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Potstickers
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Potstickers

Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Cuisine: Asian

Ingredients

Filling:

  • 1 lbs chicken or pork meat. Whatever is on sale brown meat or something with a little fat is preferable.
  • 2 stalks celery
  • 3 to 5 green onions
  • 1/8 th to 1/4 green cabbage depending on head size
  • a thumb sized piece of ginger
  • a hot pepper if you want some heat optional

Marinade:

  • 1 tbs Oyster Sauce or Hoisin Sauce
  • 1-2 tbs Soy Sauce reduce the salt below if using more soy sauce or use low sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
  • 2 tsp boullion powder chicken or vegetable, but beef does in a pinch - or a tsp of better than boullion works too
  • 1 tsp each Salt and Sugar see salt remark up at soy sauce
  • 3 tbs starch doesn't really matter which starch
  • 2 tbs sesame oil use less or omit if you don't like sesame oil and replace with regular flavorless oil
  • 2 tbs water

Dipping Sauce

  • 4 tbs soy sauce
  • 1 tbs sesame oil
  • 1 to 2 tsp aged chinese vinegar alternative balsamic or in a pinch any other vinegar/citrus juice. In the later case, just add a little sugar
  • Sriracha sauce to taste if you want extra heat optional

Instructions

  • ➡️ In a bowl combine the ingredients for the dipping sauce and set aside for later
  • ➡️ In another bowl combine the ingredients for the marinade and set aside for the flavors to mingle. Don't forget to stir before using because starch settles
  • ➡️ Finely chop all vegetables and blanch them. Set aside to drain.
  • ➡️ Finely chop the meat. Alternative is to use a food grinder/food processor. Don't go too fine if using a machine, you want some texture.
  • ➡️ If using a machine, add the drained vegetable together with the meat
  • ➡️ If cutting by hand, simply combine meat and vegetables.
  • ➡️ Add the marinade and knead thru (best use your hands)
  • ➡️ Wet the rim of a dumpling wrapper with a little water, add a tsp of the filling and fold so it's a closed dumpling.
  • ➡️ Proceed to do that until you run out of ingredients
  • ➡️ To cook: heat a pan, add a little oil and set the dumplings in without them touching.
  • ➡️ Once the bottom is golden brown, add about 1/4 cup of water and immediately put on a lid.
  • ➡️ Cook with lid for a few minutes until all the water is gone and the dumplings "sing" again
  • ➡️ Extract and ejoy with the dipping sauce