Ben has recently proclaimed that his favourite food ever is dumplings. Boiled, steamed, pot sticker or even gyoza – he is sold! And you know what, I love them too. Delicious morsels of tasty meat and silky wonton wrappers – what’s not to love?

This tasty recipe is for a quick, simple and delicious boiled dumpling; which I can’t more highly recommend you try!

Ingredients – Dumplings

• 500g pork and veal mince
• 150g minced fresh prawn meat
• 1 large brown onion
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 large carrot
• 1 tsp of lemongrass
• 1 bunch of coriander
• 2 tbs of rice wine vinegar
• 1 tbs of sesame oil
• 1 tbs of fish sauce
• 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs – more if the mixture is still too wet
• 2 packets of wonton wrappers

Ingredients – Dipping Sauce

• 1/2 cup of soy sauce
• 1/4 cup of rice wine vinegar
• 1 tbs of sesame oil
• 1 tbs of fish sauce
• 1 tbs of fresh chopped chilli
• 1/2 bunch of chopped corriander leaves

Method

1. Put the onion, carrot, garlic and stalks from the coriander in a food processor and blitz until finely chopped.
2. Add the mince, prawn meat, lemongrass, 1/2 coriander leaves, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, fish sauce and breadcrumbs to the food processor and mix to combine.
3. Now onto folding the dumplings – there are many, many ways to do this. If you have a sure thing technique then go for it! But, what I like to do is grab a wonton wrapper, place 1 tbs of mixture in the centre, wet the edges of the wrapper with water, fold to form a semi-circle, press tightly to seal, now pinch the edges to form a pleat – I can usually do about 4 per dumpling, place on a dry surface and repeat!
4. Pressing the edges to form a seal and pleating will ensure that your dumpling is water tight – this means when you plonk them in the water to cook they won’t explode or get all soggy and gross.
5. Bring a large pot of boiling water to a rapid boil, add the dumplings in batches so they don’t stick together, cook for 4-5 minutes.
6. Meanwhile, add all ingredients for the dipping sauce to a bowl and mix well to combine
7. Remove from the water, drain and serve with the dipping sauce.

Enjoy!

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