Chinese Dim Sum Pot Stickers Recipe Genius Kitchen

POTSTICKERS RECIPE (WITH POTSTICKER DOUGH)

Steps:

• To a large bowl, measure in the flour and the salt. Pour in the boiled water and stir the flour immediately and vigorously with a large wooden spoon until the flour resembles loose crumbles (about 30 seconds). Pour in the iced-cold water (discard the ice first, but make sure you have correct measurement of water). Stir vigorously again for 30 seconds or until a shaggy dough begins to form. Set aside spoon and use your hands to knead the dough in the bowl, while picking up flour/dough on the sides of the bowl. Knead for 2 minutes in the bowl. Turn out the dough onto a clean work surface. No need to dust the work surface with flour - unless the dough really sticks). The dough should be soft and elastic enough that kneading is very easy. Continue to knead your dough for another 3-5 minutes. As you knead the dough, it should become more smooth. In a medium sized bowl, plop in the dough ball, cover dough loosely with a barely damp paper towel and then cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap. Let rest for 20 minutes while you prepare the filling and the dipping sauce.
• In a bowl, mix the shredded cabbage with 1/4 teaspoon of salt (1/2 teaspoon kosher or sea salt, if using.) Set aside while you move on to next step of recipe.
• In a separate bowl, mix the ground pork with soy sauce, ground pepper, cornstarch, rice wine (if using) and sesame oil. Add in the chives, water chestnuts and mushrooms.
• Back to the cabbage - grab a handful of cabbage, squeeze hard to expel the water into the sink. Add the dry cabbage into the bowl with the rest of the filling ingredients. Mix well. You can cook a spoonful of filling in a small frying pan for a taste, if you'd like.
• Turn out the rested dough onto a lightly floured surface. Cut the dough in half, keep unused half under the damp paper towel to prevent from drying out. Roll out the other half into a long snake, about 1-1/4 inches in diameter. Cut into approximately 20 even pieces. Take 1 piece, gather up the edges and pinch together, forming a taut, round surface. Roll between palms to form ball. Squash between flat palms to flatten into disk. Use rolling pin to roll out to 3-1/2 inch diameter. Try to make the edges of wrapper thinner than the center. Repeat for remaining dough. If you don't have a helper on hand to fold the potstickers, keep wrappers under cover (plastic wrap or barely damp paper towel) to prevent drying out. Fill and fold potstickers according to the instructions and photos above in the post. Place folded potstickers on a floured piece of parchment or tin foil-lined baking sheet to prevent sticking.
• Mix together dipping sauce ingredients. Set aside until ready to serve.
• Have 1/4 cup water and a tight-fitting lid for your pan at the ready, by your stove. Heat a large, nonstick frying or saute pan over medium heat. When hot, swirl in a little cooking oil, just enough to swirl around. Carefully lay potstickers into the pan, they can touch a little, but do not overcrowd. Cook for 1-2 minutes, then peek under one or two potstickers to see if the bottoms have lightly browned. Adjust your heat if needed.
• When lightly browned, it's time for the steaming. In one hand, have the lid ready. In the other, carefully pour in 1/4 cup of water into the pan. It will splatter, so please be careful. Immediately cover pan with the lid to trap the steam. Let cook for 2 minutes, then open the lid. Continue cooking for another 2 minutes, until all of the water has evaporated. Take a peek under the potsticker. You can add a little more cooking oil if it has trouble browning (but only after all the water has evaporated, otherwise it will splatter.) Shake the pan to loosen the potstickers, swirl in the oil and tilt pan to distribute the oil. When bottoms are nicely browned, plate and serve with dipping sauce.

POT STICKERS (WAR TEEP) / GYOZA DIM SUM / DEEM SUM

Steps:

