#the garlic granule is a lie it was actually chili

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Pot Stickers / Dumplings / Gyoza / there's too many names for this

To spread awareness of Camp Quality Hong Kong, a charity which supports children diagnosed with cancer, I decided to make vegetarian potstickers!

Camp Quality Hong Kong is a bit of a stretch when it comes to Brad Pitt's charity donations, but it's partnership to Kiehl’s as well as Brad Pitt makes for way for a delicious meal.

Now, I already had most of the ingredients in the recipe so I didn't bother to go out grocery shopping for the other ingredients. I just improvised with what I already had, and hoped for the best.

So no cabbage, no cilantro, no sesame or neutral oil (I already had olive oil). I subbed out sherry for balsamic vinegar instead, and for the soy sauce I just used my calamansi soy sauce.

INGREDIENTS

3 tablespoons neutral olive oil = to make more healthier

20 chives, finely diced = instead of green onions

1 garlic, minced

3 mushrooms, finely diced

1/4 red bell pepper, finely diced

1 carrot, shredded

Salt

Ginger powder = I ran out of actual ginger

Chilli

Pepper

2 tablespoons soy sauce = I used Calamansi soy sauce

3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar = instead of sherry

1 teaspoon sugar

Gyoza wrapper

1/4 cup water (60 mL) for sealing

The garlic granule is a lie.

Its actually chilli.

And always had been chilli.

Preparation

I finely dice the vegetables and grouped them together according to the recipe. I put the onions, garlic, chives, and ginger powder in one bowl. I didn't have any green onions so I put in some chilli in the bowl instead. Then I prepared another bowl and filled it with the mushrooms and bell pepper. And a third bowl for the shredded carrot and sprinkled salt and pepper on it.

Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a deep pan or wok over medium heat.

Add the onion, ginger, and garlic and cook until the onion is translucent.

Add the mushrooms and bell peppers to the pan. Cook until the mushrooms are softened.

Add the carrots, salt, and pepper.

Cook for another 3-4 minutes, until tender, then remove the pan from the heat. Set aside to cool completely. Once cooled, I added the soy sauce, sesame oil, cooking sherry, and sugar. Mix well.

Add a spoonful of the vegetable mixture to the center of the wrappers. Dip your finger in water and run it around the edge of the dough. Fold the dough over the filling, pleating and pressing the edges together to seal. And for extra measure, I folded the pleats over to secure the fillings inside.

I was feeling lazy and didn't want to wash more dishes, and since I already had a steamer, I just put the pot stickers in there.

I steamed them for 20 minutes to really cook the wrappers.

And voila!

And just serve with any choice of dipping sauce.

Honestly? It turned out better than I expected. But I think I needed to steam it a bit more since the wrapper was just a bit thick and chewy in my opinion.

Overall, pretty good 👍👍

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