Complete your Chinese banquet with a side ofFried Rice,Hot and Sour SoupandChinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce.

Time to get your dumpling game on!

Nowadays, dumplings have become all the rage and many such places have become fancy.

Potstickers / Pan Fried Chinese Dumplings on a dark brown plate shot from overhead

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Renovated interiors, glossy menus.

And sky rocketing price tags.

So in recent years Ive found myself making dumplings on a fairly regular basis.

Potsticker being dipped in a small bowl with soy sauce and chilli oil

Potstickers being my favourite also known as Pan Fried Chinese Dumplings.

Potsticker Fillings

Theres great variety in terms of filling with no hard and fast rules.

And Ive since shared myVegetable Fillingtoo (its so good!).

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You could actually skip the mushrooms or chives, without affecting the overall tastiness of the dumplings.

There areplentyof dumpling places around that do that and its obvious why its far faster to make them.

Way too difficult and messy to give a shot to film myself wrapping dumplings!

Rehydrating shiitake mushrooms and finely chopping them

I love that moment when all the Potstickers are wrapped and sitting there, plump and ready for cooking.

Its a chest-puffing moment, and rightly so!

The bottom goes soggy while its steaming but then once the water evaporates, it goes crispy again.

Glass bowl with Potsticker Filling made with pork, cabbage, shiitake mushrooms and chives.

Boiled Dumplings can also be boiled.

Try adding them into aChinese Noodle Soup!

Why are they called Potstickers in the States??

Glass bowl with Potsticker Filling made with pork, cabbage, shiitake mushrooms and chives.

I actually never understood why theyre called Potstickers in the States.

They arent cooked in a pot, and youd be seriously peeved if they stick to the pan.

They should be called Skillet-Non-Stickers.

Dumpling wrapper for Potstickers (Chinese Pan Fried Dumplings)

So I guess any other tales you hear about where the name comes from are just that tales!

Chinese dumplings (Potstickers!)

You wont see any tourists here at this Ashfield institution.

How to wrap Potstickers (Pan Fried Chinese Dumplings)

Their other non-dumpling dishes are also delicious (but avoid the weird things like rainbow dumplings….).

Just remember the one on the left.

This is place to go in Chinatown for big plates of potstickers at rock bottom prices.

A tray filled with Potstickers ready to be cooked

Their prawn dumplings and siu mai are awesome, along with their famous baked pork bun.

But still a perfectly respectable place to get a dumpling fix.

Try the dumplings in chilli oil, and the Xiao Long Bau (soup inside dumplings).

Close up of uncooked wrapped potstickers on a tray

The Eastwood and Ashfield ones are my favourite locations.

LIFE OF DOZER

Being put to work random selection of the winner of theKnife Giveaway.

Potstickers cooking in a black skillet

Potsticker being dipped in a small bowl with soy sauce and chilli oil

Overheat photo of Potstickers, also known as Pan Fried Chinese Dumplings, on a dark brown plate with dipping sauce.

Potsticker being dipped in a small bowl with soy sauce and chilli oil

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