Ingredients
- 2 lb winter melon (peeled and cube)
- 1 lb chicken or pork
- 4 quarts water
- 1 tbsp salt
- 2 slices ginger
Instructions
- Bring water to a boil, place meat into pot, and allow it to simmer for 30 minutes.
- Place winter melon into pot and let it simmer until the melon becomes translucent.
- Then add ginger and salt to flavor.
Ingredients
- 1.5lb ground pork
- 6 peeled, chopped water chestnuts
- 2 cups of chopped long chives
- 6 tbsp of soy sauce
- 1 tbsp of salt
- 1 tsp of sugar
- 1 packet of potsticker skin (50 count)
Instructions
- Blanch long chives to heighten flavor.
- Mix ground pork, water chestnut, chives, soy sauce, salt, and sugar.
- See video how to wrap a potsticker.
- Once dumplings are wrapped, you can either boil or pan-fry them. To boil, just add the potstickers into a pot until they float atop. To pan-fry, coat the pan with oil and flour, and let the bottom of the potstickers brown. Then, add a little bit of water, place a cover, and allow to them to steam until the skin becomes translucent.
- TIP: cook one potsticker in advance to make sure the filling has enough flavor.
Yum, more wintry soup!
Ingredients
- 1- 1.5lb lotus root
- 5-6 red dates
- 1 cup black-eyed peas
- 1 slice of ginger
- 3 quarts of chicken or pork broth
Instructions
- Peel and cube lotus root.
- Bring broth to a boil, then add lotus root. Adjust to medium heat and let it cook for 30 minutes or until lotus root is cooked.
- Add black-eyes peas, red dates, and ginger.
- Let it cook for another 15-20 minutes, or until the black-eyes peas are cooked.
- Add salt to flavor.
