What dishes are good with mutton dumplings?

In the Chinese diet, lamb is a nourishing ingredient in winter. But if you want the mutton to be delicious and not greasy, then side dishes are essential. Among the tens of millions of vegetables in China, which ones can be paired with lamb to not only taste good but also reduce fat absorption? Today we recommend several types to you, and provide detailed recipes so that you can find the lamb dumplings that best suit your taste.

The filling of mutton dumplings is mainly mutton, and of course there will be some side dishes. The side dishes can improve the taste, help reduce the absorption of cholesterol and fat, and control the increase of blood lipids after eating the meat filling. Common side dishes include leeks. If you cannot eat leeks, you can also choose carrots, celery, mushrooms, fungus or some shrimps. These are all common dumpling fillings and side dishes.

It is particularly worth mentioning that mutton and white radish are a perfect match. Because mutton is a warm food, while white radish is relatively cold, pairing mutton with white radish is definitely a very correct choice, and it can also avoid getting a sore throat from eating too much mutton.

Common mutton dumpling filling method

1. Mutton and black fungus dumpling filling

Ingredients: 500g of black fungus, 200g of mutton, chopped green onion, chopped ginger, pepper powder, soy sauce, salt, oil

Method: Chop the mutton into stuffing, add 2 spoons of pepper powder, a little soy sauce, salt, add chopped green onion and ginger, and finally pour in appropriate amount of cooked oil (you can add the above according to your taste) and mix well. Chop the expanded black fungus into fine pieces, add it into the minced meat and mix well.

2. Mutton and chive dumpling filling

Ingredients: 400g mutton, 500g leeks, oil and salt to taste, 5g chicken essence, 20g ginger, 10g pepper

Method: Wash the leeks, drain and cut into small pieces. Chop the mutton into puree and wash and mince the ginger. Put the mutton paste in a bowl, add minced ginger, pepper, salt, vegetable oil and chicken essence, mix well and let it stand for a while. Put the chives in a bowl, add oil, chicken essence and pepper powder and mix evenly, then add salt and mix evenly. Add the mutton filling and leek filling together and mix well.

3. Mutton and white radish dumpling filling

Ingredients: 300g white radish, 800g mutton, 3 tablespoons oil, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 50g green onion, 0.5 tablespoon cooking wine, 0.5 tablespoon pepper powder

Method: Grate the white radish into thin strips. Put it in a pot of hot water to blanch. Stir the mutton into mince. Add cooking oil, light soy sauce, chopped green onion, cooking wine, pepper powder and salt to the meat filling and mix well. Take out the blanched shredded white radish and squeeze out the water. Mix the white radish and mutton together and stir thoroughly.

4. Lamb and Celery Dumplings

Ingredients: celery, ginger, soy sauce, five-spice powder, oyster sauce, mutton, green onion, pepper powder

Method: First mix the stuffing and chop the mutton into stuffing. Put it in a bowl, chop the scallion and ginger and add it to the mutton filling. Add three spoons of soy sauce, one spoon of Maggi, one spoon of oyster sauce, one teaspoon of pepper powder, one teaspoon of five-spice powder, two spoons of salt, and two spoons of peanut oil. Wring and beat hard. Wash and chop the celery, put it into gauze and squeeze out the moisture. Add into the mutton filling and mix well.

5. Mushroom Dumpling Filling

Ingredients: 300g mutton, 200g dried mushrooms, some oil, some salt, 50g green onions, 10g ginger, 10g sesame oil, 5g pepper, 3g chicken stock

Method: Soak the dried mushrooms in hot water until soft, wash and chop. Wash and mince the onion and ginger. Chop the mutton into mutton puree. Add salt, pepper, onion, ginger and MSG to the mutton paste and mix well to marinate. Add mushrooms, chopped green onion and ginger, salt, chicken essence into the mutton filling and mix well. Add the extremely fresh flavor and sesame oil and mix well.