Chinese Pork Dumplings

Name: Chinese Pork Dumplings
Yield: Makes 40 dumplings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups (12 1/2 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 cup, boiling water; 5 cups 1-inch, napa cabbage pieces; , Salt; 12 ounces, ground pork; 1 1/2 tablespoons, soy sauce, plus extra for dipping; 1 1/2 tablespoons, toasted sesame oil; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil, plus 2 tablespoons for pan-frying (optional); 1 tablespoon Chinese, rice wine or dry sherry; 1 tablespoon, hoisin sauce; 1 tablespoon, grated fresh ginger; 1/4 teaspoon, ground white pepper; 4 , scallions, chopped fine; Black or, rice vinegar; , chili oil

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2017, America's Test Kitchen TV

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SERVESMakes 40 dumplings

TIME1½ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

If you have the right recipe, Chinese dumplings can be as much fun to make as they are to eat. We started by making a boiling water and flour dough that is easy to roll out and is moist but not sticky. For our filling, we added vegetable oi...

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