Make the lemon-y broth: Begin by sautéing the onion — that is the important thing to a flavorful broth base. Then add the garlic and ginger and sauté till aromatic. Then, add the soy sauce, fish sauce, lemon juice, chili garlic sauce, and rooster broth to the pot. Whisk the components collectively and produce to a boil. This may scent DELICIOUS.
Simmer the broth: Flip to a simmer and let the broth simmer for 15-20 minutes.
Make the herb edamame salad whereas the broth is simmering. Toss the entire salad components collectively directly.
Put together pickled jalapeños (should you like issues spicy): Add the jalapeños, rice vinegar, honey, and salt to a separate bowl and stir to mix. Pickling them will take just a little of the sting of the warmth off the jalapeños with out compromising taste.
Add the frozen wontons to the broth and cook dinner for 2-3 minutes. That’s on a regular basis they’ll want!
Dinner is served! Prime every soup with the herb salad and the jalapeños.

Simmering the broth enhances the soup’s taste by permitting all of the components to meld collectively. It’s an important step in any soup with a do-it-yourself broth — we don’t suggest skipping it!

This wonton soup will be saved in an hermetic container within the fridge for 3-4 days. We suggest storing the wontons individually from the broth to forestall any sogginess. Equally, it additionally works nicely so as to add further frozen wontons to the soup when reheating leftovers — who doesn’t love MORE wontons 😏

To reheat, merely warmth it on the range or within the microwave till heated by means of.