Pork and chive dumplings

Here is my pork and chive dumpling recipe.

1 lb ground pork - usually 1 package
1 bunch of chinese garlic chives
homemade 5 spice powder
shaoxing rice wine 2 Tbsp
sesame oil 1 Tbsp
reduce salt soy sauce 2 Tbsp

gochugaru korean chili powder
dumpling wrapper

Here is a picture of some of the ingredients

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Garlic Chive 九菜

 Green sichuan peppercorn 绿花椒

red sichuan peppercorn 红花椒

For the five spice, I have my own, but you can use regular store bought five spice powder. Here is my recipe for five spice powder. Fresh five spice is much better and really kicks up the flavor

1 tsp corriander
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp red sichuan peppercorns
1 tsp green sichuan peppercorns
2-4 cloves
2 dried red chili

Toast the spices until it starts to become fragrant. Grind them to a powder in a spice grinder.


Chop the chives finely and mix everything together in a bowl. Adjust the black pepper and gochugaru to your taste. I like spicy food, so I use about 1 Tbsp of chili powder.

The key to wrapping dumplings is to flatten the filling before you start closing it. You want roughly 1 Tbsp of filling. Here is a video of how to wrap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uzGezdkuso