Ingredients: (4 adult servings)
¾ pound of ground pork or other meat
1 cup of minced cabbage
2 tablespoons of minced ginger
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
1 tablespoon of Chinese rice wine or Japanese Saki
6 scallions, the white and green parts separated, then sliced thinly crosswise, with the green parts reserved for making the dipping sauce
2 tablespoons of soy sauce
48 dumpling or wonton wrappers
1 egg, lightly beaten in a bowl
4 tablespoons of peanut oil, more or less as needed
1/4 cup of water
Directions:
Combine the pork, cabbage, ginger, garlic, scallion whites, rice wine and 2 tablespoons of soy sauce in a bowl with 1/4 cup water. Mix well.
Lay a dumpling/wonton wrapper on a clean, dry surface, and using your finger or a brush, spread a bit of beaten egg along half of its circumference.
Place a rounded teaspoon of filling in the center, then fold over and seal the pot sticker by pinching the edges together. (Do not overfill.) Place the pot stickers on a plate; if you want to wait a few hours before cooking, cover the plate with plastic wrap and refrigerate the pot stickers.
To cook the pot stickers, put about 2 tablespoons of peanut oil into a large nonstick skillet and turn the heat to medium-high. A minute later, add the pot stickers, one at a time. They can touch one another, but they should still sit flat in one layer.
Cook for about 2 minutes, or until the pot sticker bottoms are lightly browned and most of the oil has been absorbed.
Add 1/4 cup water per dozen pot stickers to the skillet, and cover the skillet with a lid. Lower the heat to medium, and let the contents simmer for about 3 minutes.
To make the dipping sauce use the Food Nirvana recipe for pot sticker dipping sauce shown below. You have already prepared the green parts of the scallions. Uncover the pot stickers, set the heat to medium-high and cook them for another minute or two, until the bottoms are brown and crisp and the water evaporates. (Use more oil if necessary.)
Serve the pot stickers hot, with the warm dipping sauce as described next.
Enjoy!
Dipping Sauce Recipe
This is a simple, easy to make sauce for pot stickers.
Ingredients/Directions:
Dissolve 4 teaspoons of sugar in 2 tablespoons of water with stirring in a microwave safe cup.
Add the green scallion pieces prepared earlier, plus:
1/2 cup of soy sauce
4 teaspoons of rice vinegar
4 teaspoons of chili oil
4 teaspoons of minced garlic
4 teaspoons of toasted sesame seeds
1 tbsp. of toasted sesame oil.
Heat the mixture briefly in the microwave oven for 45 seconds to one minute.
Stir to mix the ingredients.
Serve this sauce warm with your steamed or fried pot stickers.