Caption: Homemade potstickers
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Caption: Ingredients: ground pork, whole egg, chieves, gyoza skin, sesame oil and dumpling sauce
Caption: About ingredients I forgot to snap a photo of the pork and whole egg. All these ingredients cost roughly $10 bucks in total making 100 potstickers.
Ground pork: you can use any kind of meat that you prefer, I recommend the ground version because it is pliable and easy to work with.
There are approximately 40 wrappers in each gyoza skin pack, usually 1/2 pound of pork per pack ratio is solid.
If you decide to go vegetarian, then I recommend using tofu, soft rice noodles and any vegetables you fancy, just make sure they are chopped.
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Caption: Asian chieves I get these from my local 99 ranch market, which is an Asian grocery store in Southern California.
Looks like grass but definitely does not smell like grass. Instead, it smells delicious like cilantro but inexplicable.
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Caption: Gyoza wrappers Doesn't matter which brand you get, you'll find them in the refrigerated section.
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Caption: Dumpling sauce Doesn't matter which brand you get and you can substitute this with soy sauce
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Caption: Sesame oil Doesn't matter which brand you get. I usually use 100% sesame seed oil but wanted to try this sesame & vegetable oil blend. I recommend this version since 100% sesame oil is very fragrant.
Caption: Instructions
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Caption: In a mixing bowl, add and mix together your ground pork, chopped chieves, whole egg, and any kind of seasonings you like. I added some garlic powder and pepper.
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Caption: Set up your workstation: filling, wraps and bowl of water
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Caption: Grab your gyoza wrapper add a small spoonful of your filling into the center. Then outline the outter edge of the wrapper with water which acts as your bond to keep the gyoza sealed.
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Caption: Now it's time to fold your potsticker; fold and bond the top edges together in the center only.
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Caption: Then make 2 inward folds on each side by pinching it in place.
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Caption: So it looks like so! It's totally okay if it doesn't look perfect, as long as there is no opening for the filling to escape through, then you're fine.
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Caption: Heat up your nonstick pan and enough sesame oil to coat the pan. Add your uncooked potstickers to the hot pan and let them cook for 2 minutes or until golden brown. Try not to let your potstickers touch each other.
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Caption: Then add 1/2 a cup of water to the pan.
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Caption: Let them steam for 6-7 minutes.
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Caption: Remove them from heat, set some in a bowl with your dumpling sauce and enjoy!