Ingredients
Gyoza, Rice and Edamame:
- 3/4 cup short grain rice
- 2 cups edamame, soybeans, from the frozen vegetables section of large markets
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Napa cabbage plus 1 large whole leaf
- Coarse salt
- 1/4 pound ground pork
- 1/4 cup 300 count baby shrimp, a handful, chopped
- 1 tablespoons sake, or a splash mirin may be substituted
- 1 inch fresh ginger, minced
- 1 scallion, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon tamari dark aged soy, available on Asian food aisle of market
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- A few grinds black pepper
- 12 gyoza or won ton wrappers
Teriyaki Steak:
- 2 fillet of beef steaks, 1 inch thick, 6 ounces each
- 1 teaspoons steak seasoning or salt and pepper
- 1/3 cup teriyaki sauce or 1/4 cup tamari dark soy mixed with 2 tablespoons dry sherry
- 1 tablespoon light oil: wok oil, peanut oil or vegetable oil
- 4 scallions chopped on an angle into 1 inch pieces
Dipping Sauce for Gyoza:
- 3 tablespoons tamari dark soy, eyeball it
- 1 teaspoon hot sweet mustard, from Asian foods aisle or other prepared mustard
- 2 teaspoons rice wine or white vinegar
Directions
Place 2 pots of water on to boil: 1 pasta pot with a few inches of water in it, 1 medium sauce pan with 1 1/2 cups of water in it. Cover both pots and bring all the water to a boil.
When the smaller pot of water comes to a boil, stir in rice and return water to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer. Place a colander over the pot and add the edamame to it. Place the pot cover over the edamame nesting it in the colander. Steam the edamame 5 minutes, then remove them to 2 small bowls, salt them and cover bowls with plastic or foil to keep warm. Set colander aside and return pot lid to rice, stirring rice before replacing the lid.
While the edamame are steaming, before removing them to the bowls, you have a pocket of time to work with. Add 1/2 cup, a couple of handfuls of Napa cabbage to the second pot of water. Blanch the shredded cabbage 1 minute and remove with a spider or tongs to paper towels to drain and cool. Chop shredded blanched cabbage. Combine meat, chopped salad shrimp, sake, ginger, 1 scallion, 1 tablespoon tamari, sesame oil, black pepper and cooled, chopped cabbage in a bowl. Place 2 teaspoons of filling on each won ton wrapper. Wet your fingertips to help seal won ton wrappers. The gyoza should look like small half moons.
Place 1 or 2 Napa cabbage leaves into the bottom of the colander. The leaves will prevent your dumplings from sticking to the surface of colander. Arrange dumplings on Napa leaf in colander and steam over second larger pot of simmering water. Place large pot lid over the colander to trap the steam. Dumplings need to steam 10 to 12 minutes. While you are working on this, go back and forth with the edamame as necessary per above directions.
While dumplings work, slice the fillet steaks thinly across the grain. Toss with seasoning and teriyaki or tamari and sherry. Heat a nonstick skillet over high heat. Add oil and the meat and stir-fry. When meat browns at edges, add scallions and cook 2 minutes more, stirring frequently.
Use remaining raw shredded Napa cabbage as a bed to serve your dumplings on. Plate all of your items on little dishes and in small bowls.
Mix dipping sauce of tamari, mustard and vinegar for the gyoza and set out alongside dumplings.
Warm or cold sake, leftover from cooking, is the perfect beverage and chilled navel oranges or tangerines make a refreshing end to this meal.
Photo: Passport to Japan: Edamame, Gyoza, Rice and Teriyaki Beef Recipe
















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By jessicamcc_11773887
Phoenix, AZ
on April 01, 2009
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Took way to long. Directions were not very clear. Taste was just so so.
By mandalampert_75...
san jose, CA
on July 19, 2007
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the gyoza tasted wonderful even though they were fairly difficult to make (and i cook all the time... i would have really enjoyed the beef, however the teriyaki sauce i used had WAY too much soy sauce in it and was too salty! just a warning, be careful when selecting your teriyaki sauce
By martina-h_6352112
Antioch, CA
on December 16, 2006
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It sure wasn't a 30 minute meal deal but it turned out great. I could probably leave the rice out because the dumplings are so good I ended up eating more of those. I consider myself a pretty fast cooker but it took me a good hour until dinner was on the table.
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