RMJcar's eatings: Korean Cups

Korean Cups

I got another original recipe for you. Think of the Korean Stir Fry recipe, except instead of noodles, use wonton wrappers. Believe it or not, wonton wrappers are pretty light. Each wrapper is only 20 calories. You can use them for a lot of things. Just yesterday, I made some pizza poppers that had some pizza sauce, shredded cheese, turkey pepperoni, and Gorgonzola Cheese (trust me on the cheese people). They were just like pizza bagel bites, but much healthier since I used a less heavy wonton wrapper, light cheese, and lower calorie turkey pepperoni. The Gorgonzola does not help making it healthy, but you only need a little to get the flavor.

Picture source: Nasoya

Ingredients per person (if main entree) or three people (if appetizer)

1 piece of chicken (thigh or small breast)
1 large egg
3-4 cups of shredded brassica (cabbage, kale, broccoli) and or carrot
Flavorless oil (grapeseed, canola, etc.)
Gochujang paste
Miso paste
Crushed garlic
Soy sauce
Rice vinegar
Mirin
Soy sauce
5 square wonton wrappers
Non-stick spray

Procedure

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Cut up some raw chicken into bite size pieces. I bought bone in chicken thighs with the skins and took the skin, fat, and bones off. You can save a lot of money if you trim the chicken on your own instead of buying boneless skinless chicken.

3. Heat up a pan with a little bit of oil and brown the chicken.

4. While the chicken is browning, you can make the sauce. I would recommend 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon of Gochujang and miso paste each depending on your taste. Also add in 1 teaspoon of crushed garlic.

Add in about 0.25 to 0.33 cups of rice vinegar. Combine with a fork or a mini food processor.

5. Once the chicken is browned, add in your brassica and sauce.

6. After about 5 minutes, add splashes of the mirin and soy sauce. At this time you may also beat an egg. I would use the same container that you mixed the sauce in so you can pick up some of that flavor in the eggs. Don't let it go to waste. Keep stirring until the vegetables have substantially shrunk.

Also prepare a standard size muffin tin that will hold and give shape to the Korean cups while they cook by spraying the cups you are going to use with non stick spray and line those cups with wonton wrappers. I forgot to take a picture of the lined muffin tin, but here is one I found on the internet.

Picture Source: https://aprettypenne.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/quick-and-easy-wonton-appetizers/

7. By this time, the chicken mixture should be done. Divide the mixture among the wontons. Pour in some egg into each. If you fill the cup completely with egg, it will resemble a quiche once baked. In this case you might want to use more eggs.