Pork & cabbage potstickers

Ingredients

  • groundnut oil , or vegetable oil
  • 30 gyoza wrappers , roughly 10 cm
  • cornflour , for dusting
  • 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Filling

  • 2 spring onions
  • 150 gr. Chinese cabbage
  • 250 gr. higher-welfare lean pork mince
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine , or dry sherry
  • 2 tablespoons low-salt soy sauce
  • 5 cm piece of ginger
  • 4 cloves of garlic

Dipping sauce

  • 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
  • 4 tablespoons low-salt soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon chilli oil

Method

  1. Trim and finely slice the spring onions, remove and discard the tatty outer cabbage leaves, then shred very finely.
  2. Place in a bowl with the pork, sesame oil, rice wine or sherry and soy sauce.
  3. Peel and finely grate in the ginger and garlic, season with a good pinch of white pepper, then mix well to combine.
  4. To check the seasoning, pinch off a little of the mixture and fry over a medium heat with a splash of oil.
  5. Taste and season again, if needed.
  6. To make the potstickers, lay the gyoza wrappers on a clean work surface and cover with a damp tea towel to stop them from drying out.
  7. Lightly dust a tray with cornflour and place a small bowl of water alongside it.
  8. Place 1 teaspoon of the filling onto the middle of a wrapper, brush the edges with a little water, then fold the wrapper in half over the filling into a half moon shape.
  9. Pinch and pleat the edges to seal, then place bottom-side down onto the flour-dusted tray.
  10. Repeat with the remaining ingredients, you should end up with 30 in total.
  11. Heat a good splash of oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a high heat, then add the potstickers, bottom-side down, in a single layer.
  12. Reduce the heat to medium and fry for 2′, or until the undersides are golden.
  13. Pour 1 cm of water into the pan, bring to the boil, then cover and reduce to a medium-low heat.
  14. Simmer for 6 – 8′, or until the liquid has almost evaporated, if it reduces too quickly, top up with a splash more water halfway through.
  15. Remove the lid and fry for a further minute, or until the undersides are crisp.
  16. Meanwhile, toast the sesame seeds in a small frying pan over a medium heat.
  17. Combine the dipping sauce ingredients, then serve with the potstickers and toasted seeds scattered on top.
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