Gyozas

Recipes / Meat

Fresh, flavoursome and healthy, this Japanese classic is simple to make at home.

Recipe «Gyozas» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 150g pork mince, 1 cup finely shredded wombok, 2 green onions, trimmed, finely chopped, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 2 tsp Japanese soy sauce , 2 tsp sake, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1/2 tsp caster sugar , Pinch of ground white pepper, 24 gyoza or gowgee wrappers, 2 tsp peanut oil, 1/4 cup water, Japanese soy sauce, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 150g pork mince 
  • 1 cup finely shredded wombok 
  • 2 green onions, trimmed, finely chopped 
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed 
  • 2 tsp Japanese soy sauce 
  • 2 tsp sake 
  • 1 tsp sesame oil 
  • 1/2 tsp caster sugar 
  • Pinch of ground white pepper 
  • 24 gyoza or gowgee wrappers 
  • 2 tsp peanut oil 
  • 1/4 cup water 
  • Japanese soy sauce, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Combine the pork, wombok, green onion, garlic, soy sauce, sake, sesame oil, caster sugar and pepper in a medium bowl.
  2. Place a gyoza wrapper on a clean work surface. Spoon a heaped teaspoonful of pork mixture onto the centre of the wrapper. Brush the edge with a little water. Use your fingertips to pleat the edge 4- 5 times. Fold over to enclose the filling. Place on a plate. Repeat with remaining pork mixture and wrappers.
  3. Heat the peanut oil in a large frying pan over high heat until just smoking. Remove from heat. Arrange dumplings over the base of the frying pan. Return to the heat and cook for 2 minutes or until the base of the dumplings are golden. Sprinkle water evenly over the gyozas. Cook, covered, for 3-4 minutes or until gyozas are cooked through and the water evaporates. Remove from heat and set aside for 2 minutes.
  4. Place on a serving platter. Serve immediately with soy sauce.