Spam Dumplings in Chili Oil Sauce
Servings: 25 Dumplings
Ingredients
Spam Dumplings
- 1 canned SPAM, chopped into small cubes
- ¼ Chinese cabbage, roughly chopped
- ½ tablespoon soy sauce
- ½ tablespoon sesame oil
- 2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 spring onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 cm ginger, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 25 dumpling wrappers
Chili Oil Sauce
- ½ tablespoon gochugaru flakes (red pepper flakes)
- 1 teaspoon ground Sichuan peppercorns
- ¼ teaspoon MSG
- ½ teaspoon garlic, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon ginger, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ½ tablespoon sesame seeds
- 100 ml HOT oil
Instructions
Spam dumplings
- Transfer your chopped Spam into an oiled pan. Fry for 5 minutes until crispy.
- Add in your chopped cabbage, soy sauce, sesame oil, and rice wine vinegar. Fry for a further 3 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and transfer the ingredients into a food processor. Blend until a rough paste has formed.
- Pour the Spam paste into a bowl and add in your chopped spring onions, garlic, ginger, and sugar. Stir until well combined.
- Place a teaspoon of the Spam filling into the center of a homemade or store-bought circular dumpling wrapper. Line one semi-circle of the wrapper with water, fold over the dumpling and seal. Pinch the two ends of the crescent and bring them together to form a little bow (if this part is confusing, check out my video on Instagram!).
- Repeat the previous step until all the filling and wrappers are used up.
- Place the dumplings into a pan of boiling water and cook for 5 minutes.
The Chili Oil Sauce
- In a bowl, add in your gochugaru flakes, ground sichuan peppercorns, MSG, garlic, ginger, sugar, and sesame seeds.
- Meanwhile, pour your vegetable oil into a pan on medium heat for 5 minutes or until really hot!
- Once hot, pour the oil onto the chili ingredients and let it sizzle away!
Serve up!
- Once your dumplings are cooked, transfer them into a bowl and cover them with chili oil sauce!