pancit molo filipino wonton soup

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Pancit Molo Filipino Wonton Soup

This Pinoy pancit molo dish has no noodles, despite its name. It has something better than noodles: wonton-like dumplings. This delicious soup dish can be served as a snack or as an appetizer before lunch or dinner.

Ingredients

1 ½ pounds ground pork
1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 (16 ounce) package wonton wrappers, or as needed
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cooked chicken breast, shredded
1 ¼ quarts chicken broth
1 small head bok choy, cut into bite-sized pieces
2 green onions, chopped

Directions

Mix pork, shrimp, water chestnuts, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl. Reserve 1/3 of the filling mixture for soup. Wrap about 1 tablespoon of remaining filling in a wonton wrapper. Repeat until all filling is used up.
Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; sauté until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in chicken and reserved filling. Mix well. Add chicken broth; season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Drop filled wontons into soup one by one. Boil until wontons float to the top, 3 to 5 minutes. Add bok choy; boil until tender, about 2 minutes more. Garnish with green onions.