Get Sum Dim Sum

09Dec09

My friend Connie and I went to Get Sum Dim Sum tonight for dinner! I know what you’re thinking (if you’re Chinese/Asian), dim sum on a weeknight? Whaaaat??? I know it’s tradition to have dim sum on Saturday and Sunday for brunch but didn’t you ever want dim sum whenever you wanted it? And now [...]

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Tags: atx, dim sum, dumplings, restaurant review

Dumplings: Jiao Zi Part II

28Nov09

You know those foods that you never liked as a child, and then refused to eat them as you grow up, and then one day you eat them cooked differently, and you’re like “wow, I’ve missed out so much!” Well dill is one of them. I’ve always hated them whenever my mom cooked with them [...]

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Tags: family recipes, ground pork, napa cabbage, dumplings, sesame oil, dill

Dumplings: Jiaozi, Pot-stickers & Hun Tun

30Oct09

饺子， 锅贴，和 馄饨
I invited Bharat over for dinner and we had pot-sticker jiaozi and boiled jiaozi and huntun.
This is the filling for the dumplings from last night:

0.5 lb ground pork
0.5 lb Texas white environmentally responsible aquaculture farmed shrimp
2 bunches of chopped garlic chives
3 diced green onions
2-inch diced ginger

[100% organic]

I don’t have any pictures of when [...]

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Tags: dumplings, garlic chives, ground pork, seafood, shrimp

Dumplings: Hun Tun Part II

25Oct09

白菜韭菜虾馄饨
Wontons are my favorite dumpling because I like the soup that comes with it too.

Filling:

Shrimp
Napa cabbage
Garlic chives
Soy sauce
Hoison sauce
Ginger
Green onions
Corn starch
Sesame oil

Soup Ingredients & Instructions:

Boil a pot of water with chicken bouillon/chicken stock
Once boiling, put wontons in and cook until ready – 10 minutes on medium-low heat after wontons are floating
Splash with seafood flavored soy [...]

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Tags: cwST originals, dumplings, garlic chives, hoison sauce, napa cabbage, seafood, sesame oil, shrimp, soy sauce

Dumplings: Pot-Stickers

25Oct09

锅贴

Filling:

Ground pork (organic)
Napa cabbage
Garlic chives
Soy sauce
Hoison sauce
Ginger
Green onions
Corn starch
Sesame oil
1 beaten up egg
1 tsp five-spice powder

Instructions can be found on the Hun Tun/Wonton post. Basically everything is the same, just different shapes, folds, fillings, and cooking method. When 饺子 (jiaozi/gyoza) are boiled, they are know as the regular name “饺子 (jiaozi/gyoza)” but when they are [...]

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Tags: cwST originals, dumplings, eggs, five spice powder, garlic chives, ground pork, hoison sauce, napa cabbage, sesame oil, soy sauce

Dumplings: Jiao Zi Part I

06Jul09

饺子
If you pan fry these, you will know these as “pot stickers”. They’re the same thing, except cooked differently. The 2 differences between jiaozi and wontons are the shape and thickness of the wrapper. Jiaozi are thick round wrappers and wontons are thin square wrappers. In the supermarket, they’re all thin but when I’m at [...]

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Tags: cai xin/choy sum, dumplings, family recipes, ground pork

Dumplings: Rate of 82 Per Hour

20Apr09

That’s my rate, 82 dumplings/hour. It doesn’t seem a lot.
Beautiful:
Note: photo does not show all 82 dumplings.
Recipe here.

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Tags: dumplings, family recipes, garlic chives, ground pork

4/14 & 4/15 Dinners

16Apr09

4/14 – Spicy Rosemary Garlic Shrimp – similar to this.

4/15 – Pork and Garlic Chives Pan-Fried Hun Tun/Wonton – recipe here.

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Tags: dumplings, family recipes, seafood, shrimp

Dumplings: Hun Tun Part I

08Mar09

馄饨
I love eating dumplings and bigger props if they’re homemade but I don’t have the time/luxury to make my own wrappers though. I love having shrimp in the filling but tonight I only made it with ground pork, napa cabbage, and garlic chives.

[100% organic]
Ingredients:

Wonton wrappers (they’re square-shaped. Circles are for 饺子/jiaozi/potstickers/gyoza)
Soy sauce
Salt
Sesame oil
Any vegetable you [...]

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Tags: dumplings, family recipes, garlic chives, ground pork, napa cabbage, sesame oil, soy sauce