Zucchini and Pork Dumplings

Overview

Today is the fifth day of the first lunar month. There is a folk custom of eating dumplings, which is commonly known as pinching the mouth of a little person. Because when making dumplings, you have to pinch them along the edges of the dumplings with your hands. It is said that this can avoid slander around you and achieve good luck. In some areas, there is a custom of sending away poverty on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, that is, sending stove ashes and house cleaning garbage out the door, and then setting off firecrackers to drive away evil spirits. The implication is to send away poverty and welcome wealth and happiness in the new year. (The above comes from Baidu)

Tags

• staple food
• home cooking
• beginning of winter
• dumplings
• summer recipes
• cooking wine
• five spice powder
• fuqiang powder
• light soy sauce
• onions
• pork stuffing
• zucchini
• ginger
• pepper
• salt
• sesame oil

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Add Fuqiang powder to water in several batches and stir with chopsticks until it becomes flocculent

   

2. 2 Knead the dough and cover with a damp cloth to let it rest

   

3. 3 Wash and peel the zucchini, and grate it into shreds with a grater. Grate it in a rotating motion. When the pulp is exposed, turn it. Gradually leave the columnar pulp and discard it. (I want to save trouble. You can also cut it and remove the pulp before grating it.)

   

4. 4 Sprinkle a little salt into the shredded zucchini and a lot of water will come out in 5-10 minutes

   

5. 5 Pick up a ball of zucchini shreds and squeeze out the water with both hands, in batches until all the water is squeezed out

   

6. 6 Add cooking wine, light soy sauce, sesame oil, pepper, allspice, salt, chopped green onion and ginger to the meat filling, mix well and season

   

7. 7 Add the zucchini shreds to the meat filling and mix well

   

8. 8 Knead the dough evenly, roll it into a long strip, and add the ingredients

   

9. 9 Roll out the dough into a dumpling wrapper that is thick in the middle and thin around the edges

   

10. 10 When facing the light, you can see the effect of medium thickness and thin edge

    

11. 11 Take a dumpling wrapper and put dumpling filling in the middle

    

12. 12 Fold it in half and pinch out the pattern. Be sure to pinch it tightly, otherwise it will break when cooked

    

13. 13 Place the wrapped dumplings on a plate and wait for them to be cooked. Sprinkle dry flour on the plate to prevent sticking

    

14. 14 Bring the water to a boil and cover the dumplings. When the water boils again, pour in a little cold water, cover, and bring to a boil again. Add cold water, cover, until it boils again, open the cover, and cook for another 1 minute before the dumplings are done

    

15. 15 Take it out and put it on a plate, dip it in your favorite sauce, add the homemade laba garlic, and have a sip of wine, and you’re all set~