Pot Stickers With Spicy Dipping Sauce

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon chili-garlic sauce
• 1 teaspoon hot chili oil
• 1/4 lb ground lamb
• 2 ounces uncooked shrimp, shelled, deveined, and finely chopped
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup minced water chestnut
• 2 tablespoons minced chinese celery
• 1 teaspoon minced cilantro leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 dash pepper
• 24 dumpling wrappers (potsticker)
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1/2-2/3 cup chicken broth or 1/2-2/3 cup water

Recipe

• 1 to make the sauce: in a medium bowl, combine the soy sauce, vinegar, chili-garlic sauce and hot chili oil. mix well and reserve.
• 2 to make the filling: in a large bowl, combine, the lamb, shrimp, egg , water chestnuts, celery, cilantro, ginger, sugar, salt and sesame oil. season with a little pepper and mix, stirring rapidly in 1 direction until the mixture is well combined and spongy.
• 3 to make the potstickers: working in batches, lay 4 potsticker wrappers on a clean surface. keep the remaining wrappers covered with plastic wrap to prevent drying. put a heaping teaspoon of filling in the center of each of the 4 wrappers. brush the edges with water. fold the wrappers in half over the filling, pinching the edges together to form semi-circles. put the potstickers on a baking sheet seam-side up and cover with a clean towel. repeat until all the potstickers have been formed.
• 4 to cook the potstickers: heat a large skillet over medium. add about 1 1/2 tablespoons of oil. when the oil is hot add half the potstickers, seam-side up. cook the potstckers until the bottoms are golden and crisp, about 4 minutes. add 1/3 cup broth. reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook until the liquid is absorbed, 5 to 6 minutes. transfer the cooked potstickers to a platter. repeat, cooking the remaining potstickers.
• 5 serve the potstickers warm accompanied by the dipping sauce.