Fried Pork and Prawn Dumplings (Gow Gee)

A very famous Chinese cuisine recipe. The Fried Dumplings can often be found in mostly any Chinese restaurants. Crispy skin with a tender fillings of mixed prawns and pork. 

Ingredients

250g wonton wrappers

250g minced pork

125g prawns (minced)

60g dried mushrooms

½ x 230g can bamboo shoots

6 shallots

1 tsp grated green ginger

1 clove garlic

2 tsps sesame oil

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp dry sherry

Oil for deep frying

Sweet Sour Sauce

½ cup water

½ cup white vinegar

¾ cup water

2 tbsps tomato paste

1 tbsp tomato sauce

1 tbsp cornflour

¼ cup water

For Sauce

• Mix  water, vinegar, tomato paste, tomato sauce and water into pan. Stirfry over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Next, mix cornflour with water to create a smooth paste. Add into pan. Stir over medium heat until sauce thickens and boil. Simmer 1 minute

 Method

• Use 8cm round cutter to cut wonton wrappers into circle shape.

• Put mushrooms into boiling water for 30 minutes in a small bowl. Drain and chop mushrooms into small pieces. Mix mushroom with pork, prawns, finely chopped bamboo shoots, ginger, crushed garlic, soy sauce, sherry and sesame oil together.

• Put a tablespoonful of mixture on the wonton wrappers. Brush edges with water and fold into half. Pinch edges to stick.

• Heat oil in pan for deep frying. Put wrapped wontons into hot oil and fry until golden brown. Remove and drain on absorbent paper.

• Serve with sweet sour sauce.