Deluxe Chinese-Style Pan-Fried Dumplings with Glass Noodles

Name: Deluxe Chinese-Style Pan-Fried Dumplings with Glass Noodles
Yield: Makes 40 dumplings
Ingredients: 14 oz ground pork (400g); 14 oz napa cabbage (400g); 1 stalk green onion; 1 bunch garlic chives; 4 –5 shiitake mushrooms; 2 cloves garlic; 2 pieces ginger (about thumb-sized); 2 –2.5 oz glass noodles (50–70g); 2 tsp salt (for salting cabbage); 2 tsp soy sauce; 2 tsp oyster sauce; 1 tsp chicken bouillon paste (such as Better Than Bouillon); 1 tbsp hot water (to dissolve bouillon); 1 tsp salt; 1 tbsp sake (or dry sherry); 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil; 1 tbsp cornstarch; 40 large dumpling wrappers

ゆみ⭐⭐ @cook_40247893

These dumplings are a family favorite. My mother recreated the dumplings from the upscale Chinese restaurant Tohryu in Azabu Juban. This is our number one most requested dish at home.
Recipe background:
I love my mother's dumplings and learned how to make them from her.
If you have leftover filling, you can shape it into small patties and pan-fry them without wrappers, or make meatballs and simmer them with leftover glass noodles and vegetables for a Chinese-style soup.

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Ingredients

Makes 40 dumplings

14 ozground pork (400g)
14 oznapa cabbage (400g)
1 stalkgreen onion
1 bunchgarlic chives
4–5 shiitake mushrooms
2 clovesgarlic
2 piecesginger (about thumb-sized)
2–2.5 oz glass noodles (50–70g)
2 tspsalt (for salting cabbage)
2 tspsoy sauce
2 tspoyster sauce
1 tspchicken bouillon paste (such as Better Than Bouillon)
1 tbsphot water (to dissolve bouillon)
1 tspsalt
1 tbspsake (or dry sherry)
1 tbsptoasted sesame oil
1 tbspcornstarch
40large dumpling wrappers

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Steps

1

Roughly chop the napa cabbage and place it in a colander. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons salt and massage. Soak the glass noodles in hot water to soften. Dissolve the chicken bouillon paste in 1 tablespoon hot water.
2

In a large bowl, combine the ground pork, 1 teaspoon salt, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sake, cornstarch, and dissolved bouillon. Mix well until sticky.
3

Squeeze excess water from the salted cabbage and add it to the bowl.
4

Add grated garlic and ginger, finely chopped green onion and shiitake mushrooms, sliced garlic chives, and glass noodles cut into 1/2-inch (about 1 cm) pieces. Mix everything together thoroughly.
5

Fill the dumpling wrappers with as much filling as possible. It's okay if the wrappers tear a little or have small holes.
6

Heat oil in a skillet and cook the dumplings using your preferred pan-frying method. For extra flavor, drizzle a little sesame oil over the dumplings at the end for a fragrant, crispy finish.