Monday, March 8, 2010

Gyoza-Japanese panfried dumplings

Home Made Gyoza is delicious and fun.....  give it a try.

Ingredients:
1. Gyoza/wonton/Mandu Wrappers
2. 1/2 cup Choped Water chess nuts
3. 1 1/2 Teaspoon Sesame seed oil.
4. 1/2 cup shredded/(thinly cut like coleslaw) regular Cabbage
5. 1 pound pork
6. 1 table spoon Oyster Sauce
7. Vegetable oil
8. Large/medium pan that you can put some type of lid on
9. Bowl of water
9. Dipping sauce (equal parts shoyu and vinager, plus hot sauce). 

Directions:
Preparation:
1. Mix pork, oyster sauce, shredded cabbage, chessnuts together.
2. Get 1 small spoon of filling and put in wrappers. Be careful not to fill them up to much. 
3. With your bowl of water wet the inside half of the wrapper and fold in half and crimp.
Watch this video to help illustrate how to wrap your gyoza:


Cooking:
1. Heat pan with vegetable oil
2. Add gyoza
3. Wait for pan to heat back up
4. Add about a 1/2 cup water and immediatley cover for about 5-7 minutes
5. Wait till water is about evaporated and check if the tops are done if not add a little more water. Don't drown gyoza in water.
6. add a little oil on top and allow gyoza to crisp up
Watch this video for tips on cooking the gyoza:


Enjoy

2 comments:

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