Shrimp and Spinach Dumplings with Asian Dipping Sauce

Name: Shrimp and Spinach Dumplings with Asian Dipping Sauce
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 237 milliliters baby spinach; 3 Tbsps finely chopped rinsed canned water chestnuts; 24 servings Dried hot red pepper flakes or Asian chile paste to taste; 1 teaspoon dry Sherry; 1 Tbsp juice from 1 tablespoon finely grated peeled fresh ginger; 1 leave Large soft lettuce for lining steamer; 1 teaspoon oyster sauce; 1 teaspoons salt; 2 scallions (green parts only), finely chopped; 1 Tbsp Asian sesame oil; 170 grams shrimp, shelled, deveined, and pulsed to a coarse paste in a food processor; 2 Tbsps soy sauce; 1 teaspoon sugar; 2 Tbsps water; 24 wonton wrappers

Need It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for The Super Bowl. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour. If you have wonton wrappers, oyster sauce, lettuce leaves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Cook spinach in 1 inch simmering water in a small saucepan, stirring, until wilted, about 5 seconds.

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Spinach

Water

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Sauce Pan

Drain in a sieve and rinse under cold water until cool. Squeeze to remove as much moisture as possible. Finely chop spinach and stir with remaining filling ingredients until blended.

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Spinach

Water

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Sieve

Stack a few wonton wrappers (keep remaining wrappers covered) and cut into rounds with a 2 1/2-inch cutter.

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Wonton Wrappers

Spread 1 slightly rounded teaspoon filling onto each round, spreading up to but not over edge. Bring up edge of each round, pleating to form a cup and leaving open at top.

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Spread

Bring enough water to a boil in a wok so that bottom rim of steamer (not basket) rests in water. Line steamer rack with lettuce. Arrange dumplings over lettuce, making sure dumplings do not touch each other. Cover with steamer lid and steam until filling is cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Lettuce

Water

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Wok

Stir together all sauce ingredients.

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Sauce

·You can steam the dumplings in a pasta pot with a steamer insert.·Dumplings can be formed 4 hours ahead, placed on a cornstarch-dusted plate, and chilled, covered with plastic wrap.·Sauce can be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.

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Wrap

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Pot

Each serving (2 dumplings with sauce) about 57 calories and 2 grams fat

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Servings:

237milliliters

baby spinach 3Tbsps

finely chopped rinsed canned water chestnuts 24servings

Dried hot red pepper flakes or Asian chile paste to taste 1teaspoon

dry Sherry 1Tbsp

juice from 1 tablespoon finely grated peeled fresh ginger 1leave

Large soft lettuce for lining steamer 1teaspoon

oyster sauce 1teaspoons

salt 2

scallions (green parts only), finely chopped 1Tbsp

Asian sesame oil 170grams

shrimp, shelled, deveined, and pulsed to a coarse paste in a food processor 2Tbsps

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc

Shrimp on the menu? Try pairing with Pinot Grigio, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc. These crisp white wines work well with shrimp prepared in a variety of ways, whether grilled, fried, or in garlic sauce. You could try Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 26 dollars per bottle.