Pork and chive potstickers
The best home made pork and chive potsticker dumplings come with a tasty vegan option
Serves: 4
Time to make: 40 mins
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons reduced-salt soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon chilli oil
- 1 spring onion, thinly sliced, plus extra to garnish
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds, plus extra to garnish
- chilli flakes (optional)
- 300g free-range pork mince (see tip)
- ¼ teaspoon white pepper
- 1 cup thinly sliced Savoy or green cabbage
- 1 teaspoon mirin
- ½ cup baby peas (thawed if frozen)
- ¼ cup chopped fresh chives, plus extra to garnish
- 2 tablespoons chopped pickled ginger
- 2 teaspoons rice flour
- 40 round dumpling wrappers (8cm diameter)
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- boiling water
- 6 cups mesclun
- vinaigrette made with 4 teaspoons lemon or lime juice and 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1¼ cups edamame beans
- lime wedges, to serve
Instructions
1 In a jar or small bowl, combine soy sauce, chilli oil, spring onion, sesame seeds and chilli flakes, if using. Set aside.
2 In a large bowl, combine the next 7 ingredients well.
3 Dust a surface with rice flour. In the centre of each dumpling wrapper, place a heaped teaspoon of the pork mixture. Moisten wrapper edges with a wet brush or finger and fold over to form a semi-circle. Press edges to seal, then pleat the sealed edges. Place on prepared rice flour surface.
4 In a large pan, heat sesame oil over medium-high. In batches, cook dumplings in the pan for 2 minutes, or until golden and crispy. Turn dumplings over and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add ½ cup boiling water to the pan and cover. Cook for 8-10 minutes.
5 Serve dumplings immediately garnished with chives and spring onions with dipping sauce, dressed mesclun, edamame beans and lime wedges on the side.
Variations
Make it vegan: Use 300g firm tofu, grated and drained, instead of pork and check dumpling wrappers are vegan.
Make it low FODMAP: Only use the green leaves of the spring onion, swap the peas for diced green beans and check the pickled ginger doesn’t contain sorbitol.
HFG tip
NOTE: If you have a nut allergy and are using packaged goods in recipes, please check the allergen warning on the packet regarding nuts.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
Kilojoules 2400kJ
Calories 573cal
Protein 33g
Total fat 19g
–Saturated fat 4g
Carbohydrates 65g
–Sugars 4g
Dietary fibre 10g
Sodium 650mg
Calcium 100mg
Iron 5mg
Note: Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. For a guide to purchasing healthier packaged goods and general grocery items see here.
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