Gyoza (Dumplings) Recipe

Ingredients:

Filling:

300 grams ground pork

2 tablespoons chopped ginger

2 tablespoons chopped garlic

cup ground shrimps

1 cup grams grated and squeezed carrots

cup grated and squeezed singkamas

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 pack 7 grams AJINOMOTO GINISA All Purpose Seasoning Mix (Shrimp Flavor)

2 cups chopped cabbage

75 grams chopped onions

1 tablespoons sesame oil

20 pieces large wonton wrappers, cut in rounds

cup water

 

Sauce:

3 tablespoons vinegar

3 tablespoons soy sauce

teaspoon sesame oil

 

Cooking Procedure:

1. Mix ground pork, ginger, garlic, shrimps, carrots and singkamas.
2. Add soy sauce, AJINOMOTO GINISA All Purpose Seasoning Mix (Shrimp Flavor), cabbage, onions and sesame oil. Mix until thoroughly blended.
3. Wrap 1 tablespoon mixture into each rounded wonton wrapper.
4. Fold, seal sides with water and press with fork tines.
5. In a pan, simmer  cup of water, drop dumplings and simmer while covered for 2-3minutes.Drain and discard water to dry.
6. Add cooking oil and fry one side of the dumpling only.       Combine sauce ingredients in a bowl.
7. Serve dumplings hot with dipping sauce.

 

Makes 20 dumplings

 

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

 

Tips and Tricks:

In China, gyoza are usually eaten either steamed, fried or in a soup. Japanese gyoza, however, are usually fried. There are many kinds of fillings used, e.g. with different seafood instead of the meat, other vegetable, etc.  Since then the Gyoza has become so popularized in Japan, that there are Gyoza restaurants and even a Gyoza Stadium located in Osaka, Japan. The Gyoza Stadium has a museum complete with history and explanations of the many varieties of this adopted dish