Pork Gyoza

Pork Gyoza

Pork Gyoza

Pork is the most popular filling for gyoza. They assemble they exact same way as the shrimp gyoza I prepared in a previous post. Pork gyoza will require 2 more minutes of cooking to properly cook the filling all the way through. Serve the gyoza with a simple dipping sauce of soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sesame oil; chili oil if you are looking for a little heat.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: appetizer, East Asian, Japanese, Pork
Servings: 50 gyoza
Author: Alex Gorgos

Ingredients

  • gyoza wrappers
  • water
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil

Filling

  • 3/4 lb ground pork
  • 1 cup Chinese chives finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup carrots finely grated
  • 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 1/2 tbsp sake
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch

Dumpling Sauce

  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tsp sesame oil or chili oil

Instructions

  • Mix together all of the filling ingredients.
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  • Lay out the gyoza wrappers. Place a heaping tsp of the filling in the center. Wet the edges around the filling with water on you fingertips.
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  • Fold the dumplings in half and crimp.
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  • Starting from the bottom right edge, fold over 1/8” of the edge and crimp. Do this 6 times in total across the gyoza’s edge.
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  • Do this until all of the filling is used up. You should yield about 50 gyoza. Freeze what you aren’t going to immediately use on a baking sheet. Then store in a freezer bag.
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  • Heat up the cooking oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. Place the gyoza into the pan. Cook for 4 minutes.
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  • Pour a 1/3 cup of water into the pan. Place a cover on the pan and cook until the water has evaporated.
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Serve with dumpling dipping sauce.