Sunday, March 28, 2010

Post Stickers



Post Stickers

By May Huang




Ingredients:

A: Filling – Meat part:
1. 1 lb ground turkey (replaceable with ground pork)
2. 2 T soy sauce
3. 1 T cooking wine
4. 1 T canola oil (or other veggie oil)
5. ½ t salt
6. ½ t sugar
7. 1 stalk of green onion, finely chopped
8. ½ t ginger, finely chopped

B: Filling - Veggie part:
9. 1 8 oz – frozen chopped spinach (replaceable with other veggies, such as garlic chive)
10. 4 oz firm tofu (optional), smashed
11. ½ t salt
12. 1 - 2 T canola oil (or other veggie oil)
13. ¼ t sugar
14. ½ t sesame oil

C: Shell:
15. 1 package (16 oz) – dumping wrap

D: Dipping sauce:
16. 2 - 3 T Chinese vinegar
17. ½ t hot sauce (or to taste) (optional)
18. 1 garlic clove (optional), finely chopped
19. ¼ t sesame oil

The main ingredients are shown pictures below:

Ground turkey & Spinach:


Tofu, Wanton Wrap, and Chinese Rice Vinegar & Hot Source:




Directions:

1. Mix the ingredients listed in the A in a container, set aside for at least 15-30 minutes
2. Unfrozen the spinach, squeeze the water out from the spinach, and place the spinach in another bowl
3. Add the remaining ingredients listed in the B in another container, and mix them well
4. Combine meat and veggie mixture together, and mix them well
5. Making dumplings: see step by step directions below:



Cooking Dumplings – boiling **:
1. Add water into a Dutch pan to half way full, and heat the water with high heat
2. Add dumplings to the water after the water is boiling, and slowly and slightly stir the dumplings, make sure that there is no dumpling sticks at the bottom of the pan, and cover the pan. Turn the heat to medium high, and add half cup of tap water at the second boiling, and add another half cup of tap water at the third boiling. Take the dumplings out at fourth boiling at 4th boiling. Server the dumplings with the dumpling sauce.

Note: ** You should cook two batches of dumplings for 1 lb of dumpling if using 9 inch Dutch pan

Pot Stickers – Pan Fry:
1. Add 1-2 teaspoon canola oil to a non-stick fry pan, and heat the oil with medium temperature. Make that the oil evenly covers the pan.
2. Add the dumplings into the pan one by one and one lay only when the oil is medium temperature, cook for few minutes.
3. Add ½ cup of water to the pan, and cover the pan, continue to cook about 8-10 minutes. The one side of dumplings should be light brown when the dumplings are ready.
4. Take the dumpling out, and place them in serving plate. Server with the dumpling sauce.

Making Dumping Sauce: Mixing ingredients listed in the D in a small bowl

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