Vegetarian Pot Stickers Recipe

These little snacks have an incredible amount of taste, and I just know you’ll be snacking on them till their all gone.

Ingredients

• 454 g package extra firm tofu
• ½ cup carrot, finely shredded
• ½ cup bok choy, finely chopped
• ¼ cup bamboo shoots, finely chopped
• ¼ cup garlic chives, chopped finely
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• ½ tsp sesame oil
• ¼ tsp salt
• ⅓ cup Dipping sauce (recipe below)
• One lb (500 g) package of dumpling wrappers
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• ½ cup water

1. Place tofu onto a paper towel lined plate and place a sheet or two on top of the tofu as well. Using the palms of your hands, gently press down to properly drain excess water from the tofu. Slice the tofu into cubes, then using a fork, mash the tofu cubes until crumbled. Transfer into a large mixing bowl
2. Once you have prepared all the vegetables, add shredded carrot, chopped bok choy, bamboo shoots, garlic chives and minced cloves, soy sauce, sesame oil and salt into the bowl with the crumbled tofu. Toss mixture together until well combined; set aside. Prepare the dipping sauce.
3. Carefully separate dumpling wrappers and set onto a flat surface. Place a heaping tsp of the tofu mixture into the centre of each wrapper. Moisten the wrapper edges with a small amount of water and fold sheet in half, enclosing the filling; pinch the edges to seal. Repeat until all dumpling wrappers are filled and sealed.
4. Pour vegetable oil into a large skillet over medium-high heat. When oil and skillet are hot, place in the dumplings and fry, without turning dumplings over, until they turn a golden-brown colour, which shouldn’t take longer than 1 minute. Once dumplings are done frying, pour in ½ cup of water and cover pan. Allow dumplings to cook for 1 minute longer, then uncover pan and allow dumplings to simmer until most of the water has been absorbed.
5. Place dumplings onto a platter or individual plates with burnt sides facing up and serve immediately with dipping sauce.

Makes approximately 48 dumplings