Happy Winter Solstice - Yuanbao dumplings are here to report

Overview

Time flies too fast. Looking through the previous logs, I found that the last update was already two years ago, which was also the winter solstice and dumplings. Although I continue to make and enjoy delicious food in life, there are too few records. I will try to pick up all the things I love in the future. So, let’s take this plate of dumplings as a point of return. Life is actually like this. There may be short separations when you stop and go, but along the way, you will never really be separated from the one you love. Maybe it's just another way of existing and facing it. Just like here, although many have not been updated due to laziness, it is like an old friend, even though many do not meet or talk to each other, but they have been paying attention and waiting silently. Never left... So, here are the lovely dumplings from Winter Solstice to you. It is said that the winter solstice is as big as the new year. May this plate of dumplings, which symbolize good luck and wealth, bring you, me, and him good luck!

Tags

• staple food
• home cooking
• breakfast
• winter solstice
• lunch
• dinner
• beef
• chives
• cooking wine
• flour
• ginger
• green onions
• light soy sauce
• thirteen incense
• pepper
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Peel and remove the flesh from the pumpkin, steam it, add a little water and beat into a paste in a cooking cup.

   

2. 2 Take two bowls, add appropriate amounts of flour to each, add the beaten pumpkin puree to one and form a dough of moderate hardness. Add the other part directly to warm water and knead it into a dough. Cover the dough with plastic wrap or wrap it for half an hour.

   

3. 3 While the dough is baking, start making the chive beef filling. First cut the beef into small pieces, then mince it into mince.

   

4. 4 Wash and dry the leek, then chop into pieces and mix into the beef.

   

5. 5 Chop the green onion and ginger into mince and add them.

   

6. 6 Add an appropriate amount of cooking wine, a small spoonful of light soy sauce, an appropriate amount of thirteen spices and salt, and then add a small amount of black pepper powder.

   

7. 7 Stir thoroughly in one direction to form dumpling filling.

   

8. 8 Take out a small piece of the dough and roll it into a uniform thick strip.

   

9. 9 Cut into appropriate sized portions.

   

10. 10 Sprinkle flour, flatten the dough with your palms, and roll it into a round sheet with a slightly thicker center and thinner edges.

    

11. 11 Add an appropriate amount of dumpling filling and concentrate all the filling in the center of the dumpling wrapper.

    

12. 12 Fold in half and pinch the edges firmly.

    

13. 13 Pull the two pointed ends toward your arms at the same time, pinch them firmly, and a Yuanbao dumpling is ready.

    

14. 14 In the same way, wrap both types of dough into dumplings.

    

15. 15 Boil water in a pot. When the water boils, add the dumplings and cover the pot.

    

16. 16 After boiling, add a small cup of cold water, cover and boil again.

    

17. 17 Repeat this three times. If the dumplings float on the water and are round and plump, they are ready.

    

18. 18 Take it out and put it on a plate, adjust the dipping sauce according to your personal taste and you are ready to serve!

    

19. 19 For the dipping sauce, you can use minced coriander and minced garlic, add an appropriate amount of light soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, sesame oil, and spicy oil, and add a little to cool it down. Eat it with dumplings, it’s delicious!