MUSHROOM AND SILVERBEET GYOZA WITH SESAME SPROUT SALAD
A delicious vegetarian dumpling, that you can either steam or pan fry. Served with a fresh raw sprout salad, this makes a fabulous mid-week meal.
Ingredients
For the Dumplings
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 whole silverbeet stems (approx. 150 grams) finely chopped for gyoza, leaves finely shredded for salad
4 spring onions, finely sliced
2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
2 tablespoon Chantal Organics tamari soy sauce
75 grams button mushrooms, finely chopped
Lian Huat dumpling pastry (300g)
For the Salad
200 grams mung bean sprouts
120 grams alfalfa or adzuki sprouts
1 spring onion, finely sliced
1 red chilli, deseeded, finely chopped
1 teaspoon Lee Kum Kee sesame oil
10 grams toasted Farro sesame seeds
3 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
Method
Warm the oil in a medium-sized saucepan then stir in the silverbeet stalks, spring onion and garlic and let them cook for 10 mins, partially cover with a lid until soft and sweet
Add 1 tablespoon soy sauce and mushrooms to the vegetables and let them cook for a further 4-5 mins
Season with salt and pepper, set aside to cool
Take one of the dumpling pastry wraps and place it flat on the work surface
Place 1 heaped teaspoon of the mixture in the middle
Brush a little water around the edge of the wrapper
Draw the edges together to make a little semi-circular parcel like a tiny pasty
Press the edges tightly together to seal, pinching them as you go
Place the gyoza flat side down on a tray
Continue with the rest of the wrappers and mixture, you should make about 18 little parcels
If you have time, refrigerate for 30 mins before cooking
Warm a little oil in a heavy-based frying pan
Lay the gyoza flat side down and leave them for 7-10 mins or until the base is golden and lightly crisp
Add a splash of water and cover with a lid so the sides of each parcel steam but do not colour, about 4-5 mins
Whilst the gyoza are cooking make the salad. In a medium-sized mixing bowl add shredded silverbeet leaves, mung bean sprouts, adzuki sprouts, spring onion and chilli, mix to combine
In a small bowl add sesame oil, 1 tablespoon soy sauce and sesame seeds, whisk to combine
Pour the dressing over the salad and mix to coat
Serve the gyoza hot from the pan together with the sprout salad and sweet chilli sauce as a dip