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🥟 Dumplings

This recipe is from Serious Eats.

Ingredients

Dough

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup water

Filling

  • 1/2 lb napa cabbage (about 1/2 small head), roughly chopped
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 scallions, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 lb fatty ground pork
  • 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
  • 2 teaspoons sugar

For Veggie Filling

  • Carrot shredded
  • Mushroom finely chopped

For Dipping Sauce

  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped scallion
  • 1 teaspoon ginger, grated on microplane

Instructions

Dough

  • Place dough in food processor
  • With machine running add water slowly until dough comes together
  • Form into ball and let rest for 30min

Filling

  • Place cabbage and salt in food processor and pulse until finely chopped
  • Transfer to fine-mesh strainer and set over bowl
  • Allow to rest for 30min
  • Meanwhile, combine scallions, pork, soy sauce, wine, and sugar in food processor and pulse until finely chopped
  • Transfer to bowl and set aside
  • After cabbage has rested, squeeze out excess liquid and transfer to bowl with pork and fold together

Wrappers

  • Divide dough into 4 equal pieces
  • Roll out each piece and cut out round circles with ~4in diameter
  • Stack wrappers and keep under plastic until all are rolled out and ready to use

Dumplings

  • Place 1 tablespoon of filling in center of wrapper
  • Moisten edges of wrapper with wet finger and fold in half
  • Press edges together to seal, pleated or flat
  • Transfer sealed dumplings to lightly floured place

Sauce

  • Combine all ingredients in small bowl and set aside

Cooking

  • Boil or steam dumplings until cooked through
  • Pan fry dumplings in oil until bottom is browned
  • Serve immediately with dipping sauce