Lamb dumplings with cucumber vinegar dipping sauce
This recipe uses lamb with Middle Eastern spices combined with wonton wrappers and a cucumber-rice vinegar dip, a mix of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean and Asian ingredients.
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<br />The steam-then-pan-fry method gets you the slightly chewy texture of steamed dumplings on the top and the satisfying crispiness of fried dumplings on the bottom. Moistening the dumplings with a little olive oil prior to steaming them helps keep them from sticking to a metal steamer basket. As for the steaming time, I wrote at least five minutes because my first batch came out too sticky. Unfortunately, I wasn't looking at the clock so I'm not sure what my final steaming time ended up being. I steamed the dumplings until the wrapper began to be translucent. If you make them shumai style as I did, the top won't become translucent because there are several layers of dough pinched together, making the top thicker than the sides or bottom. I tried a few different dipping sauces with these, but this simple cucumber vinegar with salt was my favorite. - clintonhillbilly
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