Steamed Pork Dumplings
Very simple pork dumplings, but sooo delicious in their simplicity - just love them and they are actually not that hard to make, follow my steps and you will succeed.
Equipment
- 1 Wok
- 1 bamboo steamer
Ingredients
Dumpling skins
- 300 g - 11 oz wheat flour all-purpose
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- 150 ml - 5 fl oz boiling water
Filling
- 300 g / 11 oz minced pork
- 3 tbsp spring onion diced
- 2 tbsp ginger minced
- 1 tbsp garlic minced
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- pinch of sea salt
- freshly ground pepper
Sweet & Sour sauce
- 120 ml - 4 fl oz rice vinegar
- 50 g - 2 oz sugar
- 1 tbsp ginger finely minced
- 1 tbsp garlic minced
- 2 tbsp sambal oelek
Instructions
Dough
- in a big bowl add the all-purpose wheat flour
- add two pinches of sea salt
- add the boiling water
- mix it first with a spoon until it's combined
- once it's start crumbling, start kneading with your hands until the dough is smooth
- wrap it in a cling film and let it rest for an hour
- dust you surface with flour
- take a small lump of dough, squeeze it out and use a rolling pin to roll it out
- make sure that the dough is thinner on the outside and a little bit thicker in the middle
- dust with flour frequently so the dough doesn't get sticky
- using a teaspoon fill in the dough
- fold them in the middle, more or less like a taco, plead it three times on both sides and close it up. The shape has to be like a crescent moon
- once all ready shaped place the dumplings in a bamboo steamer and transfer them on the wok with boiling water to steam for 10 minutes
Filling
- in a bowl add the minced pork and the diced spring onions
- add the minced ginger
- add the minced garlic
- add a pinch of salt and black pepper
- mix it up using your hands until you have a smooth paste
- add a bit of soy sauce for some flavour
Sweet & Sour sauce
- in a pot running in medium heat add the rice vinegar
- ad the sugar
- bring it to a boil for 5 minutes
- transfer it to a bowl and add the finely minced ginger
- add the minced garlic
- add the sambal oelek and mix it up