Chinese Style Pork Dumpling

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Level: Advanced
Total: 4 hr 20 min
Active: 1 hr 45 min
Yield: 25 to 30 dumplings

Ingredients

  1. 2 tablespoons salt
  2. 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  3. 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  4. 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
  5. 1 tablespoon ground white pepper
  6. 2 teaspoons lime juice
  7. 2 teaspoons sesame oil
  8. 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  9. 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  10. 1 tablespoon rice wine
  11. 1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds
  12. 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
  13. 1/2 teaspoon whole Sichuan peppercorns
  14. Pinch whole cloves
  15. 1 pod star anise
  16. 1 pod black cardamom, cracked
  17. One 3-inch cinnamon stick
  18. 3 pounds pork shoulder
  19. 1/4 cup rice vinegar
  20. 2 tablespoons sesame oil
  21. 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
  22. 3 pounds cabbage, cored and shredded
  23. 1 pound grated carrots
  24. 1 cup minced garlic
  25. 1 cup minced fresh ginger
  26. 1 bunch green onions, finely diced
  27. 1/2 bunch fresh cilantro, finely chopped
  28. 1/3 cup demerara sugar
  29. 2 teaspoons yeast
  30. 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  31. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  32. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  33. 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting

Instructions

  1. For the pork rub: Stir salt, granulated sugar, garlic powder, black pepper and white pepper together in a bowl.
  2. For the braising liquid: Combine the lime juice, sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, wine and 1 tablespoon water together in a bowl.
  3. For the braising spices: Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
  4. Add coriander, fennel, Sichuan peppercorns, cloves, anise, cardamom and cinnamon stick to a muslin bag or tea strainer.
  5. For the filling: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  6. Slice shoulder into small chunks. Apply 1 1/2 cups rub to all pieces and place in an oven-safe pan. Add braising liquid and braising spices.
  7. Cover pork with foil and braise for 1 hour, then turn oven to 275 degrees F and continue to braise for another 1 hour 30 minutes.
  8. Remove pork chunks from braising liquid, then cool and shred. (Reserve liquid for anything your heart desires.)
  9. Combine rice vinegar, sesame oil and soy sauce with pork. Add cabbage, carrots, garlic, ginger, green onions and cilantro and let cool.
  10. For the dumpling dough: Combine demerara sugar, yeast, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixer or mixing bowl.
  11. Add flour and 3/4 cup water and mix until smooth, about 10 minutes.
  12. Divide dough into twenty-five to thirty 1.7-ounce balls.
  13. Roll into rounds with a rolling pin and place on lightly floured parchment paper. Lightly stretch edges of dough rounds, leaving center as firm as possible. Place a dough round flat on your palm. Use an ice cream scoop to scoop compacted filling in center. Using your free hand, pinch 1 inch or so of the edge of the round together between thumb and index finger. The dough between the pinch should fold together. Use middle finger to pinch another 1 inch or so section of the edge of the dough round. Pull index finger from where it is and pinch another section of dough to the clump of pinches you’ve started in a finger-walking motion. Switch between middle and index finger of main hand as you “walk” your fingers around the edge of the dough. The key is to pinch, not twist! Use thumb of other hand in a spatula motion to help corral filling within round. Keep as much of the rim of the dough round as clean as possible, as the more dry the dough is, the easier it will stick to itself when pinched. Perform 7 to 9 total pinches until there is a clump of pinches at the center/top of the now mostly formed dumpling. Bring all pinches together into one, central pinch, then flatten. Flip over so top of dumpling is smooth and base of dumpling is where the pinched folds are. Place dumpling in a cupcake wrapper. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.
  14. Put wrapped dumplings into a steamer and cook until it looks flat in texture, not shiny, 10 to 13 minutes.

 

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