Korean Dumplings

Every culture has some kind of dumpling. The Chinese have their “pot stickers,” the Japanese their gyoza, and the Polish their pierogi. In Korea they are known as mandu and are made with beef, pork, tofu and kimchi. Mandu are found in soups or eaten on their own as an appetizer with a dipping sauce.

Making dumplings is a labor of love. The filling is enclosed in a circle of store-bought dumpling wrappers (about 50 to a package) that are pleated and folded over t