Hubby says these are A++ Better than the best Chinese restaurant dumpling he has ever had. A couple of tips, don't over fill or your dumplings will be hard to fold and will pop open when you cook them. Wet your fingers while folding and pinching shut - if any of them appear to be coming apart just wet your fingers and pinch them shut. These are great to make ahead and freeze. Great for last minute company or a quick and tasty dinner. Thanks for a wonderful recipe. It's a Keeper! Update: Chinese Chives are longer and thicker than regular chives. If you can't find Chinese chives just use regular chives or garlic chives.
SO DELICIOUS! I would recommend however making the filling a little bit more extravagant if you have a few extra minutes. I minced mushrooms, broccoli, and green cabbage, and added that to the pork mixture! Makes for an even more scrumptious filling and doesn't take much extra time!
I would also recommend re-frying the potstickers again after you add the water, in order to make each side crispy! The wrapping then becomes brown and crisp and the inside extraordinarily juicy. :)
WOW, these were AWESOME! I used regular fresh chives (couldn't find Chinese chives), and also, could not find dumpling wrappers anywhere, so I used wonton wrappers that I cut into circles...worked like a charm! While these are a bit time consuming, they are super simple and soooo worth it. The sauce is great, but next time I would cut back on the sesame seeds a bit, as I felt there were too many. I will def be making these again...I'm so excited that I made one of my favorite Chinese foods @ home, and they were better than the restaurant~YUM! Thanks for sharing. :)
Really liked the recipe. Made one change, instead of pouring water over the dumplings after frying I had boiling water in another pan on the side and threw the dumplings in, then the pan was ready for the next batch. Had an hot oven to keep the boiled ones warm until all the dumplings were fried and boiled.
Thanks, will make again!
I cook them in water first during 6-8 minutes and when water has evaporated then a pour some oil and let them brown.
With the typical dumpling wrappers you find in the store you cannot fit 1 tablespoon of filling in the wrapper with room to crimp the edges. This might be because the wrappers we had were square instead of circular. The cooking instructions also will not work unless you have a higher temperature flame and make the dumplings so they are flat on both sides. Adding in a cup of water at medium-high heat for only 2 minutes does not evaporate and leaves the dumplings with a beautiful color but a soggy mess. The filling has a nice flavor but the dipping sauce isn't the best. I'd rather have these with some vinegar and/or hot sauce. Recommended cooking: 2-3 minutes frying on each side and 1 minute steaming with scant 1/4 cup water.
Very good. Tasted a lot like the kind we get at the restaurant. I used regular chives as I could not find the stated version. I had roasted garlic rice vinegar so I used that. Once I got the hang of making the dumplings it went relatively quickly. I found that the water did not completely steam out and so I drained it at the end and pan fried a little to crisp up again. Still a pretty quick process. The dipping sauce is good, but I think I am going to look at tweeking it or maybe find another one to try. I am used to a bit sweeter sauce with some other flavors. The filling was a lot for just the two of us, so I froze it and plan to defrost and make dumplings in the future. Not sure how it will defrost, so hopefully it will work out. Will definitely make again. Great recipe!
What a good recipe! This is at least as good as my favorite Chinese restaurant's fried pork dumplings. My whole family loved them. I got 34 dumplings (utilizing Wonton wrappers since my store does not carry dumpling wrappers) from this recipe. The only thing I will change next time is to use reduced sodium soy sauce. Kudos!
I added some thinly chopped napa cabbage and water chestnuts in with the pork mixture. Reduced the amount of sesame seeds and added some honey to the dipping sauce.
