Japanese Cooking - Gyoza

 

Hey y`all,

today I`mma tell you about my dinner today (WHICH I LEARNED TO MAKE WOOOOO) - 餃子　(gyoza- pot stickers)

Okay, so gyoza isn`t actually Japanese food, it`s Chinese - but it`s so popular in Japan that it might as well be.

Gyoza are little pastry parcels of meat and onion, and they are DELISH. I love them. And cos I am so nice, I will share with you a recipe! :D

What you will need are:

• Minced beef (one pack should do it, yknow like what you get in Tesco)
• One long green onion
• One long leek
• Pinch of ginger
• Pinch of salt
• Pinch of pepper
• Drop of Olive Oil
• Sake (Japanese rice wine, can get it in Asia Mart etc)
• Gyoza Wrappers*

Of course, in Ireland and other Western countries it`s quite difficult to get pre-made Gyoza Wrappers so here`s a video.

Ok, so once you have the wrappers, you`ll make the filling. Chop the leek and onion into very small pieces and feck it all into a bowl with the meat, salt, pepper, ginger, a drop of oil and a drop of sake. Mix and mush it all together (with your hands) until the meat is smooth and pink rather than lumpy and red.

Then, this bit is hard to explain, so another video is in order methinks. Skip to about 2:10.

Each wrapper should have no more than a teaspoon of filling in it - otherwise, it won`t close properly and the flavours won`t be locked in.

Now, put a bit of oil in a pan and put the gyoza into it, flat side down. Cover the pan and fry on a low heat. When the bottoms are browned enough that you can see the edges beginning to brown, take off  the lid. Put some water and oil on top of the gyoza and turn the heat to a high heat. Cover them again. Now just wait for all the water to vaporize and BAM! You`ve got a delicious snack :)

Can`t feckin rotate this

Nom nom nom!

We also had crab. It was yummy. UNDER THE SEA~

Hello also to fangirl @Aquinasaur :)

Peace out homies!
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