Golden Bags for Tết

Umm, not my favorite holiday, but any holiday is better than any day. As such, I’ll celebrate with a favorite dish. Thai money bags, Golden Purses, or thung thong, savory packets of shrimp and pork filling wrapped in a crisp wrapper and deep-fried, and served with a sweet and spicy chili sauce or a sweet and pungent plum sauce.

Toong Thong (Shrimp Purse)

"Golden Money Bags" Savory appetizer for Luna New Year

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Course: Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine: SouthEast Asia, Thai

Calories: 1976

Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients

  

• 1 lb Shrimp Shelled, deveined
• 1/2 lb Pork FINELY minced
• 1 tbsp Fish Sauce Good Stuff
• 1 tbsp Light Soy Sauce
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 2 cloves Garlic Minced, fine
• 1/2 tsp Pepper Black, fine grind
• 1 tsp Toasted Sesame Oil
• 2 ea shallots Peeled, minced
• 1 ea Egg wash 1 egg white with 1 tbsp water; beaten
• 1 pkg Wonton wrappers
• 4 oz Mushrooms Cleaned, Large Dice

Equipment

• 1 Air Fryer
• 1 Food Processor or mini processor/stick blender

Method

 

1. Add all but the wrappers, and egg wash, into a food processor; pulse into a smooth paste.
2. Cut one wrapper into 12 thin strips, almost string like
3. In the center of a wrapper add ~ 1 tbsp of paste
4. Fold the wrapper up like a purse, seal with the egg wash, and tie with a wrapper string; set aside on a plate
5. Repeat with remaining wrappers/filling.
6. Fill the fryer basket with purses, mist with cooking oil
7. Set the fryer to 375 and cook the purses for 8 minutes on one side; flip and cook for an additional 8 minutes.
8. We are looking for crispy skin and an internal temp of 165.
9. Serve with plum sauce or sweet chili oil

Nutrition

Calories: 1976kcalCarbohydrates: 268gProtein: 84gFat: 59gSaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 204mgSodium: 4116mgPotassium: 1116mgFiber: 9gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 87IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 267mgIron: 17mg

Notes

A basic filling, and a classic presentation.

One can add peppers, ginger, etc to the filling.

The wrapping can be done in wonton style, purse style, even as mini egg rolls.

 

I have used a wonton strip to “tie” these; traditionally one blanches chives or strips of green onion for this.  But not me and not today …

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