Shiitake & Napa Cabbage Gyoza

shiitake and napa cabbage gyoza / loveandlemons.com

These days, our idea of a “date night” rarely involves restaurant reservations. First, we never think ahead to actually make reservations, and then (way too often) we find ourselves waiting 2 hours on a Friday night for a meal. Some people might be ok with that, but this girl gets hungry.

Gyoza (Japanese dumplings) are one of our favorite things to make together at home. They’re not difficult but they take a little time – the assembly is definitely quicker if you have 4 hands and a bottle of sake on the side.

shiitake and napa cabbage gyoza / loveandlemons.com shiitake and napa cabbage gyoza / loveandlemons.com

We often eat these as a light meal on their own. Other times, I’ll serve them with soba noodles or a version of this sesame kale salad (both could be made ahead). If you wanted to get fancy, this citrus cod would be a nice main course.

Dip in soy sauce, or my personal preference: ponzu. Pick it up at the store or make your own.

Kanpai!

shiitake & napa cabbage gyoza

 
Author:
Serves: 15-20 dumplings
Ingredients
for the filling:
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 6 oz. (about 1.5 cups) shiitake mushrooms, de-stemmed and chopped into small pieces
  • 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 1 cup napa cabbage, very thinly sliced
  • ¼ cup scallions
  • ¼ cup firm tofu, crumbled
  • ¼ cup edamame, chopped
  • 1 heaping teaspoon white miso paste
  • 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon chile garlic sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • optional - 1 teaspoon corn starch for cohesion
for the dumplings
  • 15-20 round dumpling wrappers
  • small bowl filled with water, for assembly
  • ponzu or soy sauce for dipping
Instructions
  1. In a medium skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and soy sauce and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low and stir in the cabbage. Cook for another few minutes, just until the cabbage wilts down. Remove from heat and transfer to a medium bowl.
  2. Add scallions, crumbled tofu, edamame, miso paste, rice vinegar, chile garlic sauce and sesame oil and mix well. (If it's too crumbly add 1 teaspoon of corn starch. You want it to stick together well enough to spoon into the wrappers).
  3. Spoon up to 1 tablespoon of filling into each dumpling wrapper. Use your fingers to dab a bit of water around the edges of each wrapper. Fold the wrappers in half, over the filling, and pinch the edges shut.
  4. Prepare your bamboo steamer by placing parchment paper on the bottom to prevent the dumplings from sticking. Place dumplings in the steamer with enough space between them so that they are not touching.
  5. Steam dumplings in bamboo steamer over simmering water for 10-12 minutes. You can also steam them in a large skillet with ¼-1/2 inch water at the bottom.
  6. Serve with soy sauce or ponzu for dipping.
Notes
The filling can be made ahead, I recommend making the dumplings to order because the wrappers dry out over time.

Frozen edamame is fine, thaw it before you start.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: serves 4 as an appetizer

I recommend this brand of wrappers, you’ll have to find them at an asian grocery store (they’re not stores like whole foods). They come frozen, let them fully thaw in the fridge before using them. These Nasoya wrappers will also work, they’re just a bit thicker and more difficult to work with. As far as I know, vegan wrappers do not exist (these are non-dairy but they contain eggs).

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  1. yao
    12.11.2014

    Great recipe. Gyozas are very much loved in Chinese kitchen and are made of all kinds of combination of ingredients. In fact they are different from region to region, province to province, city to city, and family to family… So just try out different ingredients you have using this recipe as inspiration, you won’t get wrong. Schiitake always adds a lot of taste to the filling, finely chopped ginger is also a nice flavor. For the souce, try out “soy sauce + chili sauce + finely chopped garlic + chili flakes / paste” if you want to have a strong (spicy) sauce for your lightly tasted gyozas.

  2. Maikki from maikinmokomin.blogspot.fi
    07.17.2014

    I made an adaptation of these by subbing tofu with tempeh. They were delicious. Thanks for many inspiring recipes! 🙂

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  8. sara from fourthandolive.com
    03.23.2014

    yum yum yum! i’m so happy to see the comment about vegan dumpling wrappers, i bought some normal ones the other day and ate them before seeing they had eggs in them (oops)…asian market, here i come!

    • jeanine
      03.25.2014

      Let me know if you find and try them! I hate posting recipes that are “very almost vegan but not quite” 🙂

      • sara from fourthandolive.com
        03.25.2014

        i will! i have been meaning to go to one of the MANY asian markets we have here in san diego soon. i love the asian section in whole foods but it can get pricey and doesn’t always have everything 🙂

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