# Pork Dumplings

A recipe for making homemade pork dumplings with a flavorful filling and pan-fried to perfection.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Appetizer
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.25 cabbage
- salt
- green onion
- cilantro
- shiitake mushrooms rehydrated in water
- 1 pound ground pork
- soy sauce
- rice vinegar
- sesame oil
- chicken bouillon
- black pepper
- sugar
- corn starch
- mirin
- gyoza wrappers

## Instructions

1. Work on the cabbage by cutting it into thin strips.
2. Add the cabbage to a bowl along with salt, massage it, and let it sit for 5 minutes to release excess moisture.
3. Add a lot of green onion and cilantro to the bowl.
4. Add rehydrated shiitake mushrooms.
5. Ring out all the cabbage juice.
6. Add grated ginger and grated garlic to the mushroom, green onion, and cilantro mixture.
7. Add a pound of ground pork, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, chicken bouillon, black pepper, salt, sugar, and corn starch to the mixture.
8. Mix it up thoroughly.
9. Add a little bit of mirin to the mixture.
10. Place a single gyoza wrapper down, wet the border with your finger or the back of a spoon.
11. Add a small amount of filling to the center of the wrapper, being careful not to overstuff.
12. Fold and pinch just the middle part of the wrapper.
13. Pleat only the top piece of the wrapper by folding it once, twice, then three times.
14. Fold the end piece in half and pinch the entire dumpling.
15. Repeat the pleating process, pushing the guy in and pinching to form the dumpling.
16. Place the formed dumplings into an oiled pan.
17. Once you see some browning, add water to the pan and stand back.
18. Reduce the heat.

## Equipment

- bowl
- pan

## Tips

- Save the mushroom rehydration broth.
- Do not overstuff the gyoza wrappers.
- Dumplings can be kept in the freezer and pan-fried whenever desired.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTB4FtvAD/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/2149156f-22a9-4a09-986f-069c20e1a913
- Extracted: 2026-06-15

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