Fried pork gyoza, also known as Japanese dumplings, is a delectable dish that combines savory pork filling wrapped in a delicate dumpling skin and pan-fried to perfection. Accompanied by a flavorful dipping sauce, this dish offers a delightful blend of textures and flavors that tantalize the taste buds. Whether you're a seasoned dumpling enthusiast or new to Japanese cuisine, this article will guide you through the process of creating the best fried pork gyoza with a delectable dipping sauce, ensuring a memorable and enjoyable culinary experience.
Here are our top 6 tried and tested recipes!
PORK GYOZA WITH GINGER DIPPING SAUCE
You can freeze these gyoza for up to 2 weeks. Set them on a baking sheet in the freezer and transfer them to an airtight container when they are solid. There's no need to thaw before cooking; just add a minute to the browning time. If the tops aren't tender after steaming for 6 minutes, keep the lid on an extra minute or two.
Provided by Cooking Channel
Time 1h
Yield 34 gyoza
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- For the ginger dipping sauce: Combine the soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, sugar and ginger in a small bowl and set aside.
- For the filling: Mix together the pork, egg, sesame oil, ginger, garlic, scallion, soy sauce, vermouth, cornstarch, sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a bowl and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- To make the gyoza: Place a small bowl of cool water by your work surface. Working with one wrapper at a time and keeping the rest tightly wrapped, put a wrapper on your work surface and brush the edges with water using your finger or a small pastry brush. Put a mounded teaspoon of filling in the center of the wrapper, spreading it out into a football shape. Bring the edges of the wrapper together, resting the dumpling base on your work surface. Seal the edges by making 4 to 6 pleats on the side facing you and pressing the edges together. (Only 1 side should be pleated.) Set aside, cover with a damp paper towel and repeat with the remaining wrappers and filling.
- To cook the gyoza: Heat 2 tablespoons of the vegetable oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Quickly arrange half the gyoza, bottom-side down in the skillet, and cook until beginning to brown on the bottom, about 1 minute. Add 2/3 cup water to the skillet (it will spatter), cover tightly and let the gyoza cook until the skins are tender, about 6 minutes. Remove the lid and cook until the liquid has cooked off and the gyoza are crisp and brown on the bottom, about 4 minutes. Repeat with the remaining vegetable oil and dumplings. Serve hot with the ginger dipping sauce.
FRIED PORK GYOZA WITH DIPPING SAUCE
Yummy side dish or appetizer can be made ahead and reheated in the oven. Store dipping sauce in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. You can also serve these with ready-made sweet chili sauce.
Provided by Mama Fresh
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Wraps and Rolls
Time 2h15m
Yield 100
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Combine water chestnuts, green onions, egg, pineapple, gochujang, parsley, hoisin sauce, Sriracha sauce, sesame oil, black pepper, ginger, and fish sauce in a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped and well combined. Add sausage and pulse filling until just combined.
- Place 4 gyoza wrappers at a time on a clean, flat surface. Fill a small bowl with water. Add about a 1/2 tablespoon of filling to the center of each wrapper. Moisten 1/2 the circumference of each wrapper using a wet finger. Quickly fold each wrapper in half and pinch 5 to 6 pleats along the edge to seal. Place filled gyoza on a plate and cover with a moist paper towel to prevent drying out. Continue with remaining wrappers and filling.
- Whisk rice vinegar, soy sauce, green onions, sesame oil, red pepper flakes, garlic, and ginger root together in a bowl. Allow dipping sauce to sit at least 15 minutes before serving.
- Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Fry gyoza 3 or 4 at a time in the hot oil until lightly golden brown, about 3 minutes per batch. Serve immediately with dipping sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 25.5 calories, Carbohydrate 4.5 g, Cholesterol 2.5 mg, Fat 0.5 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.8 g, SaturatedFat 0.1 g, Sodium 86.8 mg, Sugar 0.2 g
PORK GYOZA
Steps:
- In large bowl combine scallions, cabbage, ginger, and pork. Mix well with a fork and season with salt. Add egg white to bind mixture together. Place a spoonful of meat mixture on top of a wonton wrapper. Wet edge of wrapper with fingertips, make pleats on one side, fold over and seal closed. Continue with remaining meat. In large skillet heat oil. Brown dumplings in oil on one side. When bottoms are brown and crispy, add water. Cover pan and steam over medium heat for 8 - 10 minutes, until dumplings are cooked through. Serve with soy sauce for dipping.
PORK GYOZA
Gyoza are pan-fried Japanese dumplings which make perfect starters or nibbles. Filled with a savory mixture of ground pork and Japanese flavors.
Provided by ChefJackie
Categories Main Dish Recipes Dumpling Recipes
Time 1h8m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Combine ground pork, cabbage, egg, spring onions, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, sake, mirin, and ginger in a large bowl; mix well.
- Place approximately 1 to 2 teaspoons of the pork mixture in the center of each gyoza wrapper. Moisten your fingers with water and rub around the edges of each wrapper. Fold wrappers in half over filling, creating a semi circle. Take one side of the wrapper and make crimps along the edges for a decorative pattern (like pleats of a skirt) and press along the edges to seal the two sides together. Ensure there isn't much excess air caught inside the dumpling. Repeat until all the pork mixture is used.
- Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place as many gyoza in the skillet as fit in a single layer and fry until the bottom is browned, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add water to skillet and reduce heat. Cover and allow gyoza to steam until all the water has evaporated, about 5 minutes. Repeat with the remaining gyoza.
- Mix rice vinegar and soy sauce together for a dipping sauce and serve with the gyoza.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 349.1 calories, Carbohydrate 35.9 g, Cholesterol 68.7 mg, Fat 14.2 g, Fiber 2.4 g, Protein 17.8 g, SaturatedFat 4.1 g, Sodium 1105.7 mg, Sugar 2.6 g
GYOZA
These "dumplings" can be pan-fried or steamed. Serve with the dipping sauce. Make it as spicy as you like by either using spicy sesame oil or Tabasco sauce, to taste.
Provided by dawnie2u
Categories Pork
Time 30m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Mix the ground pork, minced garlic, sugar, cornstarch, 1 tablespoon sesame oil, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, green onions, and cilantro in a medium bowl.
- Place approximately 1 teaspoon filling on a gyoza wrapper. Moisten edges with water to seal.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Ad 1/2-1/3 of the filled gyoza in a single layer.
- Cook 1 minute or until lightly browned on one side. Add 1/4 cup water to pan.
- Cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer until all water is absorbed, about 3 minutes.
- Remove gyoza and place on a serving platter, browned side up. Serve with dipping sauce on side.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 676.9, Fat 26.7, SaturatedFat 8, Cholesterol 72, Sodium 2577.9, Carbohydrate 77.2, Fiber 2.7, Sugar 3.9, Protein 29.8
PAN-SEARED GYOZA
Gyoza are plump, Japanese dumplings typically filled with a mixture of ground pork, cabbage, chives, ginger and garlic. They originated as a spin-off of Chinese jiaozi, but they differ in many ways, particularly in how they are wrapped: Gyoza have very thin wrappers sealed with signature pleats, while Chinese jiaozi have thick wrappers that vary in how they are sealed. Throughout Japan, you can find gyoza steamed, pan-fried and deep-fried, and in recent years, lattice-edged dumplings have become popular. Made by pouring a slurry of flour and water into the pan with the dumplings, the water evaporates and the batter creates a crisp, lacy net. This pan-fried version is adapted from "The Gaijin Cookbook: Japanese Recipes from a Chef, Father, Eater, and Lifelong Outsider," a collection of Japanese recipes from the chef Ivan Orkin, an owner of two ramen shops in New York. (Instructions for creating a lattice are below the recipe.)
