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- From: kent@decwrl.DEC.COM (Christopher A. Kent)
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- Subject: RECIPE: potstickers
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- Date: 29 Aug 86 05:31:59 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE POTSTICKERS A "22 May 86" 1986
- .RZ "POTSTICKERS" "Delicious Northern Chinese snack and hacker's staple"
- Hackers on both coasts and most places in between love potstickers (though
- if you're from the Right Coast, you probably know them as Peking Ravioli,
- or just \fIravs\fR.
- This recipe is based on one found in \fIChef Chu's Distinctive Cuisine of
- China\fR.
- Total preparation time is about 45 minutes.
- They don't come out as good as the ones from Cho's in Mountain View, but
- if you don't happen to be within 45 minutes of Mountain View, they'll do
- very nicely, thank you.
- .IH "Makes about 2 dozen"
- .SH DOUGH
- .IG "2 cups" "all-purpose flour" "200 g"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "water" "125 ml"
- .SH FILLING
- .IG "\(12 lb" "ground pork" "250 g"
- .IG "\(12" "small Chinese (Napa) cabbage,"
- cored and chopped
- .IG "1" "green onion,"
- coarsely chopped
- .IG "2" "thumb-sized slices fresh ginger,"
- minced
- .IG "2" "water chestnuts,"
- chopped
- .IG "1 tsp" "salt" "5 ml"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "sugar" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "pinch" "white pepper" "0.5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "sesame oil" "5 ml"
- .SH TO COOK
- .IG "5 Tbsp" "vegetable oil" "75 ml"
- .IG "1 cup" "water" "250 ml"
- .SH SAUCE
- .IG "" "hot chili oil"
- .IG "" "red rice vinegar"
- .IG "" "soy sauce"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- In a bowl, combine flour and water, mixing to form a ball.
- Remove to a floured board and knead with your palm for about 3 minutes.
- Shape into a ball, cover with a damp towel, and let stand for about 10
- minutes.
- .SK 2
- Make the filling by combining the \fIFilling\fR ingredients above.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
- .SK 3
- To shape and assemble, knead dough for about 3 minutes.
- Roll into a cylinder that is about
- .AB "1 inch" "2.5 cm"
- in diameter.
- Cut off the ends, then cut into about 24 pieces, each about
- .AB "\(34-inch" "1 cm"
- wide.
- With the cut side up, press the dough down with your palm to flatten.
- Use a rolling pin to make pancakes about
- .AB "2\(12\-3 inches" "6\-7 cm"
- in diameter.
- (They get quite thin; that's what you want.)
- .SK 4
- Spoon
- .AB "1 tablespoon" "15 ml"
- of filling into the center of each pancake.
- Fold the dough over to make a half circle and pleat the edges firmly
- together.
- .SK 5
- To pan-fry, heat cast-iron or other heavy-bottom skillet over moderate
- heat.
- Add
- .AB "3 Tbsp" "50 ml"
- oil, swirling to coat bottom.
- (Watch out, it sizzles quite a bit. Don't get burned!)
- When oil is hot, place potstickers, seam side up, in skillet and
- agitate (shake) for 30 seconds.
- Pour in water, cover, and gently boil over moderate heat for 7
- to 8 minutes.
- When oil and water start to sizzle, add remaining
- .AB "2 Tbsp" "25 ml"
- oil. Tip skillet to distribute oil evenly; watch carefully
- (uncovered) to prevent sticking.
- When bottoms are brown (usually several minutes later), remove from
- heat and carefully lift out potstickers with spatula.
- .SK 6
- To serve, turn potstickers over (dark side up) and arrange on serving
- platter.
- Combine chili oil, vinegar, and soy sauce in proportions to
- suit your taste and offer sauce for dipping.
- Alternatively, cut up a hot chili pepper into red rice vinegar.
- .NX
- You can freeze uncooked potstickers for later use, if you
- squeeze out the water from the cabbage during preparation (in a colander or
- cheesecloth).
- Freeze potstickers separately on cookie sheets until
- firm, then put them in plastic bags.
- .PP
- When rolling out the pancakes, leave the centers slightly thicker
- than the edges. A thicker center will hold up better during the browning.
- .PP
- If you prefer, steam potstickers for about 12 minutes over boiling
- water instead of pan-frying.
- (No self-respecting hacker would be caught eating steamed potstickers,
- though.)
- .PP
- These are really not hard to make, and come out quite nicely! Following
- the dough recipe above leads to a fairly dry and floury dough; this
- makes it hard to roll out and pleat. Feel free to add a little more
- water. There are also now commercially available potsticker presses that
- take care of folding and pleating; they're cheap and plastic and work
- rather well.
- .PP
- The perfect potsticker is uniformly brown with a thick brown area on
- the bottom (where it sticks to the pot); it seems that achieving this only
- comes with practice.
- I tend to fry both sides a bit before adding the water;
- this helps. Beware of too much heat; the bottom will bubble and crack.
- This doesn't taste any different, but doesn't look as nice.
- .PP
- If you don't cook the whole batch at once, store the potstickers
- so that they don't touch; the dough tends to stick to itself, so the
- potstickers may tear as you remove them.
- .PP
- Many restaurants serve Hoy Sin sauce instead of hot sauce.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate.
- .I Time:
- 45 minutes.
- .I Precision:
- measure the ingredients.
- .WR
- Chris Kent
- DEC Western Research Lab, Palo Alto, California
- kent@decwrl.DEC.COM {ihnp4,ucbvax,decvax}!decwrl!kent
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