Dumples!

As per Muggle in Pink's request, here is my recipe for pot stickers/dumplings. You could use round gyoza wrappers to make a pot sticker shape, or you could use the square ones and make a dumpling where it looks like a Scrooge McDuck money sack.

Homemade pot stickers with teriyaki sauce

Makes about 36 dumplings

Ingredients for pot stickers:

½ lb ground pork

Less than ½ lb shrimp, cooked or raw, chopped finely

2 green onions, chopped finely

Less than one egg, beaten

Salt and pepper

Dash of soy sauce

Dash of sesame oil

Dash of rice vinegar

Pot sticker or won ton wrappers

Ingredients for teriyaki sauce:

1 cup chicken stock

¼ cup soy sauce, or to taste

Dash rice vinegar

2 teaspoons sugar

Directions:

Mix all the pot sticker ingredients together, making sure it’s not too sloppy (measurements may vary). Spoon about a teaspoon into wrappers and dab edges with water. Fold into half moons (or make little pouches with square wrappers). Crimp edges for decoration.

Heat a large pan with a little sesame oil and vegetable oil, enough to coat pan. When hot, fry one side of pot stickers till brown, just a few minutes. Then add the teriyaki sauce ingredients, turn down heat, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes.

Serve with rice and steamed edamame.

For a vegetarian version of pot stickers substitute shrimp and pork for chopped cabbage, blanched for a minute in boiling water and one shredded carrot.

To make a won ton soup, use the square wrappers and use egg to seal pouches shut. Instead of frying, you can boil this in a pot with the teriyaki sauce and serve with thin rice noodles and the broth.