Lai Lai Hunan Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Dipping Sauce
4 teaspoons soya sauce
4 ounces peanut butter
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 teaspoons straw mushrooms, chopped
4 teaspoons white sugar
4 teaspoons chili oil
Dumplings
1/2 lb ground pork
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon soya sauce
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
36 thin wonton skins

Preparation

To prepare sauce: Combine all sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
If I'm short on time, I buy some potsticker dumplings from our local dumpling shoppe. When I have time, I prepare make at home dumplings:.
Finely chop ground pork. Combine pork, soya sauce, salt, white pepper and sesame oil.
Put a small amount of filling in centre of wonton skin, enclose to make a ball-like shape, sealing the skins with a little water. Leave one corner flap extended like a \"tail\".
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Put a batch of dumplings in water and boil them until they pop to the surface.
Remove with a slotted spoon and serve with dipping sauce.