Do you guys know foodgawker.com? This place is amaaazing!! I could spend hours ogling the picture and clicking on the links. I have not really warmed up to Pinterest yet but foodgawker was love on first sight.
The problem is I can never decide quickly what to make. Too many choices!
Or I get stuck at impractical ideas. Today pork chops with peaches caught my attention. I already was about to add the necessary ingredients to my shopping list when I realized that fresh peaches will be hard to find in Cape Town winter.
So an alternative had to be found. That's when I saw the picture of spicy sesame chicken potstickers.
The first time I saw potstickers was during my backpacking trip through China. Just that I dindn't know they called potstickers. There was this small dumpling shop in the same road as my hostel in Shanghai and each morning I passed by I ordered a portion of potstickers for breakfast. Due to lack of local language skills the order had to be done by pointing at the food.
One can rarely recreate the exact eating experience from far away countries at home this will however not stop me from trying.
Below my adaption of the following recipe: http://www.lifesambrosia.com/2013/08/spicy-sesame-chicken-potstickers-recipe.html
I couldn't find chicken mince and fresh chillies in the shops so I had to improvise. Back at home from the supermarket I realized I ran out of soy sauce...
The problem is I can never decide quickly what to make. Too many choices!
Or I get stuck at impractical ideas. Today pork chops with peaches caught my attention. I already was about to add the necessary ingredients to my shopping list when I realized that fresh peaches will be hard to find in Cape Town winter.
So an alternative had to be found. That's when I saw the picture of spicy sesame chicken potstickers.
The first time I saw potstickers was during my backpacking trip through China. Just that I dindn't know they called potstickers. There was this small dumpling shop in the same road as my hostel in Shanghai and each morning I passed by I ordered a portion of potstickers for breakfast. Due to lack of local language skills the order had to be done by pointing at the food.
One can rarely recreate the exact eating experience from far away countries at home this will however not stop me from trying.
Below my adaption of the following recipe: http://www.lifesambrosia.com/2013/08/spicy-sesame-chicken-potstickers-recipe.html
I couldn't find chicken mince and fresh chillies in the shops so I had to improvise. Back at home from the supermarket I realized I ran out of soy sauce...
Chicken Potstickers
Ingredients for ca. 35 dumplings:
250 grams Wonton Wrappers (I bought the size 8 x 8 cm at the Chinese supermarket)
500 grams chicken sausages, skin removed
2 spring onions, finely cut
10 grams fresh ginger, grated
3 cloves of garlic, grated
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 teaspoon rice vinegar
1 pinch of chilli powder
3 tablespoons of canola oil
1 cup of water plus a small bowl of water extra
Optional: sweet chilli sauce and/or thick sweet soy sauce
Preparation:
1. Mix chicken sausage meat, spring onions, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, fish sauce, rice vinegar and chilli powder in a bowl.
2. Lay wonton wrappers next to each other on flat surface and put one teaspoon of the chicken mixture in the middle of each wrapper.
3. Wet the corners of the wrappers with water, fold each wrapper in the middle to close in the filling and press the edges together.
4. Heat the oil in a pan until hot and add the potstickers. Brown the bottom of the wrappers until brown and crunchy in the open pan. Add the cup of water to the pan and put on a tight fitting lid. The dumplings will steam in the closed pan. They ready once all water is evaporated which should take around 7 minutes.
5. Enjoy dipped into sweet chilli sauce and/or thick sweet soy sauce.
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