Dumpling Wrappers (Potstickers or Mandu)
Fresh, amazing potsticker or mandu wrappers need only 4 ingredients and a bit of practice to master. Homemade wrappers have a nice chew and thickness that you don;t get with commercial ones. Try it, it's fun!
Equipment
- 6-10 inch small diameter rolling pin
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup All-purpose flour AP like Gold Medal will work or Asian AP Flour for dumplings and noodles. Moderate protein content
- 1 Tbs. Potato starch sub cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp. Salt
- 1/2 cup Hot water not boiling, approximately 105-110 degres,
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, potato starch, and salt. Make a well in the middle of dry ingredients mixture, pour in hot water. Slowly incorporate with a dough whisk or wooden spoon.
- As you mix, the flour-water will begin to look shaggy. At this point switch and use your hands to form a dough ball.
- When there are no dry bits left in mixing bowl, take the dough out of the mixing bowl and start kneading thewith both hands on a flat surface.
- Knead dough 3-5 minutes until it’s soft and smooth.
- Place dough back in the bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let it rest for 40-45 minutes.
- Divide dough in half and shape each piece into a 6” to 7” log. Cut logs in half and then cut into 1/2” wide pieces, you should end up with 10 equal pieces from each log and 20 equal pieces total.
- Work with one piece of dough at a time, cover the remaining pieces with a damp towel to prevent it from getting too dry. Slightly flatten each disc with your palm.
- Using a rolling pin, flatten dough by rolling once, then turn the dough a quarter turn and roll.
- The next step is creating the final 3 1/2” circle that is slightly thinner around the edges and thicker in the middle. Keep your pin on the surface and roll towards the center of the circle and back. Rotate dough as you are rolling to create an even circle.
- Place dumpling wrapper on a flour dusted plate and dust each dumpling wrappers so they won’t stick together. Cover dumpling wrapper with a plastic wrapper to prevent drying.
- Repeat with remaining rounds.
Notes
Fresh wrappers are very pliable and moist and require minimal moisture to seal. The wrappers can be frozen but it is easier to fold dumplings with fresh wrappers and freeze the dumplings.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!