Homemade Chinese Dumplings

By TheCulinaryChase

You can use dumplings in a hot pot, pan fried, as pot stickers etc. I had some meat mixture leftover and made mini meat balls tossed into the boiling broth and cooked for 5 minutes (de-lish).

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound minced beef
• 1/2 pound minced pork
• 2 green onions, sliced
• 4 dried shiitake mushrooms (or other Chinese mushroom)
• 1/4 cup chopped coriander
• 1 tablespoon minced ginger
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 1/2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 50 round wonton wrappers
• 25 raw shrimp cut into chunks (optional)

Details

Servings 50
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 19mins

Preparation

Step 1

Soak mushrooms in one cup of hot water for roughly 15 minutes or until soft. Remove mushrooms from liquid (reserve for later) and finely chop mushrooms. In a large bowl combine meat, coriander, green onions and mushrooms. In a small bowl whisk egg with 1 tablespoon of the mushroom water and cornstarch. Add soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar. Pour over meat mixture and combine (use your hands for best results). Cover and refrigerate one hour to allow flavors to develop.
Arrange wonton wrappers on a work surface and add a teaspoon of the meat mixture in the middle. Place a chunk of shrimp meat to the middle of the beef mixture (optional). Pick up the wonton wrapper and wet the edges with the mushroom water. Fold wrapper in half making sure the wrapper is sealed. Crimp and fold along the edges. Place dumpling on parchment-lined tray. Repeat process. Cover and refrigerate. When ready to use, drop dumplings into a hot broth (chicken or beef) and cook 4 to 5 minutes.

The Culinary Chase’s Note: Round wonton wrappers are available in Asian grocer shops or in larger grocery stores in the refrigerated areas. If you cannot find the round ones, like me, use a large round cutter (I used the top of a glass). Otherwise use the square ones by folding over and make a triangle. Wet the points of the triangle and bring together like a tortellini or leave as is. These dumplings freeze well. Enjoy!