In a bowl mix together chicken mince with the ginger and garlic paste, green onion, soy sauce, sesame oil and rice vinegar. I was making these with a 4 year old in mind who doesn't fancy mushrooms, so I decided to stick to a basic Chicken dumpling. You can include some diced mushrooms if you wish.
I bought store bought wonton wrappers as they are easily available anywhere. I bought mine in a regular supermarket here in Wellington and not an asian store! Since they were sold frozen I left them on the kitchen counter to thaw out.
Once they are ready, its time to make the dumplings! Spoon 1 tbsp worth of the mince meat into the centre of each wrapper. Rub the edges of the wrapper with water and then fold the dough to create a half moon shape and press it down firmly to seal. I have all sorts of little things in my kitchen and one of it is a dumpling mould that again can be easily sourced these days in kitchenware stores. So with the help of a dumpling mould I made about 50 dumplings! Please note, I did not cook the chicken mince when I stuffed the dumplings and I had no problems in having it cooked all the way through - they all cooked through just fine.
It is important the edges are sealed really well cause the meat will come out otherwise and that won't look cool one bit :)
When they are ready to be made, heat some oil in a large non stick skillet. Place the dumplings in a single layer (i.e. not overlapping) and cook over medium low heat. You want them crispy and golden brown. It took me less than 5mins to cook them.
Serve right away with some soy sauce.
Make sure you store the dumplings you haven't cooked in a sealed ziploc bag and leave them in the freezer until the next time you have an asian craving.
