Dumplings for new year
This year our family selected to put gold ingots on our menu for the first day of new year. That is, we followed the northern Chinese tradition of eating shui…
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Shui Jiao Step 1: Making the Filling
First things first. Prepare the filling first so the meat is marinating while you prepare the dough for the wrappers. My preference is to use ground pork. You can also…
Shui Jiao Step 2: Making Wrappers
Be warned. Once you have mastered making your own shui jiao skins or dumpling wrappers, you’ll never be able to go back to store-bought, packaged wrappers any more. This…
Shui Jiao Step 3: Wrapping and boiling
Once you have rolled out the first batch of skins start wrapping the shui jiao. A perfect jiao zi should be wrapped in such a way that it can sit…