EASY POT STICKERS RECIPE
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Easy Pot Stickers Recipe is stuffed with pork and vegetables. Pot Stickers are not difficult to make, just a little time-consuming to fold and seal the wrappers. You’ll get quicker with time, the versatility of serving as an appetizer or meal is worth the time!
If you want a different sauce for dipping rather than the soy-based sauce below, try this delicious Sweet Chili Sauce.
EASY POT STICKERS RECIPE
I know what you’re thinking ‘a Southern girl making potstickers?! I know, this is probably not the authentic, traditional kind of potstickers. My California friend laughed when I took him to eat sushi and they deep-fried the shrimp in it! I know right?! Blasphemy! So we do things a little differently here. However, I have had traditional potstickers, I just made these using a shortcut version. They taste similar, but are much easier to make…. and, no, I didn’t deep-fry the sausage first!
Disclaimer
No flavor was lost in the making of these short-cut potstickers. Big Daddy said so and you know he’s my worst food critic or would that be the best food critic? Well anyway, he’s very critical.
I made my potstickers with ground pork. While it is very flavorful, if you’re watching calories, try ground turkey or chicken instead.
What I did to make these a quicker version, is to pare down the ingredient list to a few very flavorful ingredients. Then I created a tasty dipping sauce for dunking. I like them with and without the sauce so allow your tastebuds to be the guide.
As well, these are ready to serve in about 30 minutes. I prefer under 30-minute meals, ok, I really prefer under 15-minute meals, but these pot-stickers are so delish, I made an exception.
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Easy Pot Stickers Recipe
Ingredients
Pot Stickers
- 20 square wonton wrappers
- 2 tablespoons green onions sliced thin
- 8 ounces pork sausage*
- ½ teaspoon fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon hoisin sauce
- ½ teaspoon garlic clove minced
- 2 tablespoons water for sealing wontons
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil for frying
Sauce
- ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon agave syrup
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- ⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes
Instructions
Pot Stickers
- Combine sausage, ginger, hoisin, garlic and green onions.
- Mix until well combined. I’ve found this is easier mixed with a fork.
- Lay wontons out on a clean surface.
- Fill center of wonton with approximately 1/2 tablespoon pork mixture.
- Gather edges of wrapper together over filling. Wet your fingertips with the water and seal wonton around pork. Press edges of wrapper together, enclosing the filling completely.
- Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling.
- Place a collapsible metal steamer rack or collander in a large wide pot. Fill pot with 1-inch water. Spray steamer rack with nonstick spray.
- Bring water to a boil.
- Working in batches, arrange dumplings on rack 1-inch apart. Cover pot with lid and steam dumplings until cooked thoroughly, about 8 minutes.
- Watch the water level and add more as needed.
- Transfer dumplings to a platter
- To fry, add 1 tablespoon coconut oil to a saute’ pan or use a non-stick pan without oil. Fry on medium high until golden.
- Transfer to a platter and serve with dipping sauce.
Sauce
- In a small bowl, whisk all sauce ingredients together. Serve with potstickers.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
DS10 and I are going to try making dumplings. I like making stuff from scratch to avoid the chemicals and preservatives.
I tried making pot stickers one time. Totally failed. I tried a different method than your method, though. Will have to give this a try!
I totally big puffy heart pot stickers, most of the time I just steam them because I can’t wait for the frying step! 🙂
I can never control myself around potstickers!
Me either Meg!
We love pot stickers! We make them when we do Chinese night -Louisiana Style! These look fabulous!
This recipe looks so good…what a delicious appetizer to serve! They not only look great tasting, they look pretty as well…thanks for sharing!
I could live on these Paula, they look incredible!!
Thanks Matt, I agree. I ate way more than a serving!