Pork Dumpling

About this recipe

Chinese dumpling is one of the most important foods in Chinese New Year.

Since the shape of Chinese dumpling is similar to ancient gold or silver ingots, they symbolize wealth.

Traditionally, the members of a family get together to make dumplings during the New Year’s Eve.

They may hide a coin in one of the dumplings and whoever finds the coin is blessed with good luck for the following year.

Ingredients

Filling

• 2 lb ground pork
• 1 napa cabbage
• 100g chinese chives
• 2 tsp thirteen spice powder
• 2 tsp white pepper
• 4 bottle caps cooking wine
• 3 tsp sesame oil
• 3 tsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp oyster sauce
• 50 g green onion-ginger water
• Green onion oil
• 2 packages dumpling wrappers

Green onion oil

• 200 g peanut oil
• A handful of szechuan peppercorn
• 1 white onion
• 20g green onion
• 3 slices of ginger
• 5 garlic

Green onion-ginger water:

• 10g green onion
• 5 slices of ginger
• 3 g szechuan peppercorn
• Boiling water

Step-by-step cooking instructions

1. In a large bowl, combine all pork filling ingredients until well combined.
2. You will need a clean workspace, dumpling wrappers, prepared pork filling, a small bowl of water, and chopsticks.
3. Begin by filling the wonton wrapper with about a tablespoons worth of pork filling. Wet your finger, and run along the edges of the dumpling wrapper. This will help to seal it closed.
4. Fold the wrapper over the filling to create a half-moon shape, pinching the edges to seal.
5. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook dumplings in batches of about 8 until they are cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the dumplings to a serving platter.