Slightly Fried Dumpling with Pork

@gabbana (1815)
China
September 13, 2008 9:50am CST
Dumplings are traditional food for every Chinese household. we eat them on Spring Festival, other family reunions, and casual days. Almost every students studying abroad tell the same story when they return home from abroad that their mouth watering at the thought of dumplings. we have boiled dumplings and fried ones, and steamed ones, among these, steamed ones are the most delicious , second is fried ones which is a little bit greasy but cracky , and here's how : Mix the minced pork well with the salt, sugar, MSG, soy sauce, cooking wine, scallions and ginger. Add 50 g (3 tbsp) of water and stir in one direction till you feel the sense of elasticity. Mix the flour with 200 g (2/5 cup) of boiling water, make the dough into long and round shape and reduce to 40 pieces. Press and roll into wrappings each about 6 centimeters (2.4 inches) in diameter. Put in the filling, fold and wrap into crescent shapes. Put the cooking oil into the frying pan, heat and when the oil is about 135-200ºC (275-390ºF), place the raw dumplings in. Heat for one minute, sprinkle 100 g (6 tbsp) of water and put on the pan cover. Use strong fire to heat five minutes. When the water disappears, the dumplings are ready. (It may take several repetitions to cook all the 40 dumplings because of the size of the pan.) Features: Beautiful to look at and delicious to eat. Taste: Salty and tasty.
1 response
• United States
13 Sep 08
Sounds really goo, but al lot of work. I have q question for you...we eat Japanese rice, but my son prefers Chinese rice. I know Japanese rice is much more starchy and sticky. What kind of rice do I buy at the store to get good Chinese rice and how do I cook it? Can I just cook it in my rice-cooker? Any advice, thanks.
@gabbana (1815)
• China
13 Sep 08
easy. if you can buy chinese rice, then you are half success on your way. yeah, use your rice cooker. first wash the rice, about 2cm thick amont of rice is enough for 3 people. next, pour some cold water, above the rice 2 cm , then, plug the electricity and wait. about 20 minutes later, when the indicator is red (showing done), it's ready. BUT ONE IMPORTANT to bear in mind, never ever open the lid of your rice-cooker, or the rice will be hard. just leave the ready rice for a couple of minutes.