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Pork Dumplings

Make these pork dumplings ahead of time so you can whip them out when all you can do is boil some water. Plus these cute cabbage shape is so cute and fun to eat.
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Prep Time:1 hour
Cook Time:10 minutes
Total Time:40 minutes
Servings: 20 servings

Ingredients

Dumpling wrappers

  • 8 cups all purpose flour
  • 3 cup room temp water

Aromatic water

  • 1 ginger slice (about 1in length, ½in thick)
  • 1 scallion cut into 3rds
  • ½ tsp Sichuan peppercorns
  • ½ cup hot water

Dumpling filling

  • 3 lb ground pork (lean or regular)
  • ½ cup aromatic water
  • 5 cups chopped Napa cabbage
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • ½ tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp ground Sichuan peppercorns
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 1½ tbsp minced ginger

Instructions

Making the dumpling filling

  • Steep the scallions, ginger and Sichuan peppercorns in hot water and wait about 5 minutes
  • Chop up the napa cabbage (use a food processor).
  • Once the aromatic water is steeped, discard all the aromatics
  • Add in the water slowly into the ground pork and mix the pork vigrously to absorb the water.
  • add chopped napa cabbage, add in soy sauce, sesame oil, sichuan peppercorn, salt and mix. The filling is done.

Making the dumpling wrappers

  • In a bowl, combine flour and water. Mix until it forms a rough dough
  • Let both dough rest for 10-15 minutes
  • Knead dough until it's smooth.
  • Shape it so that it's a long log about 1in in diameter or 2.5cm
  • Cut the dough into 1 in or 3.8cm in thickness. Roll into a ball and press it flat.
  • Roll into a round disc about 2 in or 5cm in diameter.
  • Put about ½ tbsp of filling into the center. Fold and pinch the ends close
  • Take the ends and fold onto each other so it create creases and also helps to seal the filling inside. If using store bought wrappers, put some water along the edges of the wrapper and fold as per usual.
  • Place the dumplings onto a floured baking tray.
  • Repeat this until all the filling is done. If you have any leftover filling, use them in a meatball soup. If you have dough left over, knead them together and roll it out. Cut into thin strips and you got some homemade noodles!

Boiling the dumpling

  • Heat a pot of water, once it's boiling, put the dumplings in.
  • Have a cup of cold water on the side, once the water boils, put some cold water in and let it boil
  • Once it start boiling again, put some more water, let it come to a boil again.
  • Once it's starts to boil again, the dumplings should be floating. Take it out and eat it with your favourite dipping sauce.

Notes

If you boil the dumplings, make sure to eat it right away or else it will stick together.