Chinese Dumpling

Chinese always make dumpling
at Chinese New Year.






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Ingredidents:

•  dumpling dough
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• up to 1 1/4 cups of cold water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Filling:

• 1 cup of ground beef or pork
• 1 TB say sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 TB Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
• 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 3 TB sesame oil
• 1/2 green onion, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups shredded Chinese cabbage
• 4 TBs shredded bamboo shoots
• 2 slices ginger, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped

How to do:

• Add salt into flour. Stir slowly in the cold water and form the dough, then to cover the dough and let it stand for 30 minutes.
• Prepared the filling ingredients. Add soy sauce, salt, rice wine, white pepper to meat, and add the remaining ingredients and mix them well.
• Divide the dough into 60 pieces. Roll each piece out into circle about 3 inches in diameter.
• Place a small portion of the filling into the middle of each wrapper. Wet the edge of dumpling with water. Folding the dough over the filling into a half moon shape and pinch the edges to seal and continue with the rest of dumpling.
• Cook dumpling: bring a large bowl with water to boil. Add half dumplings, stir gently. Wait the water to boil and add 1/2 cup of cold water. Cover and repeat. When the dumplings come to the third time boiling, they are ready. Drain and remove.