Try New Adventures Thursday: Making Real Chinese Dumplings

Last week my sweet neighbor kindly offered to teach me how to make real Chinese dumplings (have you ever had them?). I have eaten them on numerous occasions--always made from scratch--and I love them.

Here's a peak into the process!

Li and Juheng make the dumpling dough by mixing together bread flour and water (approx 1 cup water per 3 cups of flour) and then kneading it until smooth. Then Li used the pastry machine to press out the dough (but you can use a rolling pin as well). Then the dough is cut into thin circles approximately 3 inches in diameter.

The filling we used was half ground veal and half green onion (plus some added salt). We also had a filling of ground turkey with chopped up celery.

Place a dollop of filling in the middle of the dumpling and press the middle together. Fold the ends in and then pinch them together. Then seal the rest of the dumpling.

Look how many dumplings Juheng and I made!

To cook them, we placed the dumplings gently in a pot of boiling water and stirred carefully. Wait until the water returns to a boil and then add approx 1 1/2 cups of cool water to the pot. Repeat this process 2 more times, and then remove the dumplings from the boiling water.

The cooked dumplings

Serve with soy sauce mixed with red wine vinegar (or just soy sauce if you prefer). Don't forget your chopsticks!

Isn't that fun? We had such a blast.

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Try New Adventures Thursday: Making Real Chinese Dumplings