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Amazing Race Chinese Dumplings
Publish on: 06 December, 2024 | In:m | Author by: Dylan Vickers-Fukakusa
🥣 Miso Shiru- Miso Soup
Miso soup is a fundamental aspect of Japanese cuisine. It’s traditionally eaten as an accompaniment with any meal of the day. This particular version has deep earthy notes from a blend of dried and fresh mushrooms. Miso paste, a fermentation of soybeans, wheat and rice, has a high concentration of various B vitamins, E vitamins, as well as both pro and pre-biotics.
Serves 2
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Execution Time: 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS
350ml dashi stock
1 spring onion, sliced thinly
20g tofu, chopped into 1x1cm cubes
1 tbsp aka or genmai miso
METHOD
Place the cut tofu and spring onion into miso soup bowls.
Place the dashi stock into a small saucepan gently heat the stock over medium-low heat until it reaches a simmer. Place the sliced mushrooms in the broth and simmer for 2-3 minutes until the mushrooms are tender.
Place the miso in a mesh strainer and suspend the base of the strainer in the top of the shiitake/kombu stock and mix the miso with chopsticks until it dissolves into the broth. Either discard or dump the remaining bits of soybean from the miso into the soup, depending on whether you prefer a completely smooth or hearty texture. Ladle the soup gently into the soup bowls and serve immediately.
🍄 Shojin Dashi- Kombu and Shiitake Mushroom Stock
This stock is a foundational element of Japanese Buddhist cuisine. This is the most simple version of the stock, but it sometimes also contains other ingredients like dried or fresh daikon radish, or dried eggplant. Compounds contained within shiitake mushrooms are known to boost immunity, fight cancer and improve heart help. Kombu Kelp is a nutrient dense food which contains lots of magnesium and numerous anti-oxidants.
Active time: 5 minutes
Total time:1 hour
Serves: makes scant 1L
INGREDIENTS
1L cold water
6g dried shiitake mushrooms
2g kombu
METHOD
Either: place all of the ingredients in a container and refrigerate overnight. The next day, discard the kombu, and squeeze out the mushrooms to yield as much stock as possible. The mushrooms can be reserved for another use.
OR: Place all of the ingredients in a sauce pan and bring the water to around 70C. Simmer the ingredients at around 70C for 1 hour. Discard the kombu, and squeeze out the mushrooms to yield as much stock as possible. The mushrooms can be reserved for another use.
🥟Jiaozi Dumpling Dough
These are Northern Chinese style dumplings. In this recipe, we use hot water, which helps give the dumplings a more creamy and sturdy texture.
Serves: makes 16-18 dumplings
Preparation time: 1 hour
Execution time: 15 minutes
INGREDIENTS
180g plain flour (or substitute Tipo 00 flour)
95ml boiling water
METHOD
Using a chopstick, mix the flour and hot water in a mixing bowl until the dough starts to come together.
Turn the dough out onto a work surface and knead it for 5-8 minutes or until the dough becomes smooth and lighter in colour.
Rest the dough for 30 minutes or overnight.
Divide the dough into 24 pieces.
Dusting the surface of the table with a little flour, use a rolling pin, pushing forward only to roll the dumpling dough out. After every push with the rolling pin, rotate the dough 45 degrees and continue until the dumpling dough is thinner than 1mm.
To cook steam the dumplings:
Prepare a steamer, and heat the water until it is at a steady simmer. Steam the dumplings for 8-10 minutes.
To pan-fry the dumplings:
Heat a heavy–bottom skillet over medium-low heat. Add in 2 tsp of vegetable oil. Add in the dumplings and fry for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown. Add in 50ml of water to the pan and place a lid on it. Reduce the heat to low. Cook the dumplings, covered, for 7-8 minutes. Remove the lid. Continue cooking the dumplings for another 1-2 minutes or until all of the remaining liquid has evaporated, and the dumplings are crispy.
🥩 Jiaozi Filling
This simple filling is flavoured with a little touch of sesame oil and chinese rice wine.
INGREDIENTS
200g pork mince (or beef, or chicken mince)
1 (30g) leaf of wombok, chopped finely
1 spring onion, minced
1 clove of garlic, minced
1 clove of ginger, minced
Seasoning
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp shaoxing (Chinese rice wine)
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 tsp sesame oil
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp sugar
METHOD
1.) Mix all ingredients of the dumpling filling together in a bowl.
