Chinese Chicken Dumpling Recipe
Whether it's fried or boiled, Chinese chicken dumpling is a classic food in the world. Follow me and make dumplings by yourself.
Prep time: 60 minutes
Cook time: 10-20 minutes
Utensils:
Pot, rolling pole, serving plate.
Serves 2
Ingredients:
11-18oz./ 300-500 g flour
14oz./ 400 g ground pork
7oz./ 200 g cooked chicken breast
2 tbsps. sesame oil
2 tbsps. chopped scallion
10-15 cups water
2 tbsps. freshly grated ginger root
Seasoning A:
1 tbsp. light soy sauce, low sodium
Proper quantity of salt to taste
1 tbsp. Chinese rice wine, or dry sherry
Directions:
1. Add flour in a big basin, drizzle 1/2 cup of water in occasionally, use both of your hands to make dough, knead it for 5-10 minutes until smooth. Cover with a wet cloth and let stand to rise for30-60 minutes.
2. Cut the dough widthways in half, roll out each into long rolls of 2 cm.or 3/2-inch diameter.
3. Cut each lengthways into small buttons, then press them with your palm.
4. Roll them out into thin flat wrappers of 6 cm. or 3-inches diameter by rolling pole.
5. Cut the cooked chicken breast into 1/2-inch length cubes, then combine with ground pork, chopped scallion, minced ginger, sesame oil, 1 cup water, and seasoning A in a mixing bowl, stir clockwise with chopsticks until it looks like a paste. Serve as filling in next step.
6. Spread the wrapper across your palm of one hand, then use a spoon to place a small clump filling in the center(PA), then fold in half (PB), use your forefinger and thumb to nip the edge of dumpling from the two sides to the middle (PC&D).
7. Bring 10 cups water or more in a large pot on to boil, place all the dumplings into the boiling water, cover and cook over high heat, when it starts to boiling, pour into 1 cup cold water, stirring, then reduce heat to medium, cover and keep cooking, stirring occasionally. Add 1-2 cups cold water when boiling at the second time, continue to cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, add another 1-2 cups cold water when boiling at the third time. When the dumplings float to the surface, it means they are cooked, drain them well in a colander, remove to a plate, serve immediately.
Tips:
1. At Step 2&3, you'd better toss pinch of flour on both the board and dough to keep from sticking together.
2. Dumplings can serve with dipping sauce, such as rice vinegar and chili bean sauce.
Nutritional information:
Servings per recipe: 2
Amount per serving:
| Protein: 82.5 g |
| Total fat: 66.6 g |
| Carbohydrate: 107.2 g |
| Calories: 1364.5 kcal |
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