Lai Lai Hunan Dumplings

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

Directions

1. 1

   To prepare sauce: Combine all sauce ingredients in a small bowl.

2. 2

   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:.

3. 3

   Finely chop ground pork. Combine pork, soya sauce, salt, white pepper and sesame oil.

4. 4

   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".

5. 5

   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.

6. 6

   Remove with a slotted spoon and serve with dipping sauce.