Easy Wonton Noodle Soup Recipe – Thai Bar Mee Kiew Nahm

This easy wonton noodle soup recipe is so much more than the chicken noodle soup you can buy in the can. You know – chicken broth with a few short noodle bits swimming around in the bottom.

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With a few added vegetables and deliciously soft wonton added to long egg noodle strands and plenty of seasoning to your taste, you actually have soup for a complete small meal. You can even add a few slices of cooked meat!!

An excellent soup whether you’re are fighting fit or recuperating because it is easy to digest. Bar Mee Kiew is a classic Thai variation of the Chinese wonton noodle soup that is usually just the wonton without the extra noodles and vegetables.

Making homemade egg noodles is a breeze too and such a lot of fun with kids as well as a great introduction to cooking, not to mention that they taste amazingly better. You might also like to check out our recipes for Tom Yum Kung Soup – a spicy Thai favorite or Tom Kha Gai which is a creamy Thai coconut milk-based soup.

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Ingredients for Thai Wonton Noodle Soup

Don’t be fooled over the list of ingredients – it’s really easy to make I promise. If you want to make it even easier on yourself then use a shop-bought chicken broth – it won’t taste quite as nice though.

For Wonton Filling

For the Extras and Options

For Clear Chicken Broth

The beautiful thing about Thai wonton noodle soup (Bar Mee Kiew) is that you can load it up or skinny it down, spice it up or leave it mild, according to how you like it.

What are Wonton Wrappers and Egg Noodles?

Both are made from soft wheat or rice flour, salt, eggs, and a little water mixed together and shaped. Wonton wrappers are rolled into sheets and cut into small squares or other shapes. Noodles are the same dough pressed into long lengths.

They are the Asian version of pasta sheets (lasagna) and spaghetti.

What is the Difference between Pasta and Asian Noodles?

Italian pasta is traditionally made with durum wheat flour which is ground semolina and quite a lot coarser than the softer wheat and rice flours.

The coarser durum wheat is processed with minimal to no salt and forms a thick dough that is rolled or extruded and when cooked has a moderately soft exterior but an interior with some bite.

Asian noodles are produced with finer regular wheat or rice flour which produces a thinner dough. Salt is used to break down the glutens so producing a much softer finished product without bite when eaten.

How to Make Wonton Filling

The filling for our wontons is somewhat flexible.

You can use chicken, prawn/shrimp, pork or other protein or a mixture and then season to your liking.

All that is really required is to finely chop whichever meat you are using into a fine mince – you can also use a food processor for this or just be handy with your knife.

Also finely chop any added vegetables like green onion tops that I use or other onion. If using prawns/shrimp then I prefer to chop these a little larger but still quite small – enough to give the taste and a bit of bite when you eat them.

Mix together the finely chopped ingredients and season with soy sauce and oyster sauce – again you can sub out for mushroom sauce or even Worcestershire Sauce depending.

Add some salt, pepper, and other spices and then mix everything together thoroughly, cover and stick in the fridge for a few hours or better still overnight.

That’s it!

How to make the Chicken Broth

You probably don’t need me to tell you how to make chicken broth since it is so simple.

In case you need persuading how easy it is you just bung a chicken carcass in a pot, add spices and herbs and cover with water. Adding some radish is a nice touch and you can also add other vegetables.

There are a gazillion variations of ingredients and it is hard to go wrong if you avoid anything too strong tasting and go easy on the salt – you can add that later.

Bring to a simmer and simmer away for about 20-30 minutes. My ingredients list will give you a great base but feel free to experiment. I do like the Star Anise and Goji Berry though as they add a nice touch and aroma.

Not only that Goji Berries are quite famous in Chinese circles for having great health benefits!

Making Up the Wonton and Noodles

As for the egg noodles, all you need to do is pull them apart a little and shake off any loose flour which they come coated in to stop them sticking if they are fresh. They are now ready – told you it was easy!

For the wonton, just take one of the wrappers, add a little of your protein mixture you made earlier, dab the edges to be joined with a little water to help stick and fold into shape.

You can make half-round ones, triangle ones, rectangular ones and even play around after you’ve folded them into parcels to make little hat shapes.

Don’t stress over the shapes though as they will loosen up a little cooking anyway.

You can add a little flair by pressing the sides with a fork if you like – a bit like a pastry crust pattern.

Making Thai Wonton Noodle Soup or Bar Mee Kiew

You will need to cook the wonton and egg noodles and blanche the bok choi and bean sprouts. By far the best way is to use the chicken broth to do this although you can also use hot water if you like.

Or use a stock cube to make the lower quality broth for cooking and blanching.

You need to separate this broth from the broth you will serve for the soup because even though you may brush off the flour dusting on the noodles, some will remain which will cloud up the soup.

It’s best to heat up the bok choi, beansprouts and any other vegetables first by submerging into the blanching broth and blanching for a couple of minutes. Then do the same with the egg noodles (bar mee) – again for just a minute or two.

Finally, take the wonton and place in your blanching broth simmering for 3-5 minutes depending on the filling ingredients – it is the filling that is hidden that needs cooking don’t forget.

Place the egg noodles into a serving bowl, then the beansprouts, cooked wonton, bok choi and finally ladle in the hot soup broth.

Serve with condiments such as dried chili flakes, sliced spur chili in vinegar (you can blend this for an orange colored version or just slice chili spur into white vinegar), crispy onions, sugar, and chili oil.

Quick Tip – Make up extra wonton to use up the wonton wrappers – put those you don’t need on a tray and freeze, transferring into ziplock freezer bags once frozen. You can also freeze any excess soup broth. An instant meal awaits when time is short.

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Frequently Asked Noodle and Dumpling Questions

Can you make Asian noodle soup with pasta?

Pasta is mostly made from durum wheat with little salt used which would break down the chewy gluten structures. So you can use pasta but the noodles in the soup will have more bite.

What is Asian Noodle Soup?

There are many different soups from Asia such as Soba, Miso, Ramen & Udon soups from Japan, Pho from Vietnam, Kuy Teav from Cambodia which is similar to Kuay Tiew in Thailand, and dozens more from across the region.

Most of these soups use soft rice based noodles although soft wheat flour is used more in Japan and then there are the gluten free mung bean vermicelli noodles called wunsen as well as this Wonton Noodle Soup featured here.

What is Wonton Soup Broth?

Wonton Soup Broth is usually pork or chicken broth (bones simmered in water with a few vegetables, spices and seasoning) which are used quite interchangeably. If you are making soup containing chicken though we recommend using chicken broth and for those with pork as a main protein, use broth made with pork bones.

How do you Add Noodles to Soup?

You don’t! Heat the noodles by swirling around in some broth separated apart from your soup broth for the purpose (or just use hot water). After heating add to the bowl and ladle over the hot soup.

What is Wonton Soup Made From?

Wonton soup is made from thin egg or rice noodles shaped into ‘wrappers’. These are filled with a small amount of minced pork, chicken, and/or shrimp and sealed, folding and pressing the wrapper together. These wonton are boiled to cook and added to chicken or pork broth to match the filling.

What is the Difference between Wonton & Dumplings?

Both wonton& dumplings are made from dough. Wonton is a form of dumpling made from thin sheets, cut to shape and filled to form little parcels. Other dumplings sometimes use thicker dough and are often collectively called dim sum.

I really hope you enjoy this dish and if you cook it I would love to hear your comments below so please come back and let me know how it turned out for you.

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