🥘 Ingredients
- all-purpose flour 2 cups
- fine sea salt ½ tsp
- boiling water 0.67 cup
- napa cabbage 3 cups
- kosher salt 1 tsp
- ground pork 8 oz
- garlic chives ½ cup
- garlic 2 cloves
- fresh ginger 1 Tbs
- soy sauce 1 Tbs
- toasted sesame oil 2 tsp
- sake 1 Tbs
- granulated sugar 1 tsp
- white pepper ¼ tsp
- cornstarch 2 Tbs
- neutral oil 1 Tbs
- water 0.33 cup
🍳 Cookware
- skillet
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1A gyoza is not a jiaozi: the wrapper is thinner, the filling is wrung dry, and it is pleated on one side only so it sits flat in the pan.
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2Knead all-purpose flour , fine sea salt and boiling water together 8 min , until it is firm and smooth and springs back slowly.
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3Rest @&( timer under an upturned bowl 30 min .
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4Salt napa cabbage with kosher salt and 20 min , then take it up in a cloth and wring it out until almost nothing more comes.
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5Beat ground pork , garlic chives , garlic , fresh ginger , soy sauce , toasted sesame oil , sake , granulated sugar and white pepper into @&( timer 3 min , stirring in one direction only until the mass turns tacky and holds a fingerprint.
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6Roll @&( timer out thin on cornstarch and cut it into 3 1/2-inch rounds, working each round thinner at the edge than the middle.
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7Fill @&( timer with a scant tablespoon of @&( timer each, wet the rim, and pleat the near side only — six or seven folds facing one way — then press the base flat.
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8Fry @&( timer flat-side-down in neutral oil in a lidded skillet 3 min until the bases are gold, pour in water , cover and 6 min , then uncover and 2 min until the base crackles.