Quite possibly the easiest recipe for dumpling dough done in 5 minutes! We show you how quick it is to make dumpling dough at home with only 3 ingredients. Enjoy take-out style Asian dumplings anytime. You'll never go back to packaged once you have made our homemade potsticker wrappers.
About The Dough for Asian Dumplings
This easy Asian potsticker dough recipe comes together so fast with minimal ingredients. This dumpling dough is going to take your homemade potstickers over the top, there is nothing like the tenderness of homemade dough. The process is easy and nothing like making pie crust, so don't be intimidated! I can be wordy in my instructions, it is actually very easy.
What is a Potsticker?
A potsticker is an Asian style dumpling that is either steamed, fried or both. The dough is usually stuffed with a mix of Chinese flavored meat and vegetables then served with a sauce for dipping. Typical flavor combinations include chicken, pork or shrimp with cabbage, carrot and green onion.
Why Not Just Buy Potsticker Wrappers?
Well you can, but trust me, they aren't as good! A long time ago I decided to make most things from scratch going forward. Some gasp at the fact when I talk about it , but really it has made my life so much easier. Imagine having a craving, then all the ingredients to make Asian dumplings, except the wrappers? Instead, I keep basic ingredients on hand and can whip up almost anything I need in no time at all. Not everything homemade has to take hours or make a huge mess. It is all about preparation. Have everything you need within reach and nothing you don't! Less clutter, more room to work.
What Should I Stuff My Homemade Potstickers With?
Traditionally, you will find a pork filling in most dumplings. This recipe for dumpling dough is versatile and works well with any flavor profile you choose. We have an amazing recipe we used this homemade dumpling dough for, check that out here after! Sweet and Spicy Asian Pot-Stickers Tip: Whatever filling you use, make sure excess liquid is removed before wrapping so the wrappers don't get soggy before they are cooked.
Directions for How To Make Homemade Potsticker Dough
Start by adding 2 cups flour and ¼ teaspoon salt to a bowl. Slowly pour in ¾ c boiling water. Mix.
Mix in the flour and press the dough into the bowl.
Use the press, push and fold method for kneading the dough right in the bowl. Less mess.
Flatten the dough out into the bowl and drizzle about 1 tablespoon of oil over it (your choice, we use Olive Oil), continue to press and fold the dough to work in the oil.
Shape the dough into a ball, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rest for 1 hour. RESTING IS NECESSARY to ensure dumplings hold together, however you may be able to push it to 30 minutes.
After the hour is up, roll the dough out to ¼" on a hard flat surface lightly dusted with flour.
Cut with square or circle cutter.
Store the cut potsticker wrappers in an air tight container or zip top bag, keep refrigerated.The homemade dumpling dough can even be fried in oil and used like wontons! Fill them with crab rangoon filling, etc. There are many uses.
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Our quick and easy process for making Asian potsticker dough in 5 minutes, plus a video collage to give you a more visual idea of how easy this is!
Ingredients
2 cups All Purpose Flour
¼ teaspoon Salt
¾ cup Boiling Water
Instructions
Add 2 cups flour and ¼ teaspoon salt to a bowl. Slowly pour in ¾ c boiling water. Mix well.
Once the flour is mixed in, firmly press down on the mixture to get it to stick together.
Work the dough until it comes to together and is no longer crumbly. This will take a minute or two.
Shape the dough into a ball, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rest for about 10 minutes.
Roll out to about ¼" thick, cut with round cutter, fill.
See our Easy Pork Potsticker post for a delicious recipe!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Amount Per Serving:Calories: 180
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What are dumplings made of? The dumpling dough is made of three main ingredients: flour, water and salt. But which flour you use depends on which dumpling you want to make.
From-scratch dumpling dough requires only two ingredients — flour and water — and the water temperature yields different types of wrappers. Cold water is best for boiled dumplings because it causes the flour's proteins to form the gluten that makes dough chewy and able to withstand vigorously boiling water.
For dumplings made with wheat flour, all purpose or plain flour will suffice. If your recipe calls for leavening, you'll need to add baking powder and salt. Alternatively, you can use self-rising flour which has the leavening included. For a lot of dumplings, plain flour is all that is required with no baking powder.
Combine 1 cup all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon fine salt in a medium bowl. Cut in 1 tablespoon softened unsalted butter and 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley, if using. Stir together with a fork until blended. Stir in 1/3 cup milk to form a wet dough.
Before you even start making your dumplings, first think about how you want to cook them. There are three basic ways: steaming, boiling, and steam-frying.
These dumplings start with all-purpose flour, which creates structure and holds the other ingredients together. Baking powder is a leavening agent, which means it releases gas that makes the dough expand. It's responsible for the dumplings' light and fluffy texture.
All you need are just a few simple ingredients to make these homemade dumpling wrappers too. For the standard dumpling dough, in fact, all that's required is just wheat flour, water, and salt. In comparison, the gluten-free dumplings are made with a combination of rice flour, tapioca flour, and psyllium husk powder.
If you can not find dumpling flour, you can use bread flour. Just check the protein content before picking a brand (10% is good). If you can't even find bread flour, I have a trick. You can use all-purpose flour and add 2 eggs and water to the flour to make it higher in protein.
Homemade dumplings can fall apart for a number of different reasons, or any combination of them. Often they burst during cooking because they have too much filling for the amount of dough. Some doughs are too dry, so the dumplings won't stay sealed. Others can be too wet and sticky and end up tearing.
Stir everything together until the wet and dry ingredients are combined and you don't see any more dry flour. The dough might look a little lumpy, but that's okay! Overworking the dough is one of the easiest ways to end up with tough dumplings.
If you only have plain flour in the house, add some baking powder as well, to help them rise and become fluffy. This post suggests using 1 tsp of baking powder for every 100g of plain flour.
Note: Bread flour with a moderate amount of gluten, such as widely available Gold Medal, works best to yield tender, yet slightly chewy dough. Unbleached flour produces terrific flavor, but bleached flour imparts a brighter finish that some Asian cooks like.
Make sure your filling is not too wet, as excessive moisture will increase the chance of the wrapper breaking. Remove as much liquid from vegetables as possible before adding to the mix. For greens like spinach, kale, or bok choy, blanch them first, then squeeze them tightly with your hands.
Some families hide a coin inside one or more of the jiaozi, so someone may bite into something hard and discover a gold or silver coin inside their dumpling. Whoever finds the dumpling with the coin has good luck and will be lucky in the upcoming year.
Popular meat fillings include ground meat (usually pork, but sometimes beef or chicken), shrimp, and even fish. Popular mixtures include pork with Chinese cabbage, pork with garlic chives, pork and shrimp with vegetables, pork with spring onion, and garlic chives with scrambled eggs.
Mei cooks her some special dumplings which she claims to be effective for rejuvenation. She tells Mrs. Li that the secret ingredient for her rejuvenating dumplings is unborn fetuses imported from an abortion clinic in Shenzhen, where she used to work.
Wikipedia defines dumpling as a broad classification for a dish that consists of pieces of dough wrapped around a filling or pieces of dough with no filling. The dough can be based on bread, flour or potatoes, and may be filled with meat, fish, cheese, vegetables, fruits or sweets.
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