Pork and Ginger Dumplings
Ingredients:
2 cups napa cabbage, chopped
1/2 pound ground pork
2 tablespoons thin soy sauce
3 tablespoons black sesame oil
2 tablespoons minced ginger
1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 egg
1 cup vegetable stock
Directions:
Sprinkle cabbage with 1/2 tablespoon of salt and let stand for 30 minutes. Using a towel, squeeze out excess water. In a large bowl thoroughly mix the cabbage with the pork, ginger, sesame oil, egg, soy sauce and garlic. Place a small teaspoon of filling in the middle of the wrapper Fold the wrapper in half to form a half moon shape, pinching the wrapper tightly together. Make sure no filling is peaking out or they will break while cooking. Heat oil in a large saucepan, place pot stickers flat side down and cook until the bottom is browned. Add 1 cup of stock, cover immediately. Allow dumplings to steam. Once the dumplings are fully cooked the stock will evaporate and the bottoms will be crisp. Excellent with my favorite dipping sauce.
My thoughts:
Dumplings are time consuming but tasty. This recipe made about 45 dumplings but if you buy refrigerated dumplings you could freeze any extra you might have.
This is where I sound like a complete moron. Where do I find these “wrappers” you talk about?
And…what is the nutritional info in these dumpings? Are they extra bad for you?h
Wonton wrappers can be found in the refrigerated section of most grocery stores, normally near produce or tofu. As for healthy, ground pork is low fat as are the wrappers.
Hello
found your blog recently and love it!
One question, though – you list 1 egg in the ingredients – would it be as a binder for the filling, or you use it as a “glue” to keep the dumplings from opening up?
Thank you!
(I loooove dumplings!)
Sally: it is in the filling.
Sorry, I must have read it too quickly and did not catch the inclusion of the egg
I will be making this really soon!
Thanks