Secrets to Perfecting Homemade Pork Gyoza and Chili Oil Sauce completed in this video.

Learn the secrets to perfecting homemade pork gyoza for your next family weekend get-together or special occasion. Create delicious and authentic Japanese dumplings with this easy-to-follow recipe!
PORK GYOZA (POSTICKER)
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Gyoza, those delightful Japanese dumplings, are a treat you can easily make at home.
What do you need?
Steamer if you do not own one No sweat just a pot and a steamer rack o tray or whatever you can find.
Why do I need a steamer? because I would like to make sure that dumplings are fully cooked inside out and quicker than pan-fried for cooking large number of dumplings.
Frying pan - using to brown the bottom of dumpling and crispy them up before serving.
Prepared time 60 minutes (not included wait time) for 80 pieces
Ingredients for Gyoza:
80 Dumpling Wrappers or 2 packs, make sure to get one that in freezer and thaw the out over night in refrigerator before use.
1 pound ground Pork
400g or 10-12oz Cabbage chopped fine
200g or 7oz White Onion chopped fine (giving sweet taste)
140g or 5oz Carrot chopped fine
140g or 5oz Celery stalk (1 outer stalk and 2 inner stalks with leaves on it)
3 stalk green onions, and Celery leaves from the 2 inner stalks finely chopped
These 4 ingredients below are pressed together with Mortar and pestle the finest you pressed the better it is.
3 cloves garlic
10 White peppers (black peppers are fine too)
2 Cilantro roots (do without if you do not have it)
½ inch Ginger root.
1 tablespoon Mushroom soy sauce
1 tablespoon Oyster sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce green cap Golden Mountain
1 teaspoon sesame oil
2 tablespoons vegetable oil (this for brushing on frying and steamer)
3 tablespoons tapioca starch (corn starch will do)
Ingredients for Chili Oil sauce:
1 cup White vinegar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon ground Thai chili (any hot chili will do)
2 tablespoons Mushroom Soy sauce
2 tablespoons sweet soy sauce
2 tablespoons Sesame Seeds
2 tablespoons Sugar (white, brown, palm sugar as preferred)
2 tablespoons Sesame oil
2 tablespoons white onion chopped fine
1 tablespoon garlic (2 cloves) onion chopped fine
1 tablespoons ginger chopped fine
1 stalk green onion
Instructions:
Prepare the Filling:
1.Heating frying pan in medium heat, add 1tbsp sesame oil follow with pressed garlic, ginger, white pepper, and cilantro root and cooking for 1 minute or until you can smell the sense of it but keep on stirring to prevent it burnt.
2.Add White onion, carrot, celery and let it cook for 2 minutes and then add cabbage and continues cooking for 5 minutes.
3.Add seasoning mushroom soy sauce, green soy sauce, oyster sauce and then add sesame oil in the last and then turn off heat and set aside let cool down for 30 minutes before mix.
4.Mix well of ground pork, Vegetables that set aside earlier, green onion and celery leaves chopped fine and add tapioca starch and let it settle in refrigerator for at lest 30minutes before wrap them.
How to Assemble the Gyoza:
Place a spoonful of the meat mixture onto a dumpling wrapper.
Wet the edge of the wrapper with your fingertips.
Make pleats on one side, fold over, and seal closed.
How to Cook the Gyoza:
Tips: preheat water until boiling before place a tray of steamer with dumplings on.
1. Place Gyoza into a steamer and let it cook for 5 minutes
And then brown the bottom of Gyoza with Pan Fry after steamed to get crispy and better taste of it.
2. Brush sesame oil over frying pan and then place Gyoza in the pan and cook for 1-1/2 minutes or check if it’s brown and crispy enough for you.
Serve:
Enjoy your homemade gyoza with a savory dipping sauce!
While gyoza are met to be pan-fried and steamed, they are extremely versatile. You can also boil or deep fry them. In the mood for a quick dumpling soup? Pop frozen gyoza directly into an Asian-style broth.
Remember, gyoza-making is even more fun with friends. So, gather some good company and dive into this delicious adventure!
How to keep them?
They can last 4-5 days in Refrigerator and 6 months in freezer packing 1 serving for easy quick meal by pop them in microwave for 2 minutes or add them in the instant ramen soup.
Hope you enjoy the recipe by Rapeepan.
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