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Potstickers a la All Tarted Up

Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine Asian
Keyword dumpling, pork, potsticker
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • 1.25 lb ground pork
  • 1 portobello mushroom finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 2 green onions sliced thin
  • 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 2 tsps sesame oil
  • 1 tsp chili sauce we like sriracha, but use what you'd like, and how much you can handle!
  • 1/4 tsp white pepper
  • 1 pack wonton wrappers
  • vegetable oil as needed

Instructions

  1. Combine all pork, mushroom, garlic, onion, hoisin sauce, ginger, sesame oil, chili sauce, and white pepper in a large bowl.  Get your hands in there and mix it.  Mix it real good.

    Ooooh.... colorful meat.
  2. Spoon about 1 heaping tsp of filling onto a wrapper.  Wet your finger with water and moisten the edges of the wrapper and fold it in half to close it, pinching and folding the edges closed with whatever method works best for you and the wrapper that you're using.  Repeat until you've run out of meat.

    Don't eat the raw pork.
  3. Heat 1 tbsp of the vegetable oil in a frying pan, heating on med-high heat.  Once the oil is hot, lower the heat to medium and place a batch of dumplings into the hot oil, taking care not to overcrowd them too much.  Cover the pan and let them cook for 3-5 minutes, depending on how full you stuffed them.  Check them at 3 minutes to make sure they're not burning too much, you want them brown and crispy, but still edible.

  4. Add about 1/4 cup of water to the hot pan and cover things once more to steam the dumplings for another 2-3 minutes.  Remove lid and increase to high heat if needed to evaporate any water.

  5. Repeat for each batch of dumplings, and serve with your choice of dipping sauce.

Recipe Notes

When we made this, we got about 30-ish dumplings.  Your mileage may vary depending on the size and shape of your wrappers and how much you can stuff into them.