• For the wrappers:.
• Put flour and salt into a food processor bowl with metal blade attached and affix the cover.
• Turn on the motor and slowly begin adding water through the chute until dough forms into a loose ball around the blade. You may not need all the water --
• Place dough on a lightly floured surface and knead for about a minute.
• Shape into ball and place in a bowl covered with plastic wrap for 30 minutes at room temperature.
• Place the dough on a lightly floured surface. Divide into thirds. Return 2/3rds to the bowl and cover with a damp cloth.
• Roll the remaining third into a cylinder about 12 inches long by 1 inch wide. Cut into 1 inch pieces.
• Either press each piece with a tortilla press or place a piece of dough between your hands with the cut sides against the palm and squeeze flat.
• Using a small tapered rolling pin roll the dough out to 2-1/2 inch diameter keeping the center thicker than the edges.
• Repeat with the remaining wrappers, placing them on a floured plate and cover with a damp towel until ready to use.
• For the Filling:.
• Soak the dried mushrooms in warm water that covers them for about 30 minutes or until soft and pliable. When reconstituted, squeeze out the excess water and mince. The packaging for these mushrooms usually gives a quicker way to reconstitute using boiling water.
• Place ground pork in bowl, add mushrooms, scallion, ginger and chicken stock. Mix well.
• Add the remaining filling ingredients minus the cabbage and salt (will be added later) and the canola oil and water (used for cooking). Mix well until tacky. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Place the chopped cabbage in a bowl and sprinkle with the salt. Mix by hand and set aside for 10 minutes.
• Place the cabbage in a kitchen towel or strong paper towel and squeeze out the excess water. Set aside.
• Prepare pot sticker wrappers.
• Mix reserved cabbage into filling mixture just before making the dumplings.
• Assembly Instructions:.
• Have a small bowl of water near at hand, a plate and oiled cookie sheet for the dumpling assembly.
• Place a heaping teaspoon or desired amount of filling into the center of the wrapper.
• Rub a thin line of water from a bowl around the edge and fold in half making a half moon shape.
• Starting from one end, pleat one edge of the dough in an over-lapping fashion and pinch to seal. The shape will turn out to be a slightly off center crescent. Place on an oiled cookie sheet until ready to bake or freeze. See uploaded pictures for a better idea of what the end product looks like.
• Cooking Instructions:.
• Heat a heavy frying pan to hot over medium heat and coat the bottom with one tablespoon of canola oil.
• Off heat, arrange the dumplings in the pan flat side down, allowing space between each.
• Pan-fry the dumplings at medium heat until the bottoms turn light golden brown. Pour in hot water, cover immediately with a slightly cocked lid and cook for 5 to 6 minutes. All water should evaporate.
• Pour in remaining 2 tablespoons of oil (do not pour onto dumplings). Fry uncovered until the undersides of the dumplings are golden brown and crisp.
• Serve with your favorite soy sauce / chili pepper oil / vinegar dip. See Recipe #469900 #469900 for the ingredients / instructions.

SHRIMP POT STICKERS (DIM SUM)

Steps:

• Chop the shrimp; combine all the ingredients for the filling.
• Lay out 6 dough circles, place a spoonful of filling on each side, lightly moisten the edges; fold in half, pinch the edges together well to seal securely.
• Place onto a plate. Cover with a cloth (the dough dries out quickly) and repeat the procedure with the remaining dough circles.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a skillet over high heat; reduce the heat to medium and add the dumplings.
• Pan fry until the bottoms become crisp and brown. Add 125 ml (1/2 cup) water. cover and let simmer about 6 minutes, until the liquid has completely evaporated.
• transfer to a plate with the "stuck" side showing. Serve warm with the sauce on the side.

CHINESE DIM SUM POT STICKERS

Steps:

• *NOTE: the original recipe specified ground lean pork. Either type of meat will work. However, we prefer equal parts of both ground chicken and ground pork.
• DIPPING SAUCE: In a small non-reactive bowl combine the dipping sauce and set aside to marinate. Best prepared several hours in advance.
• MEAT FILLING: In a large bowl combine the filling ingredients. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• To make a simple paste for sealing the wrappers, in another small bowl combine a few tablespoons of water and roughly 1 teaspoon cornstarch. Stir to blend. Place about 3/4 tablespoon of the meat mixture on one dim sum wrapper. Using your fingers or a pastry brush, add a little bit of the water/cornstarch mixture to the edge of the wrapper. Fold over the wet edges so they meet and they should look like mini-turnovers. Be sure edges are sealed firmly so that the dim sum do not fall apart during cooking.
• (If you own a dim sum wrapper maker use that. If you don't own one, considering investing in a dim sum wrapper. They are inexpensive and come in very handy! A small turnover maker will also work.).
• Place the filled dim sum singly on parchment or waxed paper lined cookie sheet. Fill all the dim sum wrappers.
• FRYING THE DIM SUM: In large saute pan, on medium-high heat the peanut oil, approximately 1 tablespoon. Add the dim sum in batches, DO NOT crowd, and fry until golden on both sides, about 5 minutes.
• Once golden, add 1/4 cup of broth or water, cover pan and bring to boil. Reduce heat to simmer and cook for about 20 minutes or until liquid is evaporated and dim sum are tender but not gummy . Serve immediately.
• STEAMING THE DIM SUM: Place a large bamboo steamer inside a large stock pot. Fill with water so that the water does not exceed the bottom of the first level or tier of the steamer basket. Lightly oil the inside of the bamboo steamer basket so that the gyoza do not stick. Arrange the dim sum singly in the bamboo steamer, cover and bring water to boil. FYI- Don't put the cover on the stock pot, only the bamboo steamer.
• Reduce heat to low-medium and cook for about 20 minutes or until dim sum are tender but not gummy. Make sure the water does not evaporate, checking periodically and adding more if necessary. Serve hot.
• Serve the dim sum with your favorite dipping sauces.
• Yield is estimated.
• The meat mixture can be prepared in advance and frozen until ready to use. Any leftover meat mixture can also be placed in the freezer for later use.