🇯🇵 How to Make Gyoza

Craving Gyoza? On FoodNeverComes the food never actually comes — so here's how to make real Gyoza at home, in about 40 min, with stuff you probably already have.

🛒 Ingredients

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• 24 gyoza wrappers
• 250g pork mince (or finely chopped mushrooms)
• 2 cups finely chopped cabbage + ½ tsp salt
• 2 cloves garlic + a thumb of ginger, grated
• 2 spring onions, minced
• 1 tbsp soy + 1 tsp sesame oil + a pinch of sugar
• Dip: 2 tbsp soy + 1 tbsp rice vinegar + chilli oil

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Salt the chopped cabbage, wait 10 min, then squeeze the water out with your hands — wet cabbage = burst dumplings.
2. Mix pork, cabbage, garlic, ginger, spring onion and seasonings; stir in ONE direction until sticky, about 1 min.
3. Put a teaspoon (no more!) of filling in a wrapper, wet the edge with a finger, fold and pinch 4–5 pleats. Ugly ones taste identical.
4. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a lidded pan on medium-high; line the gyoza up flat-side down and fry 2–3 min until the bottoms are deep gold.
5. Pour in ¼ cup water, slam the lid on, and steam 4–5 min until the wrappers turn translucent.
6. Lid off for a final minute to re-crisp the bottoms. Serve crispy-side up with the dip. Count how many each person eats — there will be disputes.