Chinese Dumplings with Homemade Wrappers
Since The Lunar New Year is here I made dumplings with spinach and tomato wrappers from scratch.
mmhmm, you want this recipe don't you? Well too bad!
(just kidding)
Ingredients:
- wrappers 30-ish *My homemade wrapper recipe can be found HERE!*
- 4oz ground pork
- 3 1/2 oz cabbage
- 1 3/4 oz onion
- 1 3/4 oz green onion
- 1/2 T soy sauce
- 1 t sugar
- 1/2 T sesame oil
- 1 t grated garlic
- 1/2 t grated ginger
- 1/2 T oyster sauce
- 1 T cornstarch
- salt and pepper to season
For the Sauce:
- white vinegar
- soy sauce
- sugar
- a bit of water
(There's no measurements since I never EVER have enough sauce so make as much as you like and adjust the flavor. Heat it up in a small pot to dissolve the sugar.)
Directions:
1. Cut cabbage, onion, and green onion into fine pieces.
2. Place the meat in a bowl and knead with your hands until it gets gooey. Add in the sugar, soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, cornstarch, and seasonings. Then mix in the veggies until it's well blended.
3. Cover and stick the mix in the fridge for a half hour. At this point I started my pot of rice.
4. Find a nice place to sit. This is a good "social food" since it can be tedious. You can chill pleating your dumplings watching Spongebob like I did, or have your buddies help you and chit-chat.
5. Get a small cup of water and a pan that's lightly floured. Scoop the mix out with a spoon and put in th center of the wrapper. Use your finger to wet the edges and the fold over. Take the top of the wrapper edge and pinch it together, then fold it down onto the bottom of the wrapper (You'll get it once you've done it). Repeat until all your wrappers are gone.
6. Boil a pot of water and get a NONSTICK pan ready with a bit of oil. Once the water boils, add your dumplings to the pan and keep them close together in rows. Pour on the boiling water to halfway up the dumplings. Cover and cook on medium-high heat for 6 minutes or so until the water evaporates.
7. Once the water is almost gone add more oil to the pan, cover again for 1-2 minutes then remove from pan. They should stick together well so getting them out will be a cinch.
8. Eat it up before anyone notices!
mmhmm, you want this recipe don't you? Well too bad!
(just kidding)
Ingredients:
- wrappers 30-ish *My homemade wrapper recipe can be found HERE!*
- 4oz ground pork
- 3 1/2 oz cabbage
- 1 3/4 oz onion
- 1 3/4 oz green onion
- 1/2 T soy sauce
- 1 t sugar
- 1/2 T sesame oil
- 1 t grated garlic
- 1/2 t grated ginger
- 1/2 T oyster sauce
- 1 T cornstarch
- salt and pepper to season
For the Sauce:
- white vinegar
- soy sauce
- sugar
- a bit of water
(There's no measurements since I never EVER have enough sauce so make as much as you like and adjust the flavor. Heat it up in a small pot to dissolve the sugar.)
Directions:
1. Cut cabbage, onion, and green onion into fine pieces.
2. Place the meat in a bowl and knead with your hands until it gets gooey. Add in the sugar, soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, cornstarch, and seasonings. Then mix in the veggies until it's well blended.
3. Cover and stick the mix in the fridge for a half hour. At this point I started my pot of rice.
4. Find a nice place to sit. This is a good "social food" since it can be tedious. You can chill pleating your dumplings watching Spongebob like I did, or have your buddies help you and chit-chat.
5. Get a small cup of water and a pan that's lightly floured. Scoop the mix out with a spoon and put in th center of the wrapper. Use your finger to wet the edges and the fold over. Take the top of the wrapper edge and pinch it together, then fold it down onto the bottom of the wrapper (You'll get it once you've done it). Repeat until all your wrappers are gone.
6. Boil a pot of water and get a NONSTICK pan ready with a bit of oil. Once the water boils, add your dumplings to the pan and keep them close together in rows. Pour on the boiling water to halfway up the dumplings. Cover and cook on medium-high heat for 6 minutes or so until the water evaporates.
7. Once the water is almost gone add more oil to the pan, cover again for 1-2 minutes then remove from pan. They should stick together well so getting them out will be a cinch.
8. Eat it up before anyone notices!