How to make gourd and meat pot stickers

During the holidays, I believe everyone will go back to visit their elderly parents. This is a sign of care and filial piety. There are many ways to honor your parents, the best one is to accompany them quietly and cook something delicious for them yourself. Next, let me show you how to make gourd and fresh meat pot stickers.

1.121 Use chopsticks to stir the water into the minced meat in the same direction, adding water each time only after the water is completely absorbed by the minced meat. After beating, the meat becomes sticky and the color becomes lighter.

2.212 Add a little salt to the minced meat and add water to the minced meat in small amounts several times. (Adding salt helps absorb water)

3.1 Use a multi-purpose cutting board to grind the ginger.

4.2 Add soy sauce and oyster sauce and stir in one direction.

5. Add thirteen spices and salt and mix well.

6. Add sesame oil, stir well and put in the refrigerator for later use. (It allows the moisture and seasoning in the meat filling to fully combine)

7. Peel and remove the flesh of the gourd, then shred it into thin strips. Add a little salt, mix well, and marinate for 15 minutes.

8. Soak the dried shrimps until soft and cut them into fine pieces.

9.12 Squeeze out the water from the gourd shreds and cut them into two small pieces.

10.21 Add dried shrimp powder, gourd shreds and green onion into the meat filling respectively.

11. First, pour appropriate amount of sesame oil on the gourd and mix well, then mix with other fillings.

12. Making the outer crust: Pour the flour into a bowl, add boiling water first, stir constantly until it becomes loose, then add cold water, mix evenly with your hands to form a relatively wet and sticky dough. Take out the dough, place it on the working table, add a small amount of flour and knead it into a ball with your hands, cover it with a damp cloth and let it rest for 30 minutes.

13. Roll it into long strips, cut it into small pieces, flatten it and roll it into a round shape, then take appropriate amount of filling and put it on the dough.

14. Fold the dough in half, stick it together to form a long strip, and then press the upper edge of the dough slightly downward. The raw material is ready

15. Mix 10 grams of flour and 200 grams of water to make flour water and set aside.

16. Add a little oil to the electric baking pan and put the pot stickers in.

17. When the bottom of the pot stickers is slightly shaped and yellowed, pour in an appropriate amount of flour water.

18. Cover with lid and fry until the bottom is golden and all the water has evaporated.

19. Finished product image

20. Finished product image

21. This is the gourd given by my mother-in-law.

After reading the editor’s detailed introduction to the gourd and meat pot stickers, are you drooling? Do you want to see what you are capable of? Don’t wait any longer, rush to the kitchen right this second and prepare this delicious meal with all your heart.