Asian Pork Dumplings

There’s dumpling you should know…this recipes takes a bit of time…but we are home on quarantine so we have all the time in the world, right?!

I don’t know if y’all remember me saying that “tacos are the way to my heart”…but it turns out my heart isn’t a one way street and it can also be won over with dumplings. However, tacos will always be my first true love.

Here’s what you’ll need!

Dough (you can buy frozen dough or you can make it like I did!)

• 2 cups flour (and a little extra depending on how sticky your dough gets)
• ¾ cup hot water
• 1/2 tsp salt

Filling

• 1 cup ground pork
• 1 large coarsely diced carrot
• 1 diced shallot
• 3 green onions
• 1/3 cup diced purple cabbage
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• 1 tbs soy sauce
• 1 tbs rice wine vinegar
• 1 beaten egg

Now, let’s prep the dough! Measure 2 cups of flour and pour it into a large mixing bowl with the ½ tsp of salt. Next, slowly add 3/4 cup boiling water to the mixture and using a small silicone spatula mix until clumpy. Cover the dough and let it sit for 3 minutes then knead the dough with your hands for 5 minutes. Let the dough sit again for 5 minutes then knead it for an additional 8-10 minutes adding more flour as needed. Roll your dough into a ball and cover it while you prepare the filling to prevent it from drying out.

It’s time to prep the filling! (this part is way easier than making the dough 😉 ) In a medium skillet toss in the shallots, carrots, garlic, and ground pork. Cook the mixture about halfway then add in the soy sauce, cabbage, rice vinegar, and green onions. Remove the mixture from the stove when it’s about ¾ cooked and mix in ½ beaten egg and the green onions. (It will cook the rest of the way while you steam it and this prevents your dumplings from being “dry.”

Now, back to the dough! I bought a “dumpling maker” on Amazon to cut and pinch my dumplings shut, but you can also do it by hand. Use a rolling pin to roll your dough out thin and even then use your dumpling maker to cut circles out of your dough. If you are doing this by hand roll your dough out into a “log” and cut 2 inch pieces off and flatten them out to form your circles.

Finally, it’s time to fill these babies up! Fill each dumpling with 1 tsp of filling and use the rest of your egg to dampen the edges of each dumpling so that they stick together better. Fold each dumpling over to form a half moon and pinch closed. If you are doing this by hand make pleats on one side for the dumpling to hold it together. If you are using the dumpling maker tool just fold the maker in half and squeeze it shut to pinch the side together.

Time to steam! I bought a steamer basket to steam my dumplings off of Amazon, but you can steam them any old way you like. I steamed mine for 6 minutes in the basket then tossed them in a hot skillet with a splash of olive oil to pan fry them until they were slightly crispy. Now dip those babies in some soy sauce or chili sauce and ENJOY!

As always, if you make ‘em tag me on Instagram so I can see them too! #katiescardiokitchen