Pork dumplings
Pork dumplings
Ooh, these look good! I’ve been wanting to try my hand at these myself. As you said they are just so time intensive!
My favorite dipping sauce when I cook up the frozen ones I get from the international grocery is equal parts soy sauce, Chinkiang vinegar, and Lao Gan Ma chili crisp.
I think the most annoying part for me is the chop up the vegetables. I have a crappy food processor that I inherited from someone, but chopping veg for dumplings is all I use it for so I can’t justify buying a better one.
I love wrapping them, but not when I am wrapping for 5 people (back home), so I make smaller batches now just for me and my +1. Once you get the hang of it, you get fast otherwise, you sit there for ages and the filling gets soft and yuck to deal with.
Or you can get one of these: https://www.coles.com.au/product/coles-simply-dumpling-press-2-pack-8421432
Another one for the vinegar! I’ll have to give vinegar a few more tries to see if my tastes will change for the better. Thanks for sharing!