Chinese dumplings jiaozi are small pastries filled with sweet and sour meat, featured during the New Year celebration to attract good luck. Their dough, made with flour, sugar, and yeast, rests before being filled with a sautéed mixture of onion, garlic, meat, and other ingredients. Steaming enhances their flavor, making them perfect to enjoy with soy sauce. A traditional delicacy full of meaning.
In preparing the Chinese dumplings jiaozi, a dough is made with flour, sugar, and fresh yeast, which rests for 45 minutes.
The sweet and sour filling is cooked slowly with onion, garlic, and meat, creating a flavorful mixture.
The dough balls are rolled out, filled, and folded to form the delicious jiaozi, which are then steamed and served with soy sauce.
Chinese Dumplings Jiaozi, with Sweet and Sour Meat Filling
Ingredients
500 grams of Ground meat (beef and pork)
2 Medium onions
3 Garlic cloves
Vinegar
Sunflower oil
Soy sauce
2 Ground cloves
Black pepper
1 tablespoon of Honey
400 grams of Wheat flour
20 grams of Sugar
10 grams of Fresh yeast
1 pinch of Salt
Preparation
Step 1 : In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, and fresh yeast to make the dough, cover it, and let it rest for 45 minutes.
Step 2 : Meanwhile, sauté the onion and garlic in a pan; then add the meat and other ingredients.
Step 3 : Reduce the heat and cook for 20 minutes, then set aside.
Step 4 : On a clean, floured surface, place the 20 dough balls, roll them out, and put a spoonful of filling in the center of each disc.
Step 5 : Fold and seal the dumplings by lifting the edges.
Step 6 : Steam the jiaozi over parchment paper for 10 minutes.
Step 7 : After that time, wait 1 minute and open the steamer.
Step 8 : Serve the jiaozi hot, accompanied by soy sauce.
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