Water Dumplings with Chives

Name: Water Dumplings with Chives (Gau Choi Soi Gau)
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1⅛ teaspoons salt; 10 ounces shrimp; 12 ounces ground pork; 1 teaspoon grated ginger mixed with 1 teaspoon white wine; 2¼ cups chives: wash, dry, cut into ¼-inch lengths; 1 tablespoon peanut oil; 1 cup chives, cut into ¼-inch lengths, for soup; 1 egg, beaten; 45 won ton skins; 1 cup cold water; 5 cups chicken broth; 1½ tablespoons oyster sauce; 1 teaspoon light soy sauce; Pinch of white pepper; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 1½ teaspoons sugar; 1 teaspoon grated ginger mixed with 1 teaspoon white wine; 1 teaspoon peanut oil; 1½ teaspoons sesame oil

Gau Choi Soi Gau

Preparation info

Makes
45
dumplings dumplings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Chinese Banquet Cookbook

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Published 1985

About

Ingredients

2¼ cups chives: wash, dry, cut into ¼-inch lengths
1 tablespoon peanut oil
1⅛

Asia
China
Canton
Main course

Method

Stir-fry chives in 1 tablespoon peanut oil with ⅛ teaspoon salt until chives change color. Reserve.
Shell and devein shrimp. Wash and dry thoroughly. Dice into ⅛-inch cub