Pork Pot Stickers

INGREDIENTS  

• 1 lb. ground pork
• 2 T. minced carrots
• 2 T. minced green onions
• 4 T. minced fresh ginger
• 4 T. minced garlic
• ½ t. sesame oil
• 2 T. oyster sauce or soy sauce
• 1 cup shredded Napa cabbage
• 1 pkg. pot sticker wrappers (round)
• 2 cups diluted chicken stock

DIRECTIONS  

1. Combine pork, green onion, garlic, ginger, carrots, cabbage, soy sauce and sesame oil. Set aside.
2. Place a rounded teaspoon of the mixture in the center of a pot sticker skin. Moisten edge of the skin with water. Fold over the edge and pinch to close.
3. Heat oil in a pan and arrange pot stickers. Cook until the bottoms are browned. Add the diluted chicken stock and cover the pot stickers, cover immediately. Reduce the heat and cook until all water is evaporated. Continue cooking until bottoms are brown and crispy.

For the Dipping Sauce: 

• ½ cup soy sauce
• ½ cup rice wine vinegar
• chili oil to taste
• 1 T. each of green onion, ginger and garlic, finely chopped.

Recipe Author: Herbs and Flour