Japanese Food Recipes – A Must Have

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For a main dish: Gyoza – This recipe will be done in two parts: the wrapper and the filling.

For the wrapper you will need:
- 170 mL water
- 200 grams of flour
• Ingredients will yield 30 pcs of wrapper

Instructions:
1. Mix flour and water in a bowl. Knead it until it forms to a soft dough. Ideal consistency is somewhat similar to the texture of an earlobe.
2. Set the dough aside and cover it with a wet towel for 10 to 20 minutes.
3. Once the dough is ready, make 30 smaller balls from it and flatten them to form thin discs. Ideally the dough discs should be a bit thicker in the middle to prevent breaking during the cooking process.
4. Set them aside.

For the filling you would need:
- 200 g of ground pork or chicken
- Cabbage
- Nira/ Oriental garlic chives (if not available, you can substitute this with leek or green onion)
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Sake (Japanese Rice Wine)
- Soy sauce
- Sesame oil
- Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:
1. Cut the vegetables in small pieces and set them aside. (Vegetables and meat should have 1:1 ratio)
2. Get the chopped cabbage, sprinkle some salt on top and let it sit for at least 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, squeeze out the water from the cabbage.
3. Mix all the ingredients and add salt and pepper according to taste.

Assembly and cooking:
1. To assemble, put a reasonable amount of filling in the middle of the wrapper. Seal it by moistening half of the wrapper, pinching them together and creating pleats.
2. Put the Gyoza upright in a pan, add some cooking oil and fry it until the bottom gets a nice brown color. Once that color is achieved, add water until half of the Gyozas are submerged in water.
3. Keep the fire on high heat and wait until the water evaporates.
4. Serve while hot with dipping sauce of vinegar and soy sauce.

By: You Lin

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