Homemade Cabbage Dumplings From Scratch | Step-by-Step

easily when you smell the garlic Aroma add soy sauce and sugar the sauce is ready once it comes to a boil you can use it as it is but you can customize this sauce by adding vinegar or chili sauce or sesame sauce sauce I let my family add what they like later now let's make the filling for the dumplings The Filling is always made with vegetable and meat we are using cabbage today dice the cabbage and add some salt to it make sure to mix the salt evenly this sorting process sweats the Cabbage so it's softer and easier to wrap but it also preserves the

crunchiness to balance the texture of the filling the filling let the Cabbage sweat for 20 minutes finely chop some green onion splitting the bottom part makes it easier and faster faster for the meat you can use minced chicken beef or pork prepare the meat by adding egg sugar salt and cornstarch then stir in One Direction until everything becomes glutiness everything becomes glutiness then add some sesame oil to lock in the juice during cooking juice during cooking now the Cabbage has been sweating for 20 minutes minutes squeeze out the excess moisture

the quickest way is using your hands put the cabbage and green onion together and add some sesame oil mixing the sesame oil with the vegetables vegetables the sesame oil will locking the moisture of the vegetable that makes the vegetable and the mince meat together and the filling is ready now let's make the wrapping for the dumplings the dough has been resting for 30 minutes divide the dough in half cover one half to prevent it from drying up shape the other half into a long and thin loaf cut the loaf into small pieces while rolling the dough back and

forth in your zigzag pattern cut each piece to about one tablespoon in size lightly sprinkle some flowers on the dough in roughly shape them into rounds by pressing on them sprinkle more flour if needed we can roll them into dumpling wrappers Now using a small rolling pin roll from The Edge to the center turning the dough about 1 8 of a turn each time it takes coordination between your hands but it's much easier than it looks let's take a closer look one one two two three three four five six seven eight done take another look from another angle homemade

wrappers are so much better than store-bought wrappers because they are more pliable to use and won't break open during cooking it's also so much cheaper okay let's wrap some dumplings if you are new to wrapping dumplings start with smaller filling and adjust the amount as you get better at it make a fold in the outer layer like this and pinch the folds together now look at this dumpling looks good right right let's take a closer look put about one spoon of filling in the middle of the wrapper fold the wrapper and pinch the top together then make folds

in the outer layer and pinch them together like this fold and pinch fold and pinch do this on both sides fold and pinch fold and pinch fold and pinch fold and pinch and you just made your dumpling I will show you two more ways to wrap dumplings the first is folding the wrapper and pinching the top then using both hands pressing the wrapper together with your thumb and index finger index finger this is the way to wrap dumplings quickly quickly another way it's wrapped in like a raviolis on the countertop press on the edges with your fingers like this like

this and hold out the dumpling then push the Ring of the wrapper towards the middle like this look so easy to shape it right now we are ready to cook the dumplings I am boiling them in water today you can also pan fry these dumplings to make pot stickers they are the same thing cooked in different ways add some salt to the boiling water then add the dumplings dumplings you don't want to overcrowd the pot gently Stir the Water so the dumplings don't stick to the bottom cover the pot and let the water come to a boil now add one cup of cold water and let it

come to a boil again together together the dumplings are ready when the water boils this is the method traditionally used to time the cooking perfectly scoop out the dumplings once it's done don't leave them in the water now dip them in our dipping sauce and enjoy they are juicy and tasty if you like to add some heat to The Taste Tabasco sauce goes very well with dumplings dumplings let me know if you like the recipe today thank you for watching and I will see you next time