Style Recipe ⊷ Cantonese Style Pork and Shrimp Dumplings

I love dumplings and have come up with this recipe using all ingredients that I like. The dumplings consist of pork, shrimp, watercress, water chestnuts, and assorted seasonings, and they are absolutely delicious!

Ingredients

• ¼ pound ground pork
• 1 cup chopped watercress
• ½ (8 ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and chopped
• ¼ cup chopped green onions
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 ½ tablespoons sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• ⅓ teaspoon ground white pepper
• ⅓ teaspoon salt
• 1 (16 ounce) package round dumpling skins
• 1 pound peeled and deveined medium shrimp

Cooking Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine the pork, watercress, water chestnuts, green onion, oyster sauce, sesame oil, garlic, soy sauce, ground white pepper and salt and mix together well.
2. Place 1/2 teaspoonful of this filling onto each dumpling skin. Place 1 shrimp on the filling, slightly wet the edge of the dumpling skin, fold over and pinch with your fingers to form a seal all the way around.
3. To cook: Pan fry the dumplings in a large skillet over medium heat with oil for 15 minutes, turning over halfway through OR Place them in a pot of boiling water for 10 minutes; drain and serve in hot chicken broth.

Nutrition Facts

• calories234.1
• carbohydrateContent28.2 g
• cholesterolContent81.2 mg
• fatContent5.9 g
• fiberContent1.2 g
• proteinContent15.8 g
• saturatedFatContent1.5 g
• sodiumContent402.4 mg
• sugarContent0.4 g