Shrimp&shiitake potstickers w/chili oil & warm cabbage sa

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¼ pounds Shiitake mushrooms, stems removed, caps cut in half and then cut
Crosswise into thin slices
2 Scallions including green tops, minced
2 tablespoons Chopped cilantro
1 tablespoon Minced fresh ginger
6 tablespoons Cooking oil, more if needed
3 tablespoons Soy sauce
½ pounds Medium shrimp, shelled and chopped
¼ teaspoon Salt
36 Round gyoza* or wonton wrappers
1 Egg white, beaten
1 Head napa cabbage, cut into 2-inch squares
4 Carrots, cut into 2-inch-long matchstick strips
2 tablespoons Rice-wine vinegar
1 tablespoon Vietnamese chili sauce*
2 teaspoons Honey
2 tablespoons Chili oil

Directions

*Available at Asian markets

From: - Boulevard * San Francisco - 1. Heat the oven to 350 B0. In a medium bowl, toss the shiitakes with the scallions, cilantro, ginger, 1 tablespoon of the cooking oil and 1 tablespoon of the soy sauce. Spread the mixture on a small baking sheet and bake until the mushrooms are soft, about 5 minutes.

Transfer the mushroom mixture to a medium bowl and let cool. Stir the shrimp and salt into the mushrooms.

2. Lay a few of the gyoza or wonton wrappers on a work surface. Put about 11/2 teaspoons of the filling in the center of each. Brush the edges with egg white and fold in half, pleating the edges as you go.

Put the potstickers on a baking sheet lightly dusted with flour and repeat to make

36 potstickers.

3. In a large frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon of the cooking oil over moderately high heat. Add half the cabbage. Cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned and just beginning to wilt, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Add another tablespoon oil to the pan.

Cook the remaining cabbage. Remove. Add another tablespoon oil and cook the carrots until they begin to brown, about 3 minutes. Add to the cabbage.

4. In a small bowl, stir together the remaining 2 tablespoons soy sauce, the rice-wine vinegar, Vietnamese chili sauce and honey. Add this mixture to the cabbage and carrots and stir to combine.

5. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons cooking oil in a medium frying pan. Put 6 potstickers in a strainer and immerse them in the boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes.

Drain and add the potstickers to the hot frying pan. Be careful, the oil may spatter. Cook the potstickers on both sides until brown, about 2 minutes in all. Transfer the potstickers to a baking sheet and keep them warm in a low oven while cooking the rest. Add more oil to the pan if necessary.

6. Reheat the cabbage if necessary. Put a mound of the cabbage salad in the center of six plates. Arrange 6 potstickers around the salad and drizzle each plate with about a teaspoon of the chili oil.

!Make It Ahead! Nearly all the work for this can be done in advance.

The cabbage salad and the boiled potstickers can both be made a day ahead. Then, before serving, just reheat the cabbage and saute the potstickers for two minutes.

Either a red or a white will go nicely with the complex flavors here; choose a simple, light-bodied bottle. One from the C F4tes-du-Rh F4ne region of France would be good.

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