Mets Chinese - dumplings - How to Apply

The bun bottom. In the Western style of cooking is a simple and brief, a source of carbohydrate food and a great comfort. But the Chinese, it is an artistic creation from the kitchen. Chinese steamed dumplings (Jiao Zi, or Gow Gee, in Mandarin) is a mixture of dough stuffed with meat, chicken and / or vegetables. It is often rounded up as part of dim sum. The correct preparation, it takes time, patience and effort, but the final result when done right, is really worth. Dough

Ingredients

360g wheat flour
240-350 ml of water
1 teaspoon salt,

you should purchase a good variety of Chinese flour, which can be either rice flour or wheat flour. Normal white flour has a completely different context, when mixed with boiled water.

Make sure the water is very cold, indeed almost zero. 240ml of salt Mix together and add the flour and water. Mix well until smooth dough adding extra water if the composition is too dry. Knead well and make the end result is a smooth ball. If you add too much water, just balance a bit of flour. Cover the dough and let it rest for half an hour.

Filling:

1 pound lean ground meat (beef, pork or chicken)
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 teaspoon cognac
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tsp white pepper

Mix all the filling ingredients carefully to ensure that the meat does not end up as mush.

This recipe would be 60 Chinese dumplings, so divide the dough into 60 pieces and roll each piece up to about 7.5 cm (3 inches) in diameter.

Put about a tablespoon of meat mixture on one disc and fold in half, sealing a bit of water and squeeze the edges together until you have a crescent shape. If you are one of those gadgets you wet the edges of the pastry disk, insert it into the dumpling manufacturer, spoon the filling and press edges together dumpling property.

China can be boiled or fried

dumplings to boil, bring the big water to a boil and add half the cream. When water boils add another 120 ml of cold water and bring to a boil. At this point, add dumplings one side and another 120 ml of cold water. Thoroughly mix the gnocchi to stop them sticking together. Bring to boil and the third time, and the dumplings should be ready.

At this stage, you can fry the dumplings and wok hot oil. You need to keep moving, so it does not take effect and to ensure that both sides with a little color.


Serve To

Serve dumplings with dipping sauce, same amount of dark soy sauce and vinegar, you can add some chopped red chilli if you want a bit 'of seasonings.

Chinese dumplings are often served to celebrate the new year, since they are a symbol of prosperity and good luck for next year, but some selection of dim sum, the pleasure you can eat whenever you want.