Making dumplings (pork and leek dumplings)

Overview

How to cook Making dumplings (pork and leek dumplings) at home

Tags

• staple food
• home cooking
• dumplings
• spring festival
• chives
• corn oil
• dumpling skin
• egg
• lard residue
• pork
• ginger
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash and drain the leeks (tips to prevent leeks from draining out of water: wash and dry the leeks in the sun for half an hour, or blow them with an electric fan for half an hour)

   

2. 2 minced pork

   

3. 3 Take a plate, add minced pork, eggs, salt, and minced ginger

   

4. 4 Chop the lard residue into pieces, mix well and let it sit for a while

   

5. 5 Add the chopped leeks and 2 tablespoons of corn oil and mix well

   

6. 6 Mixed meat filling

   

7. 7 Next, make the dumplings, take a piece of dumpling wrapper and put the fillings in it (if the dumpling wrapper is dry, you can use your fingers to dip a little water around the dumpling wrapper)

   

8. 8 Fold the dumpling skin in half, pinch the middle line with the index finger and thumb of your right hand and pinch tightly

   

9. 9 Gently push a wrinkle with the index finger of your left hand to the position of the index finger of your right hand, and then pinch the wrinkle tightly with two fingers of your right hand

   

10. 10 Repeat the steps and continue kneading. Push the filling inward with your left thumb to leave room for the folds at the back. Push with the left side and pinch with the right side. In this way, a dumpling is wrapped

    

11. 11 Are the wrapped dumplings neat?

    

12. 12 Everyone is beautiful

    

13. 13 The wrapped dumplings can be made into steamed dumplings, fried dumplings, boiled dumplings, or frozen in the refrigerator for breakfast or supper!