Potstickers

I was lucky enough to spend New Years with my family in China! And this is one of my favorite family/friends activities because what is more fun than collaborating to make something delicious and addictive!?

I will say that you’d need to have some experience wrapping a dumpling or potsticker for this recipe since I didn’t put very specific instructions on the wrapping portion.

Ingredients:

• 2.5 cups of all purpose flour
• 1 cup of water
• 2 pound of pork (80 – 90% lean)
• 3 cups of super finely chopped cabbage
• 3 tablespoons of minced ginger
• 3 teaspoons of salt
• 2 teaspoon of brown sugar
• 2 – 3 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons of rice wine
• 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon of chopped green onions
• Oil for pan-frying

Tips:

• Squeeze as much water out of the cabbage as possible.
• The recipe calls for making your own wrappers so you will need a rolling pin; you can definitely just buy your own wrappers.
• The actual wrapping of the dumpling can be pretty freestyle because it will taste good regardless.

How to serve:

• You can eat them as is or with some soy sauce and sliced ginger.

Instructions

• Finely chop your cabbage; set it aside in a bowl and sprinkle 1 teaspoon of salt.
• Wait 20 minutes and squeeze all of the water out of the cabbage one handful at a time.
• In a mixing bowl, combine pork, the rest of the salt, brown sugar, soy sauce, cornstarch, rice wine, cabbage, green onions, and minced ginger; mix well.
• In another mixing bowl, combine the water and the flour.
• Mix slowly with chopsticks until a little bit crumbly.
• Then use your hands to roll the mixture into a dough.
• Cover the dough with a moist towel and rest for 1 hour.
• Roll the dough into a long strip of about 1-inch diameter, and cut the strip into 1 inch each.
• Use the center of your palm to first flatten each piece.
• Use the rolling pin to roll the pieces into flatter circles; do this by holding the outer edges of the dough pieces and turning them as you roll. You should end up with a thicker middle than edge.
• Once you have the flattened wrappers, you’re ready to wrap!
• Hold the wrapper flat in your hand, place about 1-cube-inch of filling into the wrapper (depending on how big your wrapper is).
• Pinch the wrapper sides together in the very middle and make folds from the outside inwards.
• Once you have your potstickers, heat up some oil in a flat pan.
• Place your potstickers neatly in the pan and pour 1/4 cup of water into the pan.
• Place a lid on your pan until you see steam come out of the sides of the pan.
• Open the pan and wait for the bottom of the potstickers to form a golden crust.
• (Optional) Turn the potstickers over to brown the other side.
• Take them out of the pan.
• Read to Serve!