Shepherd's Purse Pork Dumplings
Overview
In ancient times, shepherd's purse was known as hushengcao, also called field rice. It grows on roadsides, fields and field ridges. Shepherd's purse is not only a nutritious and delicious vegetable, but can also treat a variety of diseases. Making dumplings with fresh and tender shepherd's purse and pork is quite delicious! If you want to know more about the food production process with pictures and texts, you can follow the WeChat official account Ning You Tao, where new recipes will be released every week!
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Ingredients
Steps
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Tear fresh shepherd's purse purchased at the supermarket or market, wash, drain and set aside.
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Chop the purchased pork belly into minced meat and set aside.
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Pour the washed shepherd's purse in water, squeeze out the water and cut into fine pieces with a knife and set aside.
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Pour the minced meat and shepherd's purse into a basin and add appropriate amount of minced ginger.
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Add appropriate amount of salt.
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Add eggs.
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Add black pepper.
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Add a small amount of caster sugar.
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Add dark soy sauce.
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Add finely ground sesame oil.
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Mix all filling ingredients evenly.
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Prepare dumpling wrappers.
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Take a dumpling wrapper.
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Spread a circle of water on the surface of the dumpling wrapper. The purpose of this is to make the dumplings tighter and prevent them from breaking and revealing the filling when cooked.
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Place an appropriate amount of dumpling filling in the middle of the dumpling wrapper.
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Fold the dumpling wrapper in half, wrap the filling in from right to left and pinch tightly!
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One dumpling is ready.
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The wrapped dumplings are placed in a special dumpling box and frozen in the freezer.
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When you want to eat it, you can steam, boil or fry it!