🍛Hong You- Dipping Sauce
Serves: 1
Preparation time: 2 minutes
Execution time: 1 minute
INGREDIENTS
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp black vinegar
½ tsp chilli oil
METHOD
1.) Mix all ingredients of the dumpling filling together in a bowl.
🥟Gluten Free Dumpling Dough
These dumplings are from Northern China. In this recipe, we use boiling water, which helps give the dumplings a more creamy and sturdy texture. Feel free to substitute the GF flour blend of your preference, although note that this might change the water quantity a bit.
Serves: makes 16-18 dumplings
Preparation time: 1 hour
Execution time: 15 minutes
INGREDIENTS
50g tapioca flour
150g rice flour
170g boiling water
1g xanthan gum (optional)
METHOD
Using a chopstick, mix the flour and boiling water in a mixing bowl until the dough starts to come together.
Turn the dough out onto a work surface and knead it for 5-8 minutes or until the dough becomes smooth a lighter in colour.
Rest the dough for 30 minutes or overnight.
Divide the dough into 24 pieces.
Dusting the surface of the table with a little flour, use a rolling pin, pushing forward only to roll the dumpling dough out. After every push with the rolling pin, rotate the dough 45 degrees and continue until the dumpling dough is thinner than 1mm.
🍃 Jiaozi Filling - Vegetarian
This simple filling is rich in flavour from the dried mushrooms and has a rich and meaty texture from the fried tofu.
INGREDIENTS
40g packet dried vermicelli noodles, soaked overnight
20g wood-ear mushrooms, soaked overnight, chopped
3 pcs (7g) shiitake mushrooms, soaked overnight stems removed, chopped
100g fried tofu puffs, minced in a food processor
METHOD
1.) Place all ingredients in a food processor, and pulse until the mixture has a texture similar to mince.
Ponzu sauce:
800 shiro shouyu (white soy sauce)
600g yuzu juice
300g freshly squeezed orange juice
150ml mirin
75g sugar
5g kombu
METHOD
Place all ingredients together in a container and allow to steep for 7 days. Strain the kombu and katsuobushi out afterwards through a fine sieve.
🍶 Goma Dare Sauce:
INGREDIENTS
120g nerigoma (hulled white sesame paste)
70g water
20g miso
15g soy sauce
30g sugar
25g rice wine vinegar
10g sesame oil
10g vegetable oil
2g ajinomoto
METHOD
Whisk all ingredients together until smooth.
🍶 Yuzu Ponzu Sauce:
800ml shir shouyu (white soy sauce)
550ml yuzu juice
350ml orange juice
200ml mirin
5g kombu
METHOD
Whisk all ingredients together until smooth.
🌶 Hong You- Chilli Oil
Hong You is a fundamental component of Sichuan cuisine. The oil itself is not overly spicy, but yet it is infused with the fragrant aroma of many different spices and flavorful ingredients. After making it, store it in the fridge in an oil olive oil container for easy pouring.
Serves: 12
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Active Time: 15 minutes
INGREDIENTS
1000ml vegetable oil
2 spring onions (25g)
10 cloves of garlic, peeled
20g (2x2x2cm knob of ginger, sliced)
4pc star anise
½ stick, cinnamon
1 pod black cardamom
40g Sichuan green peppercorns
30g Sichuan red peppercorns
20g Sichuan black peppercorns
20g Sichaun black peppercorns, ground
60g kochukaru- Korean chilli flakes
60g kochukaru- Korean chilli flakes
30g kochu karu- Korean chilli flakes
METHOD
Place the oil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Heat the oil over medium-low heat to 160C.
Add the star anise, cinnamon, black cardamom, 40g of green Sichuan peppercorns, 30g of red Sichuan peppercorns, and 20 g of black Sichuan peppercorns and fry for 1 minute.
Next, when the oil reaches 150C, add in the 60g of kochukaru.
When the oil reaches 130C, add in the next 60g of kochukaru.
When the oil reaches 110C, add in the remaining 30g of kochukaru, as well as the ground black Sichuan peppercorns. Allow everything to infuse for a minimum of 1 hour, or overnight for best results before straining through a fine-mesh screen.
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