Pork and Shrimp Wontons in Chili Oil are so easy to make at home, and taste as good (or even better!) than wontons from your favorite Chinese food restaurant!
Recently, a Din Tai Fung Chinese restaurant opened up in the Portland area. I was so excited to have their yummy dumplings and wontons so close by!
But over the past year, I've tried my hand at making my own dumplings and wontons at home. Honestly, it's SO much easier than you might think. It's also much less expensive AND... even MORE delicious!
Pork and Shrimp Wontons in Chili Oil
This is truly my new favorite recipe. I'm obsessed with making these beautiful little pockets of deliciousness!
You can make the chili oil as spicy or as mild as you like it. I am a MILD heat kind of gal, so this recipe makes a chili oil sauce that most people will be able to handle. If you like it spicier, simply add more chili paste or throw in some diced peppers.
What you need to make these homemade wontons in chili oil sauce
You can find most of these ingredients at your local grocery store. If not, I am including some links to where you can find a few of the specific Asian ingredients online.
To make these shrimp and pork wontons, you'll need:
- wonton wrappers
- ground pork
- shrimp
- garlic
- ginger
- green onions
- sesame oil
- coconut aminos
- Shaoxing wine (an Asian cooking wine)
How to make pork and shrimp wontons
Here's a step-by-step tutorial of how to make these yummy homemade wontons in chili oil, and the full recipe with ingredients list is below.
chop shrimp chop garlic, ginger, and green onions combine shrimp, pork ginger, garlic green onions with sesame oil, coconut aminos, Shaoxing wine combine shrimp, pork ginger, garlic green onions 
place a tablespoonful of mixture in the center of each wonton wrapper wet edges of wonton wrappers with water fold into a triangle, then fold two corners into each other to create a pocket envelope 
place filled wontons on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper as you make them place filled wontons on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper as you make them cover filled wontons with damp paper towel to keep them from becoming dry boil wontons in for 4-6 minutes mix together the chili oil sauce add cooked wontons to chili oil sauce, toss together, then serve immediately
More ways to use chili oil
This chili oil sauce can be cooked for so much more than just wontons. This flavorful sauce is versatile, and can be refrigerated in an airtight container or bottle for up to one week.
- Drizzle the oil over your morning scrambled or fried eggs
- Dip shrimp or vegetable tempura in the chili oil
- Toss it with the noodles in this easy Shrimp Lo Mein recipe
- Mix a few teaspoons of the chili oil into homemade ramen noodles
- Stir it into white or brown rice and enjoy a flavorful bowl of rice!
Pork and Shrimp Wonton Recipe
Ingredients
Wonton ingredients
- ½ lb large shrimp, chopped (about 20 large shrimp)
- ¼ lb ground pork
- 2 tbsp sliced green onions
- 2 tbsp ginger, peeled and minced
- 2 tsp soy sauce or coconut aminos
- 2 tsp Shaoxing wine
- ½ tsp toasted sesame oil
- ¼ tsp salt
- wonton wrappers
Chili Oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tbsp chili oil
- 2 tbsp soy sauce or coconut aminos
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp sliced green onion
- 1 tbsp cilantro, chopped
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together all filling ingredients. Have a small bowl of water and wonton wrappers read.
- Place a tablespoon of filling in the middle of each wonton wrapper. Wet the sides of the wonton wrapper with water.
- Fold filled wonton wrapper into a triangle, and then pinch together the longest sides to create an envelope-like wonton.
- Continue filling and folding wonton wrappers until all of the filling has been used. Keep filled wontons on parchment paper, covered with a damp paper towel to keep the wrappers from drying.
- Boil wontons in small batches for 4-6 minutes per batch.
- In a medium bowl, mix together ingredients for chili oil.
- Mix wontons with chili oil. Serve immediately
Notes
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Jenn says
Ooh I can taste these little dumplings already! I love making my own, and can't wait to dig in to these little gems. Thanks for the step-by-step instructions, too!
Whitney says
I love wontons and that chili oil is TO DIE FOR. Thanks for sharing!!
Kelly Anthony says
I love wontons especially pork and shrimp. There is a restaurant in town that I will drive in traffic just to have some. Now I can make restaurant-worthy wontons at home with your amazing recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Emily Liao says
I love these pork and shrimp wontons! Always seemed a bit difficult to make at home, but this recipe is great and easy.
Beth says
I am so glad you did the step by step photos because I've been wanting to try my hand at these and you made them look so easy! Can't wait to taste them!