Ingredients

  • 2 whole chickens
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 onions, quartered
  • 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
  • 1 (4-inch) piece ginger root, peeled and smashed
  • 1/4 cup fish sauce
  • Sugar
  • White pepper
  • 1/4 cup wood ear mushrooms
  • 1/4 cup chopped cabbage
  • 1/2 pound shrimp, ground
  • 3/4 pound chicken, ground
  • 2 scallions, minced
  • 1 tablespoon minced ginger
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup peeled and chopped jicama
  • 2 cloves garlic, mashed
  • 1/2 cup cilantro, minced
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 package dumpling wrappers
  • Baby ginger, julienne
  • Cilantro, chopped
  • Scallions, julienne

Method

  • Place 2 whole chickens and 1 teaspoon salt in a large stock pot with enough cold water to cover.
  • Bring to a boil and skim any impurities.
  • Reduce to medium heat.
  • Add onions, peppercorns, and ginger to stockpot.
  • Skim as needed to clear impurities.
  • Simmer for 3 hours.
  • Strain broth.
  • Adjust seasonings with fish sauce, salt, sugar and white pepper as needed.
  • To make dumplings: Soak dried wood ear mushroom in hot water for 15 minutes and then mince.
  • Chop cabbage and sprinkle with salt to drain excess liquid.
  • Lightly saute scallions, ginger, and shallot in vegetable oil until translucent and let cool.
  • Add shallot, scallions, jicama, wood ear, garlic, cabbage and cilantro to meat mixture.
  • Add fish sauce and black pepper.
  • Adjust as needed.
  • Test mixture by dropping a small amount in a pot of boiling water and cooking through.
  • Remove from the water, taste, and adjust seasoning, if necessary, before wrapping in dumpling.
  • Place about 1 teaspoon of the chicken and shrimp mixture in the center of a dumpling wrapper.
  • Lightly wet the edges of the dumpling with water.
  • Fold over the wrapper and press to seal.
  • Repeat with remaining filling and wrappers.
  • Assembly: Peel and julienne baby ginger.
  • Cook dumplings right before service, in boiling, salted water for approximately 3 minutes, or until they float to the surface.
  • Heat the broth in a large pot.
  • Add the cooked dumplings and finish with cilantro, scallions and baby ginger.
  • This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant.
  • The FN chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.