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And, here is the recipe for my mom's dumpling (水餃 tsuí-kiáu). This is a great recipe for having your young reader help you with the filling-the-dumplings part of the recipe.
Servings: about 30 dumplings
Ingredients:
1/2 lb ground pork
2 tablespoon minced scallions
1 tablespoon finely minced (or pureed) ginger
1 bunch minced chives
3 1/2 tablespoons rice cooking wine
1 teaspoon sesame oil
wonton or gyoza wrappers
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
4 teaspoon soy sauce, tamari, or coconut aminos
regular flour or cornstarch
Making the filling:
* Marinate the ground pork with the rice cooking wine, soy sauce/tamari/coconut aminos, salt, sesame oil and pepper. Put it aside.
* Add the ginger, scallion, and chives to the marinated ground pork. Stir and mix well. The filling is ready.
Wrapping the dumpling:
* Add water to the flour or cornstarch to make a thin slurry. It shouldn't be a paste.
* Lightly wet the edge of the wrapper with the slurry.
* Put about a tablespoon of filling in the middle of wrapper.
* Fold the edges together and pleat. I like to also wet the pleating area to help the pleats stick together.
* Pinch the pleats so the dumplings don't come apart when they boil.
Boiling the dumplings:
* Gently and carefully put the dumplings into the pot of boiling water.
* Once the water is boiling again, add a half glass of cold water to it, put the cover on and bring it to boil again using high heat.
* Repeat adding the cold water and bringing back to a boil two more times.
* The dumplings are cooked and ready to be taken out.
* Cool slightly.
* Dip each dumpling into soy sauce, tamari, or coconut aminos and eat.
As you can see, my method is way simpler! Whether traditional or simplified, I hope you enjoy these dumplings as much as I do!
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Until the next newsletter, stay healthy and stay safe!
~~Lily
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