Invitation to have Chinese dumpling dinner with us

Picked a couple of fennel the other day and braised the bulb with olive oil with some freshly grated parmesan cheese at the table. Today I'm going to use the leaves and 1/2 a pack of minced pork for dinner.


Finely cut the fennel, mix with mince and season well.
Use plain flour and water make dough, after resting, divide into equal sized small balls and roll out into skins,


Fold the filling into the skins, forming parcels and seal along the edge securely. This is what you get


Boil plenty of water in a large pan, drop the dumplings in and boil for 10 minutes.


Serve with vinegar, soy sauce and chilli sauce. Voila, bon appetit

 

They look amazing - certainly got my taste buds working overtime!

 

oooh, very classy Hsuh.......
Just a thought, do you think you could freeze 'em pre cook stage so that you would have more time to do other bit and bobs for a Chinese dinner party?
ps - any other yummy Chinese recipes up yer sleeve please?
Jenny

 

You could freeze them before or after cooking. If before cooking, cook them in hot or boiled water from frozen state ( do not defreeze). Personally I prefer to freeze after cooking. When I need them I take them out of the freezer and put them in the fridge a few hours before to defrost, then just put them in microwave for 2-3 minutes before eating. Sometimes, I fry them in a bit of oil so they get a crisp skin.

Either cooking fresh or from frozen make sure you swirl the water carefully so that the dumplings do not stick to the bottom of the pan or to each other.

By the way, you can also make dumplings with chives, cabbage, green beans (blanch them first). For chives, like fennel, just finely cut them. For cabbage and beans chop them in a food processor, then use muslin cloth to squeeze excess water out.

Yes. If there is enough interest in Chinese cooking, I could start a thread 'Chinese recipes' then, whenever I do a Chinese dish I'll take some photos to show what it is about. In any case, if you have any ingredient which you want to try in a Chinese way, pm me and I'll see what I could come up for you.

 

That's a generous invitation HsuH,
thank you,
Jenny

 

one of my favourite Chinese recipies! ps any hint on how to cook egg noodles withouth burning them?

 

My mouth is watering here!

 

How are you cooking your egg noodles? I usually cook in plenty of boiling water for about 5 minutes and it's very difficult to burn them unless you forget about them and let them boil dry.

You can add the cooked noodles to meat or vegetables in a wok and stir fry them for a couple of minutes but this is just to reheat them and mix them with the other ingredients.

 

Ni hao HsuH, these look brill, going to show them to the wife!

xie xie

 

不客气, bú kè qì ( you are welcome), nFrost. Now since you've shown a knowledge of the language, I'd better get the tone right as well

晚安 wǎn ān (good night).

 

haha, xie xie HsuH. The wife is really keen on making these, thank you so much. What is that vinegar you have there?

We became a fan of authentic Chinese food after travelling through China few years ago, it's like a different world.