fried dumplings with ground pork & shrimp

ingredients:

• 7 ounces ground pork
• 10 (4 ounces) shrimps
• 10 fresh dumpling wrappers
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• a little salt
• a little pepper
• 1 tablespoon salad oil
• 1/4 cup water

dipping sauce:

• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• suitable amount Chinese chili oil (rāyu) (optional)

step 1:

Hull shell and devein the shrimp.

step 2:

Mix the ground pork, soy sauce, salt and pepper very well in a bowl. Divide into 10 parts and wrap each shrimp in the divided meat mixture.

step 3:

If fresh dumpling wrappers are not easily available, refer to “How to Make Dumpling Wrappers”. Place the 10 fresh dumpling wrappers on a large platter. Put a meat and shrimp mixture on each wrapper and stick the shrimp tail out of each wrapper.

step 4:

Fold each wrapper over the mixture and, with your thumbs, make some folds on only one side of the wrapper.

step 5:

This picture shows how the dumplings should look.

step 6:

Pour the salad oil into a frying pan or a portable electric griddle. Place the dumplings into this and gradually pour the water around (not directly over) them.

step 7:

Cover and sear over a high flame for several minutes. There is no need to turn them over. They should look slightly brownish when done. Remove from the heat.

step 8:

To make the dipping sauce, mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Pour into shallow dishes. If you like your sauce a little hotter, add some Chinese chili oil (rāyu).