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300g minced pork
2 spring onions
a piece of fresh ginger
15 ml soy sauce
1½ teaspoon salt
1½ teaspoon 5 spices
1 teaspoon cornstarch
a packet Jaozi sheets
1000 ml water
extra soy sauce to serve
The Chinese New Year celebrations have just ended and we make Jiaozi, a popular Chinese New Year dish. Last year we made Jiaozi stuffed with cabbage, mushrooms and pork. Then we showed you how to steam or deep fry the Jiaozi.
Today we make Jiaozi with minced meat, chopped spring onions and ginger. This time we cook them. We make it easy on ourselves with ready-made Jiaozi sheets from the Chinese supermarket, which we defrost first.
Cut the spring onions in strips.
Add them to the minced pork.
Jona grates the ginger in it.
Add the cornstarch too.
Knead the spices and the soy sauce into the meat.
Spoon some filling on each sheet.
Bring the water to the boil.
Fold the Jiaozi closed while you wait.
Brush the edges closed with a drop of water.
The water boils, add the Jiaozi.
Boil the Jiaozi 8-10 minutes until cooked.
Serve the Jiaozi with a bowl of soy sauce.
The boys immediately attack, the Jiaozi are so good!
Gong Xi Fa Cai! - Xin Nian Kuai Le! - Happy New Year!