Thursday, August 7, 2008

Jiaozi Recipe - Stuffed Chive Shrimp Dumplings




Our pal Yun from China sent her delicious recipe for jiaozi.
Feast your eyes on this Chinese dish (click images to enlarge).


Thank you, Yun. We can't wait to make jiaozi in the kitchen!

Team Spatulatta

P.S. Below you'll see Yun's original email, as well as Spatulatta's
interpretation - measurement conversions, etc. Plus we added
info on dumpling preparation. ;)

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Original Email:

My dear friends:
Today I want to tell you something about Chinese food.
You know that in China we always eat jiaozi during Spring festival.
Ok,let me show you how to make jiaozi: Chive shrimp dumplings stuffed

Zhuliao: Shrimp 150 grams, 150 grams of lean pork, fresh leeks 150 grams
Accessory: ginger adequate, appropriate condiments approach: lean pork cut 0.4
centimeters around the small, plus mirin, soy sauce adequate system of submerged
more than 20 minutes, Shrimp from shrimp lines and cut the meat with a small
amount of soy sauce Dingjia, mirin submerged system 20 minutes (meat Laochou,
shrimp-sheng pumping oh). Leek Qiemo will add ginger, salt, monosodium glutamate,
Wu Xiangfen a small, peanut oil modest, a small amount of sesame oil, submerged
good meat and shrimp stir evenly. . He! As simple as just filling the dumplings,
by the incomparably delicious dumplings taste ah
I wish that you can enjoy making jiaozi.

Yours,
Yun

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Spatulatta's Interpretation:

My dear friends:


Today I want to tell you something about Chinese food. You know
that in China
we always eat jiaozi during Spring festival.

Ok, let me show you how to make jiaozi (stuffed chive shrimp dumplings)

PREP TIME: 40 min.

INGREDIENTS FOR 30-40 DUMPLINGS


WRAPPERS:
Fresh or Frozen dumpling wrappers from your local Asian grocery store.

*Be sure to buy dumpling wrappers, not wonton wrappers.

FILLING:
5 oz. shrimp

5 oz. lean ground pork

5 oz. fresh leeks (thinly sliced)
1 inch ginger, scraped or chopped

3 tbsp mirin
3 tbsp soy sauce

1/2 tsp salt


DIRECTIONS:

Peel shrimp, clear veins if necessary and chop into tiny pieces.

Combine all ingredients and marinate for 20 min.


After 20 min, add 3 tbsp peanut oil and 1/2 tsp sesame oil in frying pan and cook ingredients until done.
Drain access liquid from pan.


STUFFING DUMPLINGS:
First: Fill dumpling wrapper with 1 tsp of stuffing.

Secondly: Taking your index finger brush a small amount of warm water on far edge of wrapper opposite you.
Lastly: Fold wrapper over your fingers and seal to finish.

STEAMING DUMPLINGS:

Steam Dumplings in a steamer until they're translucent.
You will see the stuffing showing through the wrapper!

Hey! As simple as just filling the dumplings,
by the incomparably delicious dumplings taste - ahhhhhh!
I wish that you can enjoy making jiaozi.

Yours,

Yun

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