East Texas Gourmands

East Texas Gourmands
This blog was created for 8 generous patrons of the Texas Shakespeare Festival that is held in Kilgore Texas and celebrating its 25th season. The patrons combined their love of theater and food by purchasing cooking lessons at a benefit for the festival. Recipes and photographs from the lessons will be placed on this blog. Sit back with a good glass of wine and have a feast with your eyes. Bon Appetite - or as we say in East Texas - Lezz Eat!

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Steamed Pork Dumplings

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Steamed Pork Dumpling


1 package of dumpling skins (Mondu)
3/4 pound raw shrimp, shelled and deveined and chopped (we used frozen minature salad shrimp)
3 stalks green onions, minced
1/2 cup canned bamboo shoots, minced
1/2 pound ground pork
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
1 tablespoon rice wine (or dry sherry)
for the slurry: 1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed with 1/4 cup water in a small bowl
water
cooking oil

Combine all ingredients except dumpling skins and cooking oil in a large bowl.  Mix well.
Spoon 1 teaspoon of the filling onto dumpling skin.

Brush a bit of the cornstarch slurry all around the edge of the dumpling skin. Fold over and press to secure edges. Make sure edges are sealed tightly.

Heat a large nonstick pan with 1 tablespoon of cooking oil over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot but not smoking, add the dumplings, not touching, to the pan. Let fry for 1 minute until the bottoms are light golden brown. Pour 1/4 cup of water into the pan and immediately cover with a tight fitting lid. Turn heat to medium and let the dumplings steam for 3 minutes. Open lid and let the remaining liquid cook off about 1 minute. Cut into a dumpling to make sure that the filling is cooked through. If necessary turn the dumplings over and fry until cooked.

Remove to plate and serve with soy sauce.

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