Recipes

Makes ¹/₂ cup

Ingredients

¹/₄ cup soy sauce
¹/₄ cup rice vinegar
1 tablespoon mirin
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon minced ginger
1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped fine
1-2 red hot chili peppers, sliced

Directions

Whisk together all the ingredients and let stand about 10 minutes before serving.

Dough-Chinese Steamed Buns

Ingredients

1 tablespoon active dry yeast
1 teaspoon white sugar
¹/₄ cup all-purpose flour
¹/₄ cup water
¹/₂ cup warm water
1¹/₂ cups all-purpose flour
¹/₄ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
¹/₂ teaspoon baking powder

Directions

1. Mix together yeast, 1 teaspoon sugar, ¹/₄ cup flour, and ¹/₄ cup warm water. Allow to stand for 30 minutes.

2. Mix ini ¹/₂ cup warm water, flour, salt, 2 tablespoons sugar, and vegetable oil. Knead until dough surface is smooth and elastic. Roll over in a greased bowl, and let stand until triple in size, about 2¹/₂ to 3 hours.

3. Punch down dough, and spread out on a floured board. Sprinlke baking powder evenly on surface, and knead for 5 minutes. Divide dough into 2 parts, and place the piece you are not working in a covered bowl. Divide each half into 12 parts. Shape each part into a ball with smooth surface up. Put each ball on a wax paper square. Let stand covered until double, about 30 minutes.

Ginger Shitake Chicken

Ingredients

^1/₂ pound cooked chicken thighs (boneless, skinless) shredded and chopped
1 cup Shitake mushrooms, chopped
2 teaspoons ginger, chopped fine
2 teaspoons garlic, chopped fine
¹/₄ cup scallions, sliced thin
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
¹/₄ cup soy sauce
¹/₄ cup water
1 tablespoon corn starch
1 recipe Chinese Steamed Buns

Directions

1. In a medium sauce pan heat all mix chicken ingredients and bring to a boil until thick.

2. Prepare dough for Chinese Steamed Buns.

3. Shape dough into balls. Roll each out into a circle (like Won-Ton wrappers). Put 1 tablespoonful of prepared meat mixture in the center of each circle, and wrap dough around filling. Place seams down onto wax paper squares. Let stand until doubled, about 30 minutes.

4. Bring water to a boil in wok, and reduce heat to medium; the water should still be boiling. Place steam-plate on a small wire rack in the middle of the wok. .Transfer as many buns on wax paper as will comfortably fit onto steam-plate leaving 1 to 2 inches between the buns. At least 2 inches space should be left between steam-plate and the wok. Cover wok with lid. Steam buns over boiling water for 15 to 20 minutes.

5. REMOVE LID BEFORE you turn off heat, or else water will drip back onto bun surface and produce yellowish “blisters” on bun surfaces. Continue steaming batches of  buns until all are cooked.

Makes about 20 dumplings

Ingredients

¹/₂ tablespoon fresh ginger, chopped fine
¹/₂ tablespoon garlic, chopped fine
¹/₄ cup scallions, sliced thin
1 cup shredded baby bok choy or Chinese greens (blanched)
2 teaspoons hot Chinese mustard
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 tablespoon black sesame seeds
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 package of Dumpling Skins (round not square)

Directions

Place all ingredients in a largebowl (except oils & wrappers) and mix well. Refrigerate about 30 minutes before using. Place 1 round dumpking wrapper on the palm of one hand, place 1 tablespoon of the filling on the center, and fold the round into a half-moon. Using the thumb and forefinger of the other hand pleat the seam closed, making from 5 to 7 pleats. Repeat to form more dumplings until all of the rounds are used. Cover the dumplings with plastic wrap to prevent them from drying out, then repeat with the remaining mixture. In a cast-iron frying pan, heat the oil over high heat. When a wisp of white smoke appears, turn off the heat to medium and allow the dumplings to cook for 3 minutes. Pour ¹/₂ cup of the water into the pan and allow the dumplings to cook for 7 to 10 minutes, or until the water evaporates. Reduce the heat to low and allow the dumplings to cook for about 2 minutes, or until they are golden brown on the bottom and the skins are translucent on top. To ensure the dumplings cook evenly, move the pan back and forth on the burner to distribute the heat evenly and prevent sticking.

Miso Ginger Glaze

Ingredients

¹/₂ tablespoon fresh ginger, chopped fine
¹/₄ cup miso paste
1 tablespoon mirin
1 teaspoon brown sugar

Directions

In a small bowl whisk together all ingredients until a smooth paste is formed. Serve with HOT dumplings.

Ingredients

4 plums, deseeded and chopped fine
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
¹/₂ cup Japanese plum wine
¹/₂ teaspoon almond extract
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
12 dumpling wrappers, round
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons ginger, chopped fine
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon cinnamon, freshly grated

Directions

In a small saute pan heat the plums butter and sugar on high heat and cook until the plums begin to caramelize. Add the freshly grated nutmeg, the almond extract and the flour and mix well until very thick. Take off heat and cool. Place 1 round dumpling wrapper on the palm of one hand, place 1 tablespoon of the filling on the center, and fold the round into a half-moon. Using the thumb and forefinger of the other hand pleat the seam closed, making from 5 to 7 pleats. Repeat to form more dumplings until all of the rounds are used. Cover the dumplings with plastic wrap to prevent them from drying out, then repeat with the remaining mixture. Place in boiling vat of water and cook for about 3-4 minutes. In the meantime, heat the remaining butter, honey, walnuts and cinnamon and mix until smooth and warmed through. Once the pot stickers are cooked, take out of the water and drizzle with the ginger honey butter.

Makes enough for 20 potstickers

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup boiling water
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

In a medium bowl, mix  together the flour, water and salt until the dough is combined.  Turn out on a lightly floured surface and knead for about 5-8 minutes or until super soft and pliable.  Let rest covered in plastic for 45 minutes.

If you are not using the dough immediately, refrigerate the dough immediately after kneading and take out and let rest one hour at room temperature before making dumpling wrappers.

Serves 6

Ingredients

2 pounds ground pork
¹/₄ cup shrimp, peeled, deveined and chopped fine
1 tablespoon garlic, chopped fine
¹/₂ tablespoon fresh ginger, chopped fine
¹/₄ cup scallions, sliced thin
2 tablespoons Chinese chives
1 tablespoon Chinese mustard
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
12 dumpling skins (round)
Beaten egg

Directions

In a medium bowl, mix pork, shrimp, scallions, garlic, ginger, chives, mustard, rice wine, sugar and soy sauce. On a flat, clean surface, lay out wrappers. Top each with 1 tablespoon pork-shrimp mixture. Brush edges of wrapper with beaten egg and form dumplings. Pull th edough up the sides of the pork mixture making sure to pleat it all around and leaving the tops open. Put dumplings in lined steamers. Steam dumplings until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Serve immediately.