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Pork and Napa Cabbage Jiao-zi

Name: Pork and Napa Cabbage Jiao-zi
Total time: 2 h 7 min
Yield: Makes 30 dumplings; serves 4 as part of a multicourse meal
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 250 g all-purpose flour, about 2 cups, plus extra for kneading and dusting; 180 ml cold water; 225 g Napa cabbage, 8 to 10 leaves, stem ends trimmed; 1 tsp salt, for the cabbage; 1 tsp sugar; 225 g ground pork, about 1 cup; 1 tbsp ginger, minced; 2 tsp soy sauce; 1 tsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; 1 tsp oyster sauce; 2.8 L water, about 3 quarts; 2 tsp salt, added once the water boils; 240 ml cold water, poured in to steady the boil; 3 tbsp ginger, finely minced; 60 ml Chinkiang or balsamic vinegar; 60 ml soy sauce; 3 tbsp sugar

Hand-rolled boiled dumplings with a plain flour-and-water wrapper around ground pork, ginger and salted Napa cabbage, served with a sharp ginger, black vinegar and soy dipping sauce; a New Year table tradition.

YieldMakes 30 dumplings; serves 4 as part of a multicourse meal
Hands-on1 h 25 min
Total2 h 7 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Dough

250 gall-purpose flour, about 2 cups, plus extra for kneading and dusting
180 mlcold water

Filling

225 gNapa cabbage, 8 to 10 leaves, stem ends trimmed
1 tspsalt, for the cabbage
1 tspsugar
225 gground pork, about 1 cup
1 tbspginger, minced
2 tspsoy sauce
1 tspShaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
1 tspoyster sauceoptional

For boiling

2.8 Lwater, about 3 quarts
2 tspsalt, added once the water boils
240 mlcold water, poured in to steady the boil

Ginger dipping sauce

3 tbspginger, finely minced
60 mlChinkiang or balsamic vinegar
60 mlsoy sauce
3 tbspsugar

Contains

Gluten
Soy
Mollusk shellfish
Sulfites
Oyster
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Grapes
Cabbage family (any)
Cabbage
Ginger
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Pork
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Chewy

Equipment

Stovetop
Wok

Season

Winter

Occasion

Weekend project
Holiday

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 3
Needs advance prep

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: moderate
Carbs: high
Fat: moderate
Fiber: low
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: low

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