Perfect Pork Potstickers with Juicy Filling! (鍋貼, Pan-Fried Pork Dumplings)

Here's a comprehensive tutorial on how to make the tastiest, juiciest pork and cabbage potstickers (鍋貼/锅贴). I walk you through how make the filling, pleat the dumplings two ways, cook the dumplings, and how to freeze dumplings. Pan-fried dumplings are also called 煎餃/煎饺 in Chinese.

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Soy & Vinegar Dumpling Dipping Sauce: https://healthynibblesandbits.com/soy...

I generally try to eat the dipping sauce within 1 week. You can use it for stir frying if you're looking to use up the dipping sauce.

INGREDIENTS

Potstickers
1 tablespoon peanut or canola oil
1 1/2 cups finely chopped green cabbage
2 to 3 tablespoons minced ginger
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1/4 cup chopped scallions
1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided (in the video, I only got shots of me adding salt to the vegetables, but I usually add a bit to salt the vegetables and the rest for the filling)
1 pound 80% to 85% lean ground pork
2 teaspoons tapioca starch
3 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 teaspoon sugar
35 to 40 round dumpling wrappers (at least 3.25 to 3.5 inches wide)

Cooking Potstickers
2 tablespoons canola, or vegetable oil, any neutral oil works
1/4 cup water

Dipping Sauce
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup Zhenjiang vinegar (or Chinkiang vinegar)
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon grated garlic
1/2 teaspoon grated ginger
1 stalk of scallions, thinly sliced

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:33 Selecting ground pork
01:15 Preparing filling
03:11 Pleating dumplings
04:47 Cooking dumplings
05:24 Dipping sauce
05:39 Tasting
06:08 Freezer directions
07:22 Substitutions (including vegan options)
07:51 Chinese pronunciation of potstickers

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