Shrimp dumplings with leeks(jiu cai xia jiao )

Shrimp dumplings with leeks

Introduction:

"Every Spring Festival, the family will make dumplings, today bought fresh shrimp and leeks to make dumplings together, this is the family's favorite filling. "On the first day of every year, regardless of the rich and the poor, they all make dumplings with white flour, which is called boiled pastry. It's the same in the whole country. In a wealthy family, they hide their treasures in gold and silver. If they are successful in divination, they will be lucky all the year round. " This shows that people eat dumplings during the Spring Festival, which means auspicious, to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. Xu Ke, a modern writer, said in his qingbarnyardgrass notes: "there is stuffing in it, or powder horn in it. It can be steamed and fried. It can be boiled with water and has soup, which is called dumpling." For thousands of years, jiaozi, as a new year's food, has been loved by people and passed down to the present. Make dumplings on New Year's Eve. It is one of the most important contents of Chinese New Year celebration in the vast areas of northern China. New year's Eve dumplings, as an important part of the festival, so there are also many rules and customs. When making dumplings, red dates, peanuts, coins, sugar, chestnuts and so on will be added to them, representing the fortune of the next year. These customs are designed to meet the needs of new year's atmosphere. "

Production steps:

Step 1: wash leeks, soak in brine for 15 minutes, then rinse and control dry water for standby.

Step 2: reserve the pork stuffing.

Step 3: add some soy sauce.

Step 4: marinate the shrimps with cooking wine, soy sauce and pepper for 20 minutes, then add them into the meat.

Step 5: mix well.

Step 6: add appropriate amount of salt.

Step 7: add chicken essence.

Step 8: cut leeks into small pieces and set aside.

Step 9: add leeks to the meat.

Step 10: mix well.

Step 11: add oil and mix well.

Step 12: mix the dough with warm water and let it stand for more than 30 minutes.

Step 13: divide into three equal parts.

Step 14: take a portion and rub it into strips

Step 15: use a knife to cut the dough into equal size.

Step 16: Sprinkle with dry noodles.

Step 17: round with your hands.

Step 18: squash for standby.

Step 19: roll thin with a rolling pin.

Step 20: roll the dough in the middle and thin on the edge.

Step 21: put in the filling.

Step 22: fold and squeeze the dough.

Step 23: put the dumplings on the bamboo curtain sprinkled with flour.

Step 24: bring the water to a boil and add salt.

Step 25: add the dumplings.

Step 26: push the dumplings clockwise with a spoon to prevent sticking to the bottom of the pot. Cover the pot and cook over high heat until the water is slightly boiling.

Step 27: add cold water, cover the pot and continue to cook.

Step 28: after the second boiling, continue to add cold water, cover the pot and continue to cook.

Step 29: Boil the water for the third time, add cold water, open the lid and cook.

Step 30: take out the water after boiling

Step 31: put it on the curtain to control the water.

Materials required:

Shrimp: 500g

Leek: 1000g

Pork stuffing: 1000g

Oil: right amount

Salt: right amount

Chicken essence: appropriate amount

Cooking wine: moderate

Soy sauce: moderate

Pepper: right amount

Precautions: 1. When mixing the stuffing, add salt into the meat stuffing, and do not put salt into the leeks to prevent water. 2. After boiling water, add appropriate amount of salt to prevent dumplings from breaking. 3. Boiled dumplings three open, the first and second cover cooking, the third cover cooking.

Production difficulty: Advanced

Process: boiling

Production time: one hour

Taste: salty and fresh

Chinese PinYin : Jiu Cai Xia Jiao