Description
These homemade Shrimp and Vegetable Dumplings are a delightful Asian appetizer filled with a savory shrimp and vegetable mixture, wrapped in delicate dumpling wrappers, and steamed to perfection. Serve these dumplings with a flavorful dipping sauce for a delicious culinary experience.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Dumplings:
- 8 oz raw shrimp, peeled, deveined, and finely chopped
- 1 cup finely shredded napa cabbage
- 1/2 cup finely grated carrot
- 2 green onions, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 30 round dumpling wrappers
- small bowl of water for sealing
Instructions
- Prepare the Filling: In a large bowl, mix shrimp, cabbage, carrot, green onions, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, and salt.
- Assemble the Dumplings: Spoon filling into a wrapper, moisten edges, fold in half, and seal. Pleat if desired. Repeat with remaining wrappers.
- Cook the Dumplings: Heat oil in a skillet, add dumplings, cook until golden. Add water, steam covered until cooked through.
- Serve: Serve hot with dipping sauce.
Notes
- You can freeze uncooked dumplings for later use. Add extra steaming time if cooking from frozen.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 dumplings
- Calories: 110
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 270 mg
- Fat: 3 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 13 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
