Chinese dumplings

How to make pot sticker wrappers from scratch: recipe and videos

This is a follow-up to my post Chinese pot stickers or dumplings where you can learn how to make fillings for your pot stickers. This post will explain how to make pot sticker wrappers from scratch, using a simple mixture of all-purpose flour, salt and water. Although time-consuming, there are many good reasons to make pot sticker wrappers from scratch: better taste, fresh wrappers are more malleable so they are easier to fold - and most importantly: you know what you are putting in them. If you are making 100 pot stickers or more to store, this method is…

Chinese pot sticker recipe – dumplings “jiaozi”

I got this Chinese pot sticker recipe from my Chinese mother in law. I learned that pot stickers are a traditional Northern Chinese holiday meal, usually made by the whole family on the Eve of Chinese New Year. Both my in-laws made them from scratch several times and let me help, but I confess I used to find the recipe too mind-boggling. That is, until this week. After noticing how much my two-year-old loves the chicken pot stickers we get from Costco, I decided to make my own. For this Chinese pot sticker recipe, I am using store-bought wrappers, but…