Cabbage-stuffed dumplings are one of the traditional Chinese delicacies, with a delicious taste and rich nutrition. If you want to make delicious cabbage-stuffed dumplings, you need to pay attention to the following:
1. Prepare the dumpling wrappers and fillings.
Prepare dumpling wrappers: You can choose to buy ready-made dumpling wrappers or make your own. If you choose to make your own, you will need to prepare flour and water. Mix the flour with an appropriate amount of water, knead into a dough, cover with a damp cloth and set aside.
Prepare the filling: Choose fresh cabbage, remove rotten leaves and roots, wash and finely chop. Put the chopped cabbage in a bowl, add an appropriate amount of salt, mix gently with your hands, and let it sit for a while to let the cabbage come out of the water.
Prepare the minced meat: Choose the fat and lean pork, remove the skin, cut it into small pieces, and put it in a blender to beat the minced meat. Put the minced meat in a bowl, add an appropriate amount of salt, chicken essence, light soy sauce, cooking wine, minced green onion and ginger, and stir well with your hands.
Squeeze the cabbage dry: Squeeze the cabbage dry, put it in the meat filling, add an appropriate amount of vegetable oil, sesame oil and salt, and stir well with your hands.
2. Make dumplings.
Divide the dough into small pieces: Divide the dough into small pieces, about 30 grams or so each.
Rolling: Place small pieces of dough on the palm of your hand and roll out a thin crust with a rolling pin. The shape of the leather can be round or square, depending on personal preference.
Wrapping dumplings: Put an appropriate amount of filling on the dumpling skin**, and then fold the skin in half and pinch it tightly so that the dumplings do not leak the filling. You can press your fingers on the edge of the dumplings, which will make the dumplings firmer.
Repeat: Repeat until all the dumplings are wrapped.
3. Cook dumplings.
Boil water: Pour enough water into a pot and bring to a boil over high heat.
Lower the dumplings: Put the dumplings in the pot and gently push the dumplings with a spatula to prevent the dumplings from sticking together.
Cook dumplings: Continue to bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to a low and simmer. If the water is boiling too much, you can add an appropriate amount of cold water to keep the temperature of the water at about 90 degrees. The time to cook dumplings depends on the number and size of dumplings, and generally takes about 5-10 minutes.
Remove the dumplings: When the dumplings are cooked, remove the dumplings with a slotter and drain the water.
Fourth, prepare the dipping sauce.
Prepare the dipping sauce: You can choose your favorite dipping sauce, such as vinegar, light soy sauce, chili oil, green onion, ginger and garlic, etc.
Place the dipping sauce in a bowl: Place the appropriate amount of dipping sauce in a bowl and add the appropriate amount of warm water.
Place the dumplings in a bowl: Place the cooked dumplings in a bowl and mix gently with chopsticks.
Enjoy the food: Now you can enjoy delicious cabbage-stuffed dumplings!
In short, if you want to make delicious cabbage-stuffed dumplings, you need to pay attention to the above four aspects. In addition, in the process of cooking dumplings, it is also necessary to pay attention to the control of heat and water volume, so as to avoid boiling rotten or boiling the skin and affecting the taste, and also pay attention to the combination of dipping sauces and eating methods, so as to make the food more delicious and delicious.
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