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I made some fatfree 'potstickers' the other day. My new Korean housemate
said that they were good but they needed more salt, and that she personally
prefers them steamed to fry/steamed as it is done in restaurants here.
This is a time and labor intensive recipe, but when it's done, you'll be
very happy as you suck down dozens of these things which usually go for
6/$3 in restaurants!
You'll need:
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
- 2 packages of prepared potsticker or gyoza skins (find ones without egg). They are about 3" in diameter, round.
Directions:
Prepare filling:
in a large pot, 'saute':
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
- 6 large carrots, grated
- 1/4-1/2 small head of cabbage, sliced thinly
- 1/4 cup unsweetened vegan rice wine
Directions:
When carrots and cabbage have softened, place about 1/2 of the carrot/cabbage
mixture in a food processor and process with:
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
- 1 can (small, 10 oz?) bamboo shoots
- 1 handful of dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked (10-20+ mushrooms, to taste)
Directions:
mix blended stuff with unblended cabbage and carrots and add:
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
- 1 cup textured soy protein, hydrated with some mushroom-soaking water, then drained
- 2 tablespoon white or yellow miso, mixed until smooth with about 1/4 cup water
- soy sauce to taste
- white pepper to taste
- chopped scallions (optional)
- 2 tablespoon cornstarch, mixed until smooth with about 1/4 cup water
Directions:
The filling should be moist and cohesive, but not drippy, so adjust water
amounts.
Place a small blob of filling in the center of each potsticker wrapper.
Fold the wrapper in half, using water to seal. Join the points of the
resulting half circle together, which will result in a little round 'hat';
it looks sort of like a tortellini (tortellinus?). Or do the traditional
potsticker fold if you know how (it's harder to explain).
Place several potstickers on a bed of cabbage leaves in your bamboo steamer
over a pot of boiling water. Cover, and do something else for about 7 min.
Eat potstickers immediately with a sauce of:
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
- 1 part soy sauce
- 1 part rice vinegar
- some grated fresh ginger or chopped scallions
Directions:
You will need a few friends to help you eat these.
Serves:
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