Japanese pan-fried dumplings filled with pork, cabbage sweet Black Garlic and seasonings; juicy on the inside and crispy on the bottom. Absolutely delicious!
Prep: 10 mins | Cook: 7 mins per batch | Makes: 24 gyoza
Ingredients
For the Gyoza Filling
2 large cabbage leaves – Savoy or pointed
4 spring onions – roughly chopped
2cm piece fresh ginger – peeled and chopped
2 cloves white garlic – chopped
3 clovesBlack Garlic
50g water chestnuts – drained
150g pork mince
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp oyster sauce
1 tsp saké
½ tsp sesame oil
Water for sealing
24 gyoza wrappers
2 tbsp vegetable oil
Water for frying
Black Garlic Ginger & Mirin Dipping Sauce
½ tbsp Black Garlic Paste
2 tbsp mirin
2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
1 tbsp Black Garlic Soy Sauce or soy sauce
1 tbsp caster sugar
2 tsp peeled and grated chopped fresh ginger
1 tsp finely chopped fresh red chilli
1 tsp crushed white garlic
2 tsp sesame oil
2 tbsp boiling water
Method
Put the cabbage, spring onions, ginger white garlic and black garlic into a food processor. Whizz until the ingredients are finely chopped. Add the drained water chestnuts and pulse to chop slightly.
Place the pork mince in a bowl. Add the chopped ingredients from the food processor plus the soy sauce, oyster sauce, saké and sesame oil. Stir to combine.
To assemble the gyoza – dip your finger in water and wipe around the edge of the gyoza wrapper. Hold the gyoza wrapper in the palm of one hand and put a heaped teaspoon of the filling onto the centre. Bring the edges of the skin together and press together firmly. Pinch pleats along the edge.*
Cook the gyoza in batches – heat a non-stick frying pan with 1 tbsp vegetable oil. Fry the gyoza on one side only for 2 minutes without turning. Add 4 tablespoons of water to the frying pan. Cover with a lid. Lower the heat and cook the gyoza for 5 minutes until the water has evaporated. Keep the first batch of gyoza warm in a low oven while you cook the remaining gyoza.
Make the Black Garlic ginger and mirin dipping sauce by mixing all the dipping sauce ingredients together.
To Serve: place the warm gyoza on a serving plate alongside the dipping sauce.
Top Tip*: tutorials on how to fold gyoza wrappers are on the internet.