🇨🇳 Chinese Cuisine

锅贴 (Guo Tie)

Potstickers

Prep Time 60 minutes

Servings 4

Difficulty Medium

Pan-fried dumplings with a crispy golden bottom and tender steamed top. The filling of pork, cabbage, and ginger is juicy and the lacy skirt connecting the dumplings is prized.

Ingredients

300g ground pork
200g napa cabbage finely chopped and salted
1 tablespoon ginger minced
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon sesame oil
Dumpling wrappers
2 tablespoons flour for slurry
Vegetable oil

Instructions

1 Mix pork with squeezed cabbage, ginger, soy sauce, and sesame oil.
2 Fill wrappers and fold into half-moon shapes, pressing edges shut.
3 Heat oil in a flat pan and arrange dumplings in rows.
4 Fry until bottoms are golden, then pour in flour-water slurry.
5 Cover and steam until water evaporates, leaving a crispy lace crust.

Did You Know?

The crispy lace skirt connecting potstickers is made by adding a flour-water slurry during cooking, a technique that originated in Shanghai.