Gyoza

By trf0ster

Ingredients

• Dough:
• 170 mL water
• 200 g strong flour
• Filling:
• 200 g ground pork
• Cabbage
• Nira*: can be substituted by leek or green onion
• Leek or Green onion
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Sake*
• Soya sauce, salt, and pepper
• Sesame oil
• Dipping Sauce:
• Soya sauce
• Vinegar
• This ingredient may not be available in Western supermarkets, but you should be able to find it in Japanese grocery stores that exist in most large European and American cities.

Details

Adapted from japan-guide.com

Preparation

Step 1

Dough:

Mix the water and the flour to a dough that should not be sticky but as soft as an ear lobe. Put a wet towel over the dough, and let it stand for several minutes. Separate the dough in 30 pieces, and form each of them to very thin discs with a diameter of about 10 cm. The middle of each disc should be a little bit thicker than the edge.

Filling:

Cut some green, outer cabbage leaves, some green onion (or leek), nira, ginger, and garlic in very small pieces. The amount of these ingredients should equal the amount of meat. Do it as you like. Put some salt on the cabbage, and let it stand for five minutes. Then press the water out of the cabbage pieces. Mix the cabbage, green onion (or leek), nira, ginger, garlic, and the ground pork all together, and add some salt, pepper, soya sauce, sake, and sesame oil. Mix it all very well.

Making and frying the Gyoza:

Put some of the filling onto a piece of dough. Remember that the filling should suffice for 30 gyoza pieces. Moisten the edge of the dough with water. Moisten only a semicircle, not all the way around. Close the gyoza. While closing it, fold the edge about 6 times. Put the gyoza on the table with filling side down. Fry the Gyoza in a little bit of hot oil until the bottom is brownish, then add water so that the gyoza are in the water with about half of their height. Keep the high heat and wait until all the water has vaporized. Then remove the gyoza from the heat.

Dipping sauce:

Mix the same amounts of soya sauce and vinegar together.