Chinese dumplings or JiaoZi 饺子

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I am usually only blogging about French food, but I have to admit that I quite enjoy eating chinese food. Especially since I lived in Beijing for 6 months during my studies. I loved to eat these Chinese dumpling in the campus of 北大, Běidà and I hope you will enjoy them too.

Chinese dumpling or JiaoZi 饺子

a French girl cuisine

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Prep Time 1 hr

Cook Time 1 hr

Total Time 2 hrs

Course Main Course

Cuisine Chinese

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

Stuffing

• 200 gr. of chinese cabbage
• 2 little leeks
• 2 carrots
• 2 fresh onions
• 1 garlic clove
• 4 slices of pancetta
• 1 teaspoon of fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon of soja sauce
• 1 tablespoon of sesam oil
• Pepper

Dough

• 400 gr. of flour
• 260 ml. of boiling water
• 1 egg white

Sauce

• 1 tablespoon of soja sauce
• 1 teaspoon of rice vinegar
• few drops of sesam oil and spicy oil

Cooking

• 1 pinch of sea salt

Instructions

 

Stuffing

• Chop finely chinese cabbage and leeks and wash.
• Peel and dice carrots. Do not forget that every ingredient has to be cut finely in order to fit in the dumplings.
• Wash and slice fresh onions and garlic clove.
• Dice pancetta slice.
• Add all vegetables as well as pancetta in a large wok. Add fresh ginger. Season with salt, pepper, soya sauce and sesam oil. Leave to cook for 1 hour or until carrots are ready. Reserve.
  
  
  
  

Dough

• Make a hole in flour. Add boiling water. Begin to mix with chopsticks and finish with your hands to make a ball. Do not overwork the dough.
• Cover with cling film and place in your fridge for 15 minutes.
• Roll out dough finely and cut into squares.
• Place a large teaspoon of stuffing in the middle.
• Brush a bit of white egg on two edges.
• Double to obtain a triangle.
• Take the two opposed ends and close your dumpling by pasting them together using a bit of white egg.
• Go on until nothing left.

Sauce

• Mix together soya sauce, rice vinegar and few drops of sesam oil.

Cooking

• Fill a large casserole dish with water. Bring to a boil with a pinch of sea salt.
• Cook dumpling for 2 to 4 minutes or until ready. The cooking time will depend on the thickness of the dough.

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