Finger Dumplings Recipes

DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in medium size bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk to make a soft dough.
• Drop by spoonfuls into boiling stew. Cover and simmer 15 minutes without lifting lid. Serve.
• To make parsley dumplings, add 1 tablespoon parsley flakes to the dry ingredients.

GERMAN POTATO DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a Dutch oven; add water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook, uncovered, 15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain; transfer to a large bowl., Mash potatoes. Stir in flour, eggs, bread crumbs, salt and nutmeg. Shape into sixteen (2-in.) balls., In a Dutch oven, bring 12 cups water to a boil. Carefully add dumplings. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 7-9 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of dumplings comes out clean., Meanwhile, in a small heavy saucepan, heat butter and onion over medium heat. Heat 5-7 minutes or until butter is golden brown, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in bread crumbs. Serve with dumplings.

SPICY MEXICAN CHILI WITH CHICKEN FINGER DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Using your hands or the back of a paring knife, scrape off half of the breading from the chicken fingers. Discard the excess breading. Put the chicken fingers into a mixing bowl with the milk and use your hands to break up the chicken into smaller pieces.
• Place 1 can of the pinto beans along with its liquid into the bowl of a food processor. Blend until completely smooth. Transfer to a bowl and reserve. Do not wash the food processor; you will be using it again to make the chicken dumplings.
• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the chili powder and cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in the salsa and cook for 2 minutes. Add the chicken broth and blended pinto beans. Stir to combine. Bring to a boil, and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the chicken finger dumplings. Add the chicken fingers and egg to the used food processor bowl. Blend until it resembles a chunky puree (similar to tuna fish). Transfer the puree to a mixing bowl and stir in the cornstarch.
• Add the remaining can of beans with their liquid to the stew. Then drop rounded teaspoons of the dumpling batter into the stew, making about 24 dumplings. Cover with a lid and cook until the dumplings are cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes.
• To serve, divide the stew among 6 bowls. Top with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkle of cilantro leaves.

POLISH POTATO FINGER DUMPLINGS RECIPE (KARTOFLANE KLUSKI)

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients in the order given.
• Place mixture on a lightly floured surface. Knead in additional flour if mixture is too sticky.
• Put a large pot of salted water on high heat to boil.
• Meanwhile, divide dough in half and roll into a long cylinder, the thickness of a pencil. Cut at 2-inch intervals.
• Drop dumplings into boiling salted water. Bring water back to a boil and, once dumplings rise to the surface, cook 5 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon, remove dumplings to a serving bowl. Add melted butter and breadcrumbs, if desired. Note: A variation of this dish is to add caramelized onions and fried bacon or other smoked meats.

POLISH MASHED POTATO DUMPLINGS (KOPYTKA)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Place mashed or ground potatoes in a large bowl. Add egg, salt, and as much flour as necessary to form a smooth, cohesive dough. But don't overwork the dough because it will toughen.
• Put a large saucepan of salted water on to boil.
• On a lightly floured surface and with lightly floured hands, roll pieces of dough into 1/2-inch-thick cylinders. Cut at an angle into 1- to 1 1/2-inch pieces. Repeat with the remainder of the dough.
• Drop dumplings into the boiling water (in batches, if necessary, so as not to overcrowd) and return to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer 1 to 5 minutes (remove one with a slotted spoon to test for doneness).
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer cooked dumplings to a colander and drain.
• If serving with polonaise topping, melt the butter in a small skillet. Add the breadcrumbs and fry for about 3 minutes or until golden brown.
• Transfer drained dumplings to a serving dish and sprinkle the buttered breadcrumbs on top. Serve and enjoy.

FINGER DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Boil about 8 cups of water in a large pot. Let this boil while preparing the dough.
• Beat 2 eggs and salt together. Mix in about 1 cup of milk into the eggs/salt mixture and mix. Then add in mashed potatoes. Mix until somewhat smooth.
• Add the egg/salt/milk mixture into the 2 cups of flour in a large mixing bowl. If too dry, then add more milk so that the dough is dry enough to be very close to being sticky but not sticky.
• Roll into one large loaf. Cut in half. Roll the two sections into smaller and longer loafs. Cut both of these in half as well. You are left with 4 smaller loafs.
• Roll each of the smaller loafs into long strands about a 1/2 inch in thickness. They will get very long, about 2 to 3 feet in length each. When they are full rolled into long strands, cut them into 2 inch pieces using a dough knife or knife.
• Put 1/4 cup of butter into a large saucepan and heat on medium to medium-high heat but don't let the butter brown much.
• Drop the 2 inch pieces of rolled dough into the boiling water. When they float, take a slotted spoon and place the floating pieces into the heated saucepan with butter. Continue to add more 2 inch pieces and remove them as they start to float and add into the saucepan.
• In the saucepan, let the dumplings brown slightly and sprinkle the breadcrumbs into the sauce pan while occasionally flipping the dumplings, butter and breadcrumbs.
• Once browned, remove and continue the process until all the 2 inch pieces are cooked. Add more butter when the saucepan dries out if needed.

CHINESE DUMPLINGS (POTSTICKERS) RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine all pork filling ingredients until well combined.
• You will need a clean workspace, wonton wrappers, prepared pork filling, a small bowl of water, and chopsticks.
• Begin by filling the wonton wrapper with about a tablespoons worth of pork filling. Wet your finger, and run along the edges of the wonton wrapper. This will help to seal it closed.
• If your wrapper is round, fold the wrapper over the filling to create a half-moon shape, pinching the edges to seal. If you wrapper is square, scroll up to view the step by step images of how I fold my dumplings into a little purse dumpling.
• Once you have filled the dumplings you can freeze them or eat them fresh.
• Place the dumplings in a single layer on a cookie sheet and freeze for about 30 minutes.
• Then place in a ziplock baggie, where they can be frozen for up to 3 months.
• Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil to the skillet and place dumplings in an even layer. Fry for a few minutes until bottoms are golden.
• Add 1/3 cup of water and cover with a tight fitting lid. Cook until the water has boiled away and then uncover and reduce heat to medium or medium low.
• Let the dumplings cook for another 2 minutes then remove from heat and serve with soy sauce and thinly sliced green onions.
• Place dumplings in a steamer basket on a single layer of cabbage leaves or a piece of parchment paper and steam for about 8 minutes.
• Whisk together all ingredients and serve in a shallow bowl to dip your potstickers in! You can make this ahead and store it in the fridge for up to a week.

EASY CHICKEN DUMPLINGS RECIPE | MOMOS RECIPE

Steps:

• Cut the chicken into cubes and add it to a bowl. Fill it with water, add the salt and boil it until it is cooked.
• Once cooked, drain the water and let the chicken cool down completely. After it has cooled down, put them to a food processor and pulse it.
• In a clean bowl, add the eggs, ginger garlic paste, chilli, onions, green onions, salt, pepper, soy sauce, corn starch. Mix it vigorously until it is all mixed through.
• Add the chicken mince to this and mix using your hands or a spatula until completely incorporated. Divided the filling into 24 portions.
• Lay the wrappers on a work surface. Apply water on the edges of a wrapper. Place the filling on the wrapper and bring the ends together and seal by gently pressing together the edges.*
• Repeat the same process until all the wrappers and the filling is used up.
• Place the dumplings in a steamer lined with a wet muslin cloth. Cook in batches as many as the steamer can hold, but do not crowd the steamer basket.
• Steam for 10 minutes. Check for doneness* at 8 minutes; if it still needs to be cooked, steam for 2 more minutes.
• Remove the dumplings from the steamer and serve it hot with soy sauce and chilli sauce!