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Pork and Celery Dumplings
These pork and celery dumplings are a surprisingly delicious and popular combination in China, featuring easy-to-find filling ingredients!
- Prep time
- 2 hr
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil ((divided))
- 1 tablespoon Sichuan peppercorns ((optional))
- 7-8 ounces Chinese celery ((or regular celery, thoroughly washed and very finely minced))
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 ounces carrot ((finely chopped; 2 ounces or 55g = about 1/3 cup packed))
- 2 scallions ((minced))
- 1 tablespoon ginger ((very finely minced))
- 1 1/4 pound ground pork
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons Shaoxing wine
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 packages dumpling wrappers ((or 1 recipe homemade dumpling wrappers, below))
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/3 cup tepid water
Instructions
- 1
Optional step to make your own dumpling wrapper dough:
- 2
To make the filling:
- 3
To assemble the dumplings: