You don’t need to be a Michelin-star pleater. You just need a little water and some confidence. Moisten the edges, plop in your filling, and fold the square corner-to-corner into a triangle. Press out the air (air bubbles are the enemy of deliciousness—they explode).
For extra flair, bring the two bottom corners of the triangle together and pinch them. It looks like a little tortellini that went to business school. Nobody in your life will know you used wonton wrappers unless you tell them at the dinner table and ruin the magic.
Surprising Fact: You’ve Already Eaten This
Fun food-history bomb: Many Chinese restaurants actually use wonton wrappers for dumplings when they’re in a hurry. It’s a dirty little secret of dim sum. They claim it’s “a regional variation.” It’s not. They just ran out of the round ones.
Also, wonton literally means “swallowing clouds.” So by using wonton wrappers for dumplings, you are, technically, forcing clouds to become moons. That’s either profound or a felony. Either way, it’s delicious.
How To Wrap Wonton Dumplings
