Celery and pork dumplings
Overview
Today is the Little New Year. It is customary in the north to eat dumplings. In addition to eating dumplings, there is also the custom of general cleaning. On the day of the Little New Year, every household gets up at dawn to sweep the house and clean the windows, wash the clothes, scrub the pots and pans. Every corner of the house is cleaned thoroughly. Both adults and children have to take baths and get haircuts. As the saying goes, whether you have money or not, you will shave your head to celebrate the New Year in order to get rid of the old and welcome the new.
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Steps
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Mix appropriate amount of flour and water into dough, knead evenly, cover with plastic wrap and keep aside.
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Wash and chop the pork into minced meat. Peel, wash and chop the green onions. You can add more green onions to enhance the flavor. Add the old soup to the meat filling in several portions and stir in one direction until evenly stirred (if not, add a little water), let the meat filling fully absorb the juice of the old soup, then add salt, oil, green onions, five-spice powder, light soy sauce, mushroom powder, a little cooking wine, and oyster sauce and mix well.
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Wash the celery, add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, boil the water and blanch the celery, take out the cold water, squeeze out the water and chop it into small pieces. Add to the meat filling and stir evenly. If the dumpling filling feels a little thin, you can put it in the refrigerator to refrigerate. The dumplings will solidify very well when you make them, and they will be filled with soup when you eat them.
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To make dumplings, roll the dough into a long strip, cut it into small uniform dough balls, roll it into a dumpling wrapper, put the filling on it and pinch it with both hands. It is a very simple wrapping method that everyone can make.
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Cooking dumplings: This method of cooking dumplings is simple and easy to use. My family has always cooked dumplings this way. Friends can try it. After the water boils, put the dumplings into the pot. Open it again and add cold water. Open it a second time and add cold water. Open it a third time and the dumplings are cooked just right.
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Take it out of the pot and put it on a plate, and the very delicious celery stuffed dumplings are served on the table. They are fragrant and refreshing, and they are delicious. Tomorrow is the New Year, so don’t forget to eat dumplings.
