Description
How to Host a Potsticker-Making Dinner Party
Ingredients
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- 1/2 pound ground pork
- 1/2 cup finely chopped mushrooms
- 1/8 cup finely chopped carrots
- 3/4 cup finely chopped cabbage
- 1/2 tablespoon finely chopped chives
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 tablespoon ginger, minced
- 1/2 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1/2 tablespoon Mirin
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce + 1/2 cup for dipping
- Olive oil or wok oil
- Prepackaged frozen round dumpling wrappers
Instructions
- Remove dumpling wrappers from freezer and let them defrost.
- Add all ingredients besides dipping soy sauce, olive oil/wok oil, and dumpling wrappers into a bowl and mix together with your hands.
- With one wrapper in hand, wet the edges of the wrapper with your finger, add about a tablespoon of the pork mixture to the middle of the wrapper.
- Holding the filled wrapper cradled between your thumb and middle finger, use your index finger to flatten the pork mixture.
- Using your thumb and index finger, create pleats in the dumpling wrapper and press it against the other side of the wrapper to close the dumpling.
- When all dumplings have been made, heat a large pan with about 3 tablespoons of olive oil or wok oil until shimmering.
- Add dumplings to the hot oil. Don’t move the dumplings.
- Once they have gotten brown and crispy on the bottom, keeping the heat pretty high, add about a half cup of water to the pan and cover with a lid.
- Keep dumplings in the covered pan for about 5 minutes or until the dumpling wrapper is slightly see-through and al dente.
- Remove from pan, dip in soy sauce, and try not to eat them all!