Name: Pork and Chives Dumpling Filling (猪肉韭菜饺子馅)
Yield: Makes enough for 60 dumplings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 green onions, trimmed and finely chopped; ½ teaspoon white pepper powder; 11 ounces (300 g) ground pork (preferably a 70% lean, 30% fatty mix); 1 egg; 2 teaspoons Shaoxing cooking wine; 3 tablespoons (45 ml) toasted sesame oil; 2 ounces (60 g) lotus root or water chestnuts, finely chopped; 2 teaspoons soy sauce; ¾-inch (2 cm) piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped; 2 ounces (60 g) Chinese chives, chopped into ⅛-inch (3 mm) segments; 1 teaspoon oyster sauce; ½ teaspoon salt

Preparation info

Makes enough for
60
dumplings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Xi'an Famous Foods

By Jason Wang

Published 2020

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Ingredients

11 ounces (300 g) ground pork (preferably a 70% lean, 30% fatty mix)
¾-inch (<

Method

Add the ground pork to a large bowl.

In a blender, combine the ginger with ¼ cup (60 ml) water. Pulse until it becomes a smooth mixture.

Mix the ginger mixture into the pork. Add the salt, oyster sauce, soy sauce, cooking wine, white pepper powder, and lotus root or water chestnuts. To combine, stir with chopsticks in only one direction to promote better cohesion of the filling.