JAPANESE GYOZA POT STICKERS
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons ginger root, grated
- ½ pound ground beef
- 1 tablespoon cooking wine
- 1 tablespoon Kikkoman soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- Gyoza wrappers
- Salad oil
- For the sauce -
- Kikkoman soy sauce
- Chili sesame oil, which is very very hot
Directions
- Directions
- Chop cabbage fine, place in colander and pour boiling water over the cabbage. Cool to touch, then squeeze cabbage well to get the water out.
- In a bowl, mix cabbage, chopped green onions, chopped mushrooms and grated ginger. Mix ground beef, wine, soy sauce, sesame oil and black pepper together with vegetables, mix well.
- Place a small amount of filling (about 1 teaspoon) in center of gyoza wrapping and fold in half. Pleat edge to seal. If edges won’t stick together, dampen the inside edge with a little water then pleat.
- Put 2 tablespoon salad oil in heated skillet (on medium heat). Place gyozas on skillet, close together and fry until golden brown. Then, at edge of pan, pour in a little water up to ¼ of the depth of the pot-stickers.
- Cover, turn heat to low and simmer until water is gone. Serve with dipping sauce as appetizer or with hot rice as entrée.

