Pork Pot Stickers with Dippin Sauce

I made these and the next recipe with my chef friend, Susan. We had to spend our night hanging out cooking a delicious meal. I don't know why we went asian, but we did and it was fun since I haven't made either of these things before. I love cooking because you can always learn or try something new.

These are great because they stretch a little meat a long way. You can make these as an appetizer or as the main course. If you make more than you can eat, which you probably will, you can freeze them for later. Put them on a flat baking sheet and freeze until pot stickers are hard. Then put into a plastic bag, label with the date, and put back into the freezer. Cook them frozen the same way you cooked them fresh. It'll just take longer to steam.

Ingredients:
1 lb ground pork
2 tbs soy sauce
1 tbs hoisin sauce
1 bunch of scallions 8-10
1 inch of ginger, peeled and grated fine
2 cloves of garlic
1 egg beaten
1 package wonton or potsticker skins

dipping sauce
6 tbs. soy sauce
2 tbs. rice wine vinegar
finely minced ginger
1 clove minced garlic
8-10 minced green onions
1/2 t sesame oil
1 t of white wine or sherry
1 tbs. sugar

Directions:
1. Cut up garlic and scallions and grate ginger. Add to a bowl

2. Add pork, soy sauce, and hoisin sauce to bowl. Stir to combine.

3. Beat the egg in a separate bowl and add to pork. Stir well to combine

4. On a baking sheet place a piece of sarran warp with some corn starch sprinkled on top.

5. Take a wonton skin and place it in you hand. Put a teaspoon to 1 1/2 t of the mix in the middle of the pot sticker. With a finger, run the outside edge of the wonton with water to seal. Fold in half. Make sure to seal tightly and get all the air out of the wonton. You can add some crimps to the outer edges to make it more decorative.

6. Repeat this last step for the rest of the filing and wonton skins. There should be just enough filling compared to wonton skins.

To make Dipping Sauce: (I suggest making this before cooking the pot stickers since they cook really quickly!)

1. Add all ingredients together in a small bowl and allow some time to sit so the flavors can meld together, like 20 to 30 minutes.

To cook Potstickers:

1. Heat up a pan with a little oil. (use peanut, canola, or vegetable not olive oil!)

2. Place pot stickers on bottom of pan and allow to brown for 3 to 4 minutes. Move the pot stickers a little bit so they don't stick to the pan (haha).

3. Once pot stickers are brown. Add 1/2 -3/4 cup of water and cover so pot stickers steam. Do this until pot stickers look transclucent.

4. Take lid off pan and allow to cook until water is gone and pot stickers are slightly crunchy on the bottom.