Pan Fried Chinese Chives Dumplings
By: Lani
Published: Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 9:11pm

Ingredients




Ingredients for Stuffing:
Chinese chives ( I used like 20 sleeks, chopped)
shrimp, chopped (about 10 pieces)
bean curd (tofu- 6 pieces, cubed)
eggs (2 fried and chopped)
small mung bean vermicelli (I used 3  bind, softened and chopped)
For Seasoning:
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1 tablespoon white pepper
1 teaspoon salt
(Optional - seasoning powder, but I didn't use, I just season it with light soy sauce)
For the Dough:
500 grams all purpose flour (I used 400g flour and 100g glutinous rice
2 tablespoons soy oil (or any oil)
250 cc boiling water and 100 cc cold water

Preparation

1 Whip and fried the egg.Chop the Chinese chives, tofu, shrimp, and egg. 2 Soak vermicelli to soften then cut into small section. 3 Heat pan with 2 tablespoon of oil, saute shrimp and tofu. 4 Add seasoning and sprinkle water, followed by Chinese chives,Vermicelli, and egg, cook until transparent. Remove from heat. Set aside. 5 Sift flour and combine with boiling water and oil, whisk with chopsticks until half done soft form. 6 Add cold water and knead by hands until the dough is smooth. 7 Cover with a damp cloth and set aside for 10 - 20 minutes for fermentation. 8 Divide dough into small pieces, roll each into round and flat. 9 Put some stuffing into the wrapper and fold in half. 10 Cut off the edges of the wrapper to become round shape, and pinch together. 11 Put 2 tablespoon oil in the pan, fry the dumplings in a low heat until both sides become golden brown 12 Serve with sauce of your choice.

About


One of Chinese/Taiwanese Snacks (台灣小吃) is called Jiu Cai He Zi (韭菜盒子) , literally the meaning is Chinese Leek in a Box  or simply Fried Chinese Leek Dumplings. Today, I did some twist in the ingredients since I don't eat pork, and instead of putting dried small shrimp, in replace I added chopped shrimp. I added chili powder and soy sauce instead of seasoning. In the recipe, I need 500g of all purpose flour but the one I bought is only 400g. I accidentally added 100 glutinous rice powder (well, am not wearing my glasses when I look at the wrapper, Chinese characters are really hard to read...), but it came out good because the dumplings turned chewy.

Comments:
Chris Alma Jose

Oh yum!