Boiled Meat Dumplings

Name: Boiled Meat Dumplings (Shui chiao)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2-½ cups wheat flour (all purpose); 1-¼ teaspoon salt; 2-½ cups wheat flour (all purpose); ¾ pound pork or beef (ground); 1 cup cold water; ¾ pound pork or beef (ground); ¾ pound pork or beef (ground); ¾ pound Napa cabbage (or spinach); ¾ pound Napa cabbage (or spinach); 1 teaspoon chopped ginger; 2 tablespoons chopped garlic chives; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 tablespoons lard or oil; 2 tablespoons lard or oil

Shui chiao

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

2-½ cups wheat flour (all purpose)
1-¼ teaspoon salt
1

Asia
Taiwan
Snack

Method

Place flour in bowl. Add salt and water (slowly) mix with fingers and knead to form a soft dough, cover with damp cloth. Let stand for at least 15 minutes.
Mix meat, garlic chives, ginger, soy sauce, salt, lard and sesame oil in a bowl thoroughly, then add chopped bok choy (sprinkle a little salt on chopped cabbage first, then squeeze dry). Mix thoroughly to ma