How to Make Fresh Dumplings
Channel: Soul Food: The Asian Way
Date: 25/05/2020

Ingredients:

Wraps: flour 2 cups, 1 egg, 1/2tsb salt, 1 cup lukewarm water
Filling:
1 lb ground pork or chicken
½ lb raw shrimps (diced)
1 egg
1lb vegetables (Chinese garlic chives, Napa cabbage, celery, etc)
1 bunch green onions (finely chopped)
1 tsp-1tblsp freshly grated or finely chopped ginger
2 tsp salt + 2 tbsp soy sauce

Dipping Sauce:
1 tblsp soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp vinegar, 1tblsp of hot oil or sesame oil


Instructions:
1. Add salt and egg in flour and then slowly add water while stirring to mix. Knead the mixture into dough and set aside with cover for
30min
2. Chop and grind vegetables into small piece. Add 1 tsp salt and squeeze water out of the vegetables.
3. Knead the dough for a few minutes and make it into smoother dough. Set aside for additional 30 min
4. Add chopped shrimps to ground pork or chicken. Add 1 egg, 1 tsp salt, 2 tbsp soy sauce, ginger, green onions and mix well
5. Add ground vegetables (water discarded) to meat and mix well
6. Knead the dough for a few more minutes and make it into smooth dough.
7. Take a part of the dough, shape into a long 1 inch in diameter roll. Cut in ¼ inch piece. Press each piece with hand, add dry flour as
needed and then roll the piece into 3-4 in in diameter wraps. Be sure to roll the edges thinner than the center.
8. Add filling in the center of the wrap, fold and close the wrap. Make sure the closure is sealed.
9. Boil ½ pot of water, add dumplings, push the bottom of the dumplings gently with the back of cooking spoon so that the dumplings
don’t stick. Cook on medium heat for 10 min after the dumplings boils and float on top of water. Take out the dumplings with the
slotted spoon to drain the water.
Dip in the dipping sauce and enjoy! Extra raw dumplings can be frozen for a few months.