Pork, Shrimp and Chinese Chive Dumplings

Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

• 250 g (1/2 Chinese jin)Chinese chives
• 500 gpork shoulder
• 400 glarge shrimp
• dumpling wrappers
• 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
• 1 spoonfuloyster sauce
• a littlesalt
• a littlepepper
• a littlestarch
• several small additionsginger-scallion water
• cooking oil
• water

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. 01

   Chop the chives and mince the pork. Remove the shrimp heads, shells and intestinal veins.

2. 02

   Mix the pork with light soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, pepper and starch. Add ginger-scallion water in several small additions and stir, then mix in the chives and shrimp.

3. 03

   Fill dumpling wrappers with the mixture and fold and seal them to form the dumplings shown in the picture. For the potsticker option, put them in an oiled pan, add a little water and cook until the water evaporates and the bottoms are golden.

4. 04

   For the boiled option, put the dumplings in boiling water and cook through; the source provides no timing.

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