Description
These fried chicken filled dumplings taste just like they are from a Chinese restaurant.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- boiling water
- 4 ounces ground chicken
- 4 water chestnuts, drained and finely chopped
- 3 green onions, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
- 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- ½ cup oil for frying
Instructions
- Sift flour and salt into a large bowl. Make a well in the center and fill with vegetable oil and approximately 4 tablespoons boiling water. With a wooden spoon
- stir until smooth
- adding more boiling water as necessary. Knead about 5 minutes
- until elastic. Cover and allow to sit 30 minutes.
- Divide dough into 12 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a 6 inch circle.
- In a medium saucepan over medium high heat
- cook ground chicken breast until evenly brown.
- Drain chicken and place in a medium bowl with water chestnuts
- green onions
- Chinese five-spice powder
- reduced-sodium soy sauce
- white sugar and sesame oil. Thoroughly mix.
- Heat oil in a large skillet. Place approximately 1 tablespoon chicken mixture in the center of each dough circle. Fold over mixture and press edges together to seal. In small batches
- cook in the hot oil until bottoms are golden brown. Place approximately 1/3 cup water in the pan. Cover and continue cooking approximately 5 minutes
- until surfaces of the dumplings are well steamed. Serve immediately.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 12