Me and My Baby, Porking in The Kitchen

So we like to eat pork, wanna fight about it? We also like to eat bite-sized. I think it’s cuter that way. Pretty sure R just thinks it’s more fun to eat with his fingers. I got a steamer recently, and since we like dumplings around here, and pork is our heart, we churned out some pork dumplings like we were a tiny little dumpling-eating factory.

All the ones that look like dumplings, R made. My anal ass (ha, didn’t even think about that when I was typing but it stays) liked the straight lines of the stars, so those are mine. Also see the lone tortalli I made. :( Not sure why I did that.

I’m not going to lie to you, R’s were better and I would recommend that shape with this recipe. Something about the bunchy dough at the top that was mmm mmm good.

Steamed Pork Dumplings

1 lb of ground pork
1/4 cup tamari
3 tbs of sesame oil
2 tbs of sirachi
one small splash of vinegar
1 shallot, finely chopped
wanton wrappers (as I said before, shut up)
salt and pepper
Makes about 24 dumplings. Perfectly serves 2 as an entre if you’re fat.

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl. Mix with your fingers (please wash them first, gross). Drop one scoop of pork, roughly the diameter of a quarter in the middle of the wanton wrapper. Brush water on the exposed parts of the wrapper to act as a adhesive. Gather the corners and edges and pull to the top. Smoosh together. Keep uncooked dumplings beneath a damp paper towel while finishing up. Wet the steamer a bit before putting the dumplings in or they will stick to the wood after cooking. Put the steamer on top of a pot of boiling water and let the dumplings steam for 20 minutes. If there are two stacked baskets, as most steamers are, switch the order halfway through.

For dipping, serve with individual bowls of tamari sauce, sirachi sauce, and sesame oil with red pepper flakes. I hear duck sauce would do yourself good, as well. Again, if you’re going to use your fingers, please wash them?

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