Pork Dumplings (gyoza)

Delicious little gyoza or pot stickers to munch on while watching the game or a good movie.

• Ready In: 37 mins
• Yields: 30 (approximately) dumplings

Ingredients

• 8  ounces ground pork (or any other meat/fish filling)
• 1  tablespoon  minced ginger
• 1  tablespoon  minced garlic
• 2  tablespoons  finely chopped green onions
• 1  cup  of finely chopped napa cabbage
• 1⁄4 cup water chestnut, chopped
• 2  tablespoons soy sauce
• 2  teaspoons cornstarch
• 1  tablespoon olive oil
• 1  package wonton wrappers or 1  package  gyoza skins
• 1  egg white
• 3  tablespoons  peanut oil

• Dipping Sauce

• 1  teaspoon  sesame oil
• 3  tablespoons soy sauce
• 1  tablespoon toasted sesame seeds

Directions

1. Cook cabbage for 1-2 minutes in enough water to cover the bottom of the pan.
2. Remove from heat and drain water.
3. Saute pork in olive oil until cooked.
4. Add ginger, garlic, sesame seeds, onions, chestnuts, cabbage, soy, corn starch and mix until blended and remove from heat.
5. Brush wonton wrapper with egg white and add one spoonful of meat mixture.
6. Fold bottom of wrapper over top and seal into a half crescent.
7. Tighten seal with fingers.
8. Shallow fry dumplings in peanut oil at medium heat flipping over once, until browned on one side.
9. Serve with dipping sauce.
10. To make dipping sauce: Mix together and serve with dumplings.