• Yields about 20 dumplings
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  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Ingredients:
    • 3 dried Chinese black or Shiitake mushrooms
    • 6 ounces peeled deveined large shrimp
    • 1 green onion
    • 1 teaspoon minced ginger
    • 3/4 cup ground pork
    • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
    • 1 teaspoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
    • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
    • 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
    • about 20 gyoza wrappers (or won ton wrappers cut into circles).
  • Preparation:
  • Soften the mushrooms by soaking in hot water for 20 to 30 minutes. Squeeze out any excess water. Cut off the stems.
  • Soak the shrimp in warm, lightly salted water for 5 minutes. Pat dry. Mince the mushrooms, shrimp, and green onion. Combine with the ginger and pork. Stir in the seasonings. Mix the filling ingredients thoroughly.
  • Lay a gyoza wrapper in front of you. Wet the edges. Put 2 to 3 teaspoons of filling in the middle, taking care not to get too close to the edges. Gather up the edges of the wrapper and gently pleat so that it forms a basket shape, with the top of the filling exposed.
  • Steam over boiling water until the filling is cooked through (5 to 10 minutes).
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