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Ingredients

  • 800g of dumpling skin
  • 500g of Chinese cabbage
  • 1kg of minced pork
  • 20g of Heimuer (black wood ear)
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons of dark soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoons of light soy
  • 2 teaspoons of oyster sauce
  • 2 teaspoons of salt
  • 3 thin slics of ginger root
  • Some Sichuan pepper (Depending on taste)
  • 1 Star Anise
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Step 1

Image of Heimuer in water

Take your Heimuer, put them in a pot, and fill with water until water covers the Heimuer. Set that aside for 30 minutes.

Step 2

Minced Chinese cabbage

Mince all of the Chinese cabbage with either a knife or a electical mincer. The pieces may be larger or smaller depending on if you want the texture of cabbage to be apparent or not.

Step 3

Spices in a bowl

Add the ginger root, Sichuan pepper and Star Anise into a small pot. Add 1/2 cups of water and brew for 5 minutes.

Step 4

Meat in bowl with egg

Put the minced pork in a bowl and add your salt, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, and the spice water you made in step 3. Mix for 1 minute and add the egg (remember to crack it). Mix until you can't see the egg anymore.

Step 5

Minced Heimuer in a bowl

At this point, the Heimuer should be ready. Mince the Heimuer with a knife or a electrical mincer.

Step 6

Mixed filling

Add the seasoned minced pork, minced Chinese cabbage and minced Heimuer into a large bowl and mix them together with a food blender. Make sure not to use a sharp blade for the food blender.

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Boiling dumplings

Yeet your dumpling in a pot of boiling water and get it out after it floats.

ENJOY YOUR DUMPLINGS. IT IS MANDATORY

If you don't eat pork, you can use beef or chicken.