Provided by Kiera Wright-Ruiz
Categories dinner, lunch, dumplings, appetizer, main course
Time 2h
Yield 60 gyoza (4 to 6 servings)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Prepare the gyoza dipping sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together the soy sauce and rice vinegar, plus chile oil, if using. Set aside (makes a generous 1/2 cup).
- Finely chop the cabbage or process it in a food processor into confetti-size bits, then transfer it to a sieve set over a large bowl. Toss with 2 teaspoons of the salt and let sit for 20 minutes in the sink. Gently press the cabbage to squeeze out as much water as you can.
- Combine the drained cabbage, pork, ginger, garlic, chives, soy sauce, sesame oil and the remaining 2 teaspoons salt in a large bowl and mix thoroughly just until everything is evenly distributed. (Don't overdo it: Too much handling and the fat in the pork will begin to melt.)
- Here's where you want to employ some extra hands to help you: Fill a small bowl with water. Sprinkle a rimmed sheet pan or two with cornstarch or potato starch to prevent the finished gyoza from sticking. For each gyoza, place a wrapper in the palm of your hand and spoon about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the filling into the center. Use the back of the spoon to smoosh it lightly (it should fill about half the wrapper). You don't want the filling to run to the edges, but you also don't want it sitting in a fat clump in the middle. Dip your finger into the water and run it along the perimeter of one half of the wrapper. Now fold the wet edge of the wrapper over to meet the dry edge. Crimp the edges together at one corner, then proceed around the dumpling, using your finger to push the dough into little pleats on one side and pressing them against the other side to seal it. (If you need more guidance, there are hundreds of gyoza-folding videos online.) Place the gyoza on the sheet pan as you finish them. If your gyoza seem to be sticking to one another, sprinkle each layer of gyozas with potato or cornstarch.
- To pan-fry the gyoza, you will need a lidded 10-inch nonstick pan or a well-seasoned carbon steel pan. (You could also use whatever skillet you have, but increase the oil and keep a close eye on the gyoza.) Heat 1 tablespoon neutral oil in the pan over medium heat. When hot, add 10 to 15 gyoza, flat-side down, and cook until browned on the bottoms, 2 to 3 minutes. Add enough water to come just under a quarter of the way up the gyoza (about 1/2 cup, depending on how many gyoza you have in the pan), cover, and let the water cook away until the pan is dry and the gyoza wrappers have softened completely, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the lid, increase the heat to medium-high, and let the gyoza crisp up on the bottoms for another minute or two, depending on how crisp you like them. Serve immediately with the dipping sauce and additional chile oil. Wipe the pan clean and cook the remaining gyoza. (Alternately, uncooked gyoza can be frozen on a baking sheet in a single layer until firm and then stored in resealable plastic bags for a couple months. To cook frozen gyoza, add a second batch of water in step 4 after the first batch evaporates.)
Tips and Conclusion
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Use high-quality ground pork.
- Look for ground pork that is made from fresh, lean pork.
- Avoid ground pork that is made from frozen or processed pork.
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Season the ground pork well.
- Use a combination of salt, pepper, garlic, ginger, and soy sauce.
- You can also add other seasonings, such as five-spice powder or sesame oil.
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Use a variety of vegetables in the filling.
- This will add flavor and texture to the gyoza.
- Good choices for vegetables include cabbage, carrots, onions, and celery.
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Fold the gyoza carefully.
- Make sure that the edges of the gyoza are sealed tightly.
- This will prevent the filling from leaking out.
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Cook the gyoza until they are golden brown.
- This will ensure that the gyoza are cooked through.
- You can cook the gyoza in a frying pan or a steamer.
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Serve the gyoza with a dipping sauce.
- This will add flavor and moisture to the gyoza.
- Good choices for dipping sauces include soy sauce, vinegar, and chili oil.
Conclusion
Gyoza are a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. They are perfect for a quick and easy meal, or they can be served as an appetizer or side dish. With a little practice, you can make gyoza that are just as good as the ones you get at your favorite restaurant.
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