Wow your friends and family the next time you serve an appetizer or need to bring a pot luck dish with these delicious simple dumplings.

This Asian recipe comes all the way from Australia thanks to Skye K. who is Jennifer’s (Vicki’s daughter), wonderful sister-in-law.

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Ginger, Pork & Shrimp Dumplings

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Asian

Servings 12

Equipment

• Dumpling Press*

Ingredients

Filling

• 1/2 pound ground pork
• 10 large shrimp shelled deveined and roughly chopped
• 1/2 Tbsp fresh ginger chopped
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1 Tbsp green onions minced
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 package wonton wrappers
• 1 egg

Dressing

• 1/8 cup peanut oil
• 1 Tbsp ginger julienned
• 1 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp sugar

Instructions

Filling

• Put all filling ingredients listed above up to wrappers in a bowl and mix with your hands, set aside.
• Beat egg with a little water in a small bowl.  Place a wonton wrapper on a flat surface or on a dumpling press.  Brush wanton wrapper edges with egg wash.
  
• Place a heaping teaspoon of filling in middle of wrapper.  
  
• Fold wrapper in half and crimp edges.  Cut corners for professional look.  Repeat until all filling is used.  
  

Dressing

• To make dressing, heat peanut oil in a small sauce pan over medium heat until hot. Put ginger in a heat proof bowl and pour peanut oil on top.  Let sit for 1 minute, add remaining ingredients and whisk.  Set aside.
• Fill a large pot with salted water and bring to a boil.  Carefully add dumplings.  Cook for 6 minutes, stirring once.  
• Remove dumplings with a slotted spoon to a platter.  Drizzle some of the dressing over the dumplings and place remaining dressing in a bowl to pass.

Notes

Makes 25-30 dumplings.

Filling can be done several hours in advance - refrigerate and cover with plastic wrap.

*Dumpling press can be purchased at Amazon.com for under $5.00 - worth every penny!