This morning we were enjoying a nice rainy Saturday morning, watching Kung Fu Panda, when it hit us that we NEEDED some Chinese Dumplings. How it could occur to us when we've never actually HAD them, well I really have no idea. I guess it was just the site of PO the Panda and his master tossing a bit of cartoon Dumpling around, that got our mouths salivating a little bit.
How sad that we are inspired by cartoons, but alas....we where.
Thankfully we have this great thing on our computer called "Google". So we "Googled" and found THIS great cooking website with a post about Chinese Dumplings. COMPLETE with pictures I might add. This is always helpful when you've never made something before.
Husband decided that we must have them and so off to Wal-Mart I must go.
I have to tell you, it was a lot of fun all of us doing this together. There was lots of chopping involved, as well as deveining of shrimp...and we all know what that REALLY means! Yes, Lana MAY have been freaking out just a little.
Stacy worked on the dough. He's a cute little dough boy ;)
MMMM, this is ours simmering in the pan...
And the finished product....
OH YAY, and how about a little Teriyaki Rice and a Fortune Cookie to go along with it.
And what was my fortune today might you ask?
"Yours will find true love soon."
Really? Yours will? Yours what?
Of course, in the continuation of rainy day movie day, we had to have the PERFECT movie for Chinese Dumplings..
That's right folks, a little Karate Kid II!
~Sigh~ I sure did like me some Ralph Machio back in the day.
OK, a few tips if you too feel inspired to make Chinese Dumplings.
1. We did the pork and shrimp filling- I used mushrooms (minced) instead of the water chestnuts.
2. The dough on this recipe site uses only half of the filling. We got 16 dumplings out of it and I froze the other half of the filling for another day.
3. You only use 1/2 a lb of ground pork, so I froze the other 1/2 lb for another day as well.
4. We made Teriyaki rice to go with it. I discovered that rice that you cook for a long time and NOT minute rice, is the best for this. I just added some Teriyaki sauce and it was really good. I like it when my rice sticks together. It makes me a little giddy.
5. You have to have Fortune Cookies. Have to. Non negotiable. I'm thinking Homemade Fortune Cookies might be my next big endeavor.
You might recall that we had another Chinese Food Night a while back. I never liked Chinese as a kid. It's nice to that my kids like it and that we can have fun making it together.
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2 comments:
MMMMMM!!! How fun! I love your family.
this sounds so fun! I must say, I would have enjoyed the eating much more then the cooking - hee, hee
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