Potsticker Skillet
type: Recipe
headline: Potsticker Skillet with Store-Bought Wrappers
description: Make beginner potstickers in a skillet with dumpling wrappers, pork cabbage filling, soy sauce, ginger, green onion, pan browning, and steaming.
author: Chinese Food at Home
language: en
recipe cuisine: Chinese
recipe category: Main dish
keywords: dumplings, pork, skillet, comfort-food
recipe yield: 4 servings
prep time: PT30M
cook time: PT14M
total time: PT44M
recipe ingredient: dumpling wrappers: 30 wrappers.
recipe ingredient: ground pork: 300 g / 10 oz.
recipe ingredient: cabbage: 2 cups finely chopped.
recipe ingredient: green onion: 3.
recipe ingredient: ginger: 1 tbsp grated.
recipe ingredient: soy sauce: 2 tbsp.
recipe ingredient: toasted sesame oil: 1 tsp (optional).
recipe ingredient: neutral oil: 2 tbsp.
recipe ingredient: cornstarch: 1 tsp (optional).
recipe ingredient: salt: 1/2 tsp.
recipe instructions: Salt and squeeze the cabbage
  type: HowToStep
  text: Put the chopped cabbage in a bowl with the salt and let it sit for 10 minutes. Squeeze it firmly over the sink or through a clean towel to remove extra water. This prevents the filling from becoming loose and leaking inside the wrappers.
recipe instructions: Mix the dumpling filling
  type: HowToStep
  text: Combine pork, squeezed cabbage, green onion, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil if using, and cornstarch if using. Stir in one direction until the mixture looks sticky. Sticky filling is easier to wrap and stays juicy after cooking.
recipe instructions: Fill and fold the potstickers
  type: HowToStep
  text: Place one wrapper on a board and add about 1 teaspoon filling to the center. Wet the edge with water, fold it in half, and press firmly to seal. Pleats are optional; a tight half-moon seal is enough for a beginner.
recipe instructions: Brown the bottoms first
  type: HowToStep
  text: Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and add oil. Arrange potstickers flat-side down with a little space between them. Cook 2 to 3 minutes without moving them, until the bottoms look golden brown.
recipe instructions: Add water and steam safely
  type: HowToStep
  text: Carefully pour about 1/3 cup water into the skillet and immediately cover with a lid. The pan will hiss, so keep your face back. Steam for 5 to 7 minutes, until the wrappers look slightly translucent and the pork is cooked through.
recipe instructions: Uncover and crisp again
  type: HowToStep
  text: Remove the lid and let the remaining water evaporate. Keep cooking until the bottoms crisp again and release from the pan. Move the potstickers with a spatula and serve hot with dumpling dipping sauce.
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about: Dumpling wrappers
about: Ground pork
about: Cabbage
mentions: Round dumpling or gyoza wrappers are easiest for potstickers, but square wonton wrappers can be folded into simple triangles.
mentions: Ground pork with a little fat stays juicier than very lean pork.
mentions: Use ground chicken, turkey, shrimp, or finely chopped mushrooms instead of pork.
mentions: Use napa cabbage, green cabbage, or finely chopped bok choy stems in the filling.
mentions: Dumpling wrappers: Round dumpling wrappers, Gyoza wrappers, Square wonton wrappers. Round wrappers are easiest for half-moons, while square wrappers can be folded into triangles.
mentions: Ground pork: Ground chicken, Ground turkey, Chopped mushrooms. If using very lean meat, do not overcook after steaming or the filling can become dry.
mentions: Cabbage: Napa cabbage, Green cabbage, Bok choy stems. Salt and squeeze cabbage so the filling is juicy but not watery.

faq
type: FAQPage
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language: en
main entity: Do I need to pleat potstickers?
  type: Question
  accepted answer: Answer
    text: No. Pleats look nice, but a firmly sealed half-moon is enough for a beginner skillet version.
main entity: How do I know potstickers are cooked?
  type: Question
  accepted answer: Answer
    text: The wrappers should look tender and slightly translucent, and pork filling should be fully cooked with no pink center.
main entity: Can potstickers be frozen before cooking?
  type: Question
  accepted answer: Answer
    text: Yes. Freeze uncooked potstickers in one layer, then cook from frozen with a little more steaming time.

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