Won Ton Recipe...

Last night was my last freezer meal exchange until fall.

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It's kind of been fun trying new things, but I am good for a break from it for the summer. I made a new won ton recipe, they are more of an appetizer; but if you make some fried rice and veggies to go with it, you could make it into a meal.

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For the inside mixture combine 1/2 lb ground beef or pork, 1 egg, 1 T. cornstarch, 1 t. salt, 1/2 c. onion, 1/2 c. water chestnuts both chopped very fine, and a dash of pepper.

(this photo makes it look gross... but it's not)The mixture will fill about 50 won ton wrappers... put 1 tsp in the center of each wrapper.

Dampen the edges so they will seal.

Then you can either fold them in half and half long ways again...

And fold each side in toward the middle, moisten and seal together to make this tortellini looking shape...
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you can fold them in a triangle and seal (you can leave them just like this, to cook them in a shallow pan or I think you can even bake them, not sure??)

Or you can fold the two outside corners in for more of a fancy won ton shape (this way took more oil in the pan to cook all the edges sticking up) cook in a pan with 1/2 cup oil or so until golden brown.

The dipping sauce is 1 c. pineapple juice, 1/4 c. white vinegar, 6oz can of tomato paste, 1 c. water, 1 c. brown sugar and a dash of salt, bring to a boil stirring often until it is a thick sauce consistency.

Note to the SSMM fan club: I made these for the teenager when my strong silent mysterious man was working late and NOT home for dinner. He would probably never even try them, he doesn't eat Chinese food.

It was a good thing, because the teenager ate every one of them and there wouldn't have been any left for him anyway.

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This is a super yummy recipe from Emily.

Thanks for sharing... big huge hit with the teenager!

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Thanks to all my freezer meal Mom's for all the good recipes and yummy meals!!