Fun food that’s easy to make

PORK AND GINGER POTSTICKER GYOZA DUMPLINGS

By Chompsky in Glasgow

GYOZA potsticker are small stuffed Japanese dumplings. They are surprisingly easy to make and fun for having when friends are over.

The dumpling casings can be bought inexpensively from most Asian supermarkets and they are freezable, which means you can make lots. You can fill them with many different fillings but this recipe uses one that we make at Chompsky.

INGREDIENTS

(Makes about 20)

1 x pack of gyoza dumpling wrappers

500g good-quality pork mince 2 garlic cloves crushed and chopped 1-inch piece of ginger peeled and chopped

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp brown sugar

1 tsp sesame oil black pepper

5 spring onions

METHOD

1 For the filling, chop the spring onions finely. Mix the pork mince with all the other ingredients and, using your hands thoroughly, work everything together.

2 Refrigerate to marinade for two hours.

3 Before making the gyoza, prepare a small pot of cold water and get the pork filling and the gyoza wrappers ready.

4 Take one wrapper in the palm of your hand with the slightly floury side facing down and place a teaspoon of the filling in the centre. 5 Dab the water around the outside of the gyoza wrapper then fold the wrapper over the filling and tightly pinch around the filling until fully sealed.

6 You can crimp them or fan the wrapper together to make them look pretty but just sealing them works just as well.

7 Keep the gyoza on a tray lined with cling-film in the fridge, careful not to let the gyoza touch, otherwise they may stick together.

8 Take a non-stick frying pan (preferably heavy-based) and heat 3 tbsp of rapeseed oil/veg oil on a medium heat.

9 Place the dumplings in the pan and cook in the oil until they have a golden brown crisp side on one side, around three minutes.