Pork Dumplings Recipe

These dumplings, when lightly fried, make a good starter or snacks. They can also be steamed or cooked in soup as a main course served in a complete meal.

 

 

      Ingredients

  • plain flour - 450g

  • water - 2 cups

  • salt

  • flour - for dusting

      For the filling

  • pork - 450g, minced

  • fresh root ginger - 1 tsp, chopped

  • spring onions - 1 tbsp, chopped

  • Chinese leaves/white cabbage - 450g

  • Chinese rice wine - 1 tbsp

  • sesame oil - 2 tsp

  • light soy sauce - 2 tbsp

  • light brown sugar - 1 tsp

  • salt - 2 tsp

      For the dipping sauce

  • spring onions - 1 tbsp, chopped

  • red chili oil - 2 tbsp

  • garlic - 1 tbsp, chopped

  • light soy sauce - 1 tbsp

      Method

  • Mix the flour in a bowl, then pour water and mix to a firm dough. Knead until smooth on a lightly floured surface. Cover with damp cloth and set aside for 25-30 minutes.

  • To make the filling, blanch the Chinese leave/cabbage until soft. Drain and chop.

  • Mix the cabbage with spring onions, ginger, pork, salt, wine, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil.

  • Dust the table surface with flour, knead and roll the dough into a long sausage (1 in diameter)

  • Cut the sausage in 80-90 small pieces and flatten each piece with your palm.

  • Roll out each piece into thin pancake (2 1/2 in diameter) with a rolling pin.

  • Place 1 1/2 tsp of the filling in the center of each pancake and fold them in a half-moon pouch and pinch the edges firmly.

  • Bring 2/3 cup salted water to boil, add the dumplings and poach for 2 minutes.

  • Remove the wok from heat and leave the dumpling in the water for another 15 minutes.

  • to make the dumpling sauce, combine all the sauce ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

  • Serve the dumpling in a bowl with the sauce. Makes 80-90.

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