Qu Qu (Uyghur Mutton Dumpling Soup / Chuchura)
Silk Road Wonton Healing Stewed in Tomato and Sheep Soup
Description
A traditional Xinjiang mutton dumpling soup (wonton), called 'Chuchura' in Uyghur. Miniature mutton wontons are boiled in a bright red, tart, and rich broth brewed from sheep bones and ripe tomatoes. A highly comforting home-cooked dish.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Wheat flour(wrappers)
- Mutton
- Onion
- Ripe tomatoes
- Mutton bone broth
- Coriander
- Black pepper
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- (Filling & Wrapping) Finely chop lean mutton and fat. Mix thoroughly with equal parts minced onion, salt, black pepper, a touch of cumin, and water.
- Place a thumb-sized dab of filling in the center of a thin, square wheat wrapper (wonton wrapper).
- Fold into a triangle, pull the opposite corners together, and pinch to form a tiny 'hat shape' (or Yuanbao ingot).
- (Special Broth) Boil mutton bone broth (or water) in a pot.
- In a pan, heat lamb fat, fry onions, and massive 'ripe tomatoes (or tomato paste)' to create a red soup base.
- Combine this into the mutton broth pot, seasoning with salt and black pepper.
- Drop the miniature wontons (Qu Qu) directly into the boiling tomato-mutton soup.
- Once they float, garnish with cilantro and serve.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Gentle tomato tartness、Sweetness of mutton and onion
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Wrap mutton in commercial wonton wrappers and boil in tomato soup)
Pairing
Kao Bao Zi(Mutton Pie)
Trivia
[Trivia] This is the Silk Road evolution of 'Wonton' eaten across China. In the brutal cold of Xinjiang winters, Qu Qu eaten with boiling hot tomato soup is the ultimate feast for local children.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Use a spoon to scoop up the bright red tomato soup and several tiny wontons together, swallowing them smoothly. The heavy lamb fat is completely negated by the tart tomatoes, gently healing a stomach exhausted by the dry Silk Road climate.
Allergen
Wheat, Mutton, Soybeans, Sesame, Eggs