Cantonese Style Pork and Shrimp Dumplings
At a Glance
- Prep
- 1 hour
- Cook
- 15 minutes
- Total
- 1 hour 15 minutes
- Servings
- 40 pieces, 10 serving(s)
Categories
- Appetizer
- Dumplings
- Asian
- Cantonese
- Chinese
- Baking
- Boiling
- Pan-frying
- Easy
- Vegetable
- Pan Frying
Allergens
- Shellfish
- Wheat
- Soy
- Sesame
Servings & Nutrition
Original recipe serves 10. Current scale: 1x.
The dumplings consist of pork, shrimp, watercress, water chestnuts, and assorted seasonings, and they are absolutely delicious!
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Equipment
Large bowl, skillet or baking sheet or pot
Ingredients
- 1/4 lb ground pork
- 1 cup chopped watercress
- 4 ounces water chestnuts, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped green onion
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 16 ounces wonton skins
- 1 lb peeled and deveined medium shrimp
Instructions
In a large bowl, combine the pork, watercress, water chestnuts, green onion, oyster sauce, sesame oil, garlic, soy sauce, ground white pepper and salt and mix together well.
Place 1/2 teaspoonful of this filling onto each dumpling skin. Place 1 shrimp on the filling, slightly wet the edge of the dumpling skin, fold over and pinch with your fingers to form a seal all the way around.
To cook: Pan fry the dumplings in a large skillet over medium heat with oil for 15 minutes, OR bake at 425 for 15 minutes, turning over halfway through OR Place them in a pot of boiling water for 10 minutes; drain and serve in hot chicken broth or sweet and sour sauce.
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