Name: Pork Dumplings
Cook time: 1 1/4 hr
Total time: 1 1/4 hr
Yield: Makes 32
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour plus additional for dusting; 1 (2-inch) piece peeled fresh ginger; 1/2 cup light soy sauce; 1 bunch scallions, thinly sliced; 3/4 lb ground pork (from shoulder; not lean); a 3 1/4-inch round cookie cutter

Halfmoon pot stickers on a mirrored tray styled with chop sticks and a bowl of dipping sauce.

Photo by Romulo Yanes

These dumplings are delicious whether you put the classic pleats in them or not.

Cooks' Note

Dumplings can be formed 1 day ahead. Chill in 1 layer, not touching, on lined baking sheet, loosely but completely covered with plastic wrap.

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