Jiaozi - Chinese Dumplings
Ingredients
- 1 packet of jiaozi skin (*)
- Filling
- 250 gram ground chicken
- 150 gram ground shrimp (or just finely chopped)
- 75 gram jicama, finely chopped
- 75 gram fresh wood ear mushrooms, finely chopped
- 1 egg white
- 2 tablespoon corn starch
- 1 tablespoon Shaoxing
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oill
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
- Dipping sauce
- 1 inch ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
- 3 tablespoon black vinegar
Instructions
- Jiaozhi (dumpling)
- In a mixing bowl, combine all filling ingredients together. Mix well, wrap with a saran plastic, and set aside in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- To make the dumpling, place 1 tablespoon of filling to the center of a wrapper, then wet its perimeter, and carefully make a dumpling (please see video link for direction on how to make this). Repeat until the filling or all wrappers are used up.
- Guotie (pot stickers)
- Choose a non-stick frying pan with a lid. Heat 2 tablespoon of oil in the pan, then fill the pan with dumplings. Cook until the bottom of the dumplings are golden brown, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add 1/3 cup of water to the pan. Immediately close the pan with a lid, and cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Remove the cover, if there is still water remaining, cook only until all the water has evaporated. Otherwise, the dumplings are ready. Turn off heat, carefully remove them from the pan, and serve piping hot with dipping sauce.
- Suigow (water dumplings)
- Bring 2 cups of chicken stock and 1 inch of ginger (cut to thin slices) to a boil. Add about 10 dumplings and cook for 6-8 minutes until dumplings are fully cooked.
- Serve with chopped scallions and dipping sauce.
Notes
- Dumpling skins are white and round, the one I found was sold as suigow skin (which is what we call when the dumplings are cooked in broth).
Another great recipe by https://dailycookingquest.com.