My obsession with Pork Dumplings which is also known as Pot Stickers came about while watching Food Network’s Throwdown With Bobby Flay. This is where he gets missions to compete with the best connoisseurs cooks in America in their own specialties. That particular episode, Bobby Flay competed to make the best Pork Dumplings. I’ve never made them myself and was actually never interested in learning until that one fine day. Especially after seeing how easy it actually is.
On the show, Bobby and the Asian lady he competed with made their own dough. I’m very capable of making my own but since I’m a very busy Mom, I opted for the good ‘ol convenient wonton wrappers. And so can you 
. Also, they only used pork and some seasoning in their fillings but I decided to experiment, as I’m always doing with a picky eater in the house, so I added chopped button mushrooms. For my first time pork dumplings creation, I’m happy to say that I was successful. I really didn’t follow any recipe. I was working with my memory of the show which has actually been about 3 months or so. Quite impressive if I say so myself. When it comes to food/cooking, my brain is very well intact..LOL.
Anyhoooo, my recipe for pork and mushroom dumplings after the fold…
INGREDIENTS :
1 pack of wonton wrappers
6 button mushrooms, finely chopped
1/2 half of medium onion, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic, finely copped
1 package of ground beef
2 tsp of rice cooking wine
salt and pepper
1 egg
1 cup of water (for sealing wonton wrappers) vegetable oil
Mix everything together in bowl. Brush the edges of a wonton wrapper with water. Put a spoonful of the fillings in the middle of the wrapper. Fold it in half and pinch the edges to seal. Repeat the process for all the wrappers.
Heat a non-stick pan, then add maybe about 3 tbsp of oil. Lay down the dumplings at the bottom of the pan. Let them fry for about 2-3 minutes. Then pour maybe 1/4 cup of water. Then cover the pan. DO NOT open. Let the dumplings steam for about 10-15 minutes or so. Maybe shorter than that. You’ll probably repeat these process in batches until you’ve cooked all your dumplings.
For the sauce : Mix together 1/4 cup of soy sauce, 1 spoonful of Hoisin Sauce and a squeeze of half-lemon.
I was very surprised that my children actually loved it. My son asked for seconds. I think we all did that night . My husband and I ate 20 pork and mushroom dumplings, each..LOL. Now I want to make some more .
