Wor Wonton Soup by: Sarah 0 Comments Jump to Recipe Posted:11/11/2022Updated:11/11/2022 Wor Wonton Soup isn’t something that we grew up with, but it’s a popular Chinese takeout specialty in many parts of the United States.It’s a wonton soup with lots of vegetables, sliced chicken, roast pork, and shrimp added, to make a full meal in one bowl.  Our wor wonton soup recipe is particularly easy to make if you already have wontons in the freezer.You can make this soup with any of our wonton recipes, including our Simple Wontons, Chicken Wontons, or San Xian Wontons!  Wor Wonton Soup or Subgum Wonton Soup My dad told me that as he remembers it, this dish was called “subgum wonton soup” or 什锦馄饨汤 in Chinese (shíjǐn húntún tāng in Mandarin).

The term “subgum” was used to describe a dish that had different kinds of vegetables and proteins mixed together—similar to say, a Sizzling Rice Soup.  Sub gum or “sahp gam” in Cantonese, translates to “ten brocades,” which is a figurative way of communicating the idea of “numerous and varied” ingredients (thanks Wikipedia!).  Wor wonton soup is perhaps a more common name for this dish, but honestly, we aren’t sure what “wor” actually means! Lots of sources simplify it by saying it means “everything” in Chinese, but we’re not sure about that one.  My dad called his Cantonese aunt who used to work in the restaurant business, and she said that it me

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