by Old Fashioned » Tue Feb 11, 2025 11:41 am
Bumping this thread to include other 'Asian' inspired recipes for finger foods. Also to say the recipe for wrappers for each may be a little different (some use egg, others don't), but I use the same recipe for all. It can also make homemade pasta for things like spaghetti or ??? Wrapper recipe is in post 1.
Potsticker filling
1lb ground pork (or whatever you have or like)
4 cloves minced garlic
1/2 C. chopped green onions
3T. minced ginger (that just seems too much to me, so I cut it back to 1T.)
2T+1tsp soy sauce
1tsp sesame oil
optional.......1 1/2 C. chopped cabbage, 1 pinch cayenne pepper. Can also add other ingredients as you like.
Cut wrapper either square or circle (I used a wide mouth canning ring, so about that big) Place about a tablespoon of filling in center and pull up edges and pinch to close (half circle or square). Then to make sure edges are sealed, start at one side and crimp?.(making several folds to overlap and pinch.....sort of like making pleats when sewing). Then gently press down on hard surface to give a flat bottom.
Potsticker Dipping Sauce
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup rice vinegar
To cook............add 1 or 2 Tbls oil and 1/4 cup water to pan. Add potstickers (flat bottom down) and cover to cook on medium high heat about 5-7 minutes. Remove lid and cook till water evaporates. (Careful they may live up to their name and stick to the pot). Bottoms should be kinda crispy
Crab Rangoons
2 cans crab meat
1 8oz pkg cream cheese, softened
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp soy sauce &/or worechestershire sauce
1/4(?) cup chopped green onions
Mix all very thoroughly. Using 3 or 4 inch square wrappers, add about a tablespoon of filling to center of each. Pull up opposite corners and pinch the top, then repeat with other corners. Then pinch the 4 seams to make an X or cross on top.
To cook.........drop in hot oil till well browned and floating (just a few minutes so don't blink)......or spray them well with Pam and into the air fryer till brown-ish. Of course they don't brown as well in the air fryer as in the oil, but both methods work well and they are good either way so it depends on your personal preference.
Crab meat is expensive whether in a can or fresh but imitation crab works just as well and much cheaper. I've done both canned and the surimi and actually prefer the imitation that had a more pronounced crab flavor and the canned seemed bland. I don't know about the amounts when using other types of crab, but however much looks good when mixed with the cream cheese cause you want to taste the crab at least as much, if not more than the cheese
Bumping this thread to include other 'Asian' inspired recipes for finger foods. Also to say the recipe for wrappers for each may be a little different (some use egg, others don't), but I use the same recipe for all. It can also make homemade pasta for things like spaghetti or ??? Wrapper recipe is in post 1.
Potsticker filling
1lb ground pork (or whatever you have or like)
4 cloves minced garlic
1/2 C. chopped green onions
3T. minced ginger (that just seems too much to me, so I cut it back to 1T.)
2T+1tsp soy sauce
1tsp sesame oil
optional.......1 1/2 C. chopped cabbage, 1 pinch cayenne pepper. Can also add other ingredients as you like.
Cut wrapper either square or circle (I used a wide mouth canning ring, so about that big) Place about a tablespoon of filling in center and pull up edges and pinch to close (half circle or square). Then to make sure edges are sealed, start at one side and crimp?.(making several folds to overlap and pinch.....sort of like making pleats when sewing). Then gently press down on hard surface to give a flat bottom.
Potsticker Dipping Sauce
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup rice vinegar
To cook............add 1 or 2 Tbls oil and 1/4 cup water to pan. Add potstickers (flat bottom down) and cover to cook on medium high heat about 5-7 minutes. Remove lid and cook till water evaporates. (Careful they may live up to their name and stick to the pot). Bottoms should be kinda crispy
Crab Rangoons
2 cans crab meat
1 8oz pkg cream cheese, softened
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp soy sauce &/or worechestershire sauce
1/4(?) cup chopped green onions
Mix all very thoroughly. Using 3 or 4 inch square wrappers, add about a tablespoon of filling to center of each. Pull up opposite corners and pinch the top, then repeat with other corners. Then pinch the 4 seams to make an X or cross on top.
To cook.........drop in hot oil till well browned and floating (just a few minutes so don't blink)......or spray them well with Pam and into the air fryer till brown-ish. Of course they don't brown as well in the air fryer as in the oil, but both methods work well and they are good either way so it depends on your personal preference.
Crab meat is expensive whether in a can or fresh but imitation crab works just as well and much cheaper. I've done both canned and the surimi and actually prefer the imitation that had a more pronounced crab flavor and the canned seemed bland. I don't know about the amounts when using other types of crab, but however much looks good when mixed with the cream cheese cause you want to taste the crab at least as much, if not more than the cheese