Hey guys, it’s Ro! Welcome to another Nerdy Nummies!
As some of you may know, Kung Fu Panda 3 just came out and I saw it
and I loved it! And I had to make something themed!
Throughout the movie, they’re eating a ton of dumplings, and as you
know, Po the Panda loves dumplings! He wins dumpling eating contests,
and they looked so good and I thought, let’s make something savory!
Today we’re gonna be making Kung Fu Panda Dumplings!
Let’s get started!
Wha!
Skadoosh!
Today we’re gonna be making Chicken Dumplings, the things you will need,
will be: 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of warm water, 1/2 a teaspoon of sesame oil,
1 teaspoon of soy sauce, a pinch of salt, an 1/8th of a teaspoon of
ground pepper, 2 stalks of green onions, thinly sliced, 1/2 a pound of
ground chicken, and 1 clove of garlic, finely sliced.
And then the tools that you’ll need will be a bamboo steamer, totally
optional, but some cabbage to steam the dumplings on top of.
A circle cookie cutter, this 1 is 4 inches.
And then for a dipping sauce we’ve got some salt, pepper, soy sauce and
sesame oil, now let’s put it all together!
Skadoosh!
The first thing that we’re gonna do, we're gonna combine our warm water with
our flour into a medium sized bowl. And using a spatula, we’re gonna fold,
mixing it together until the flour is well mixed.
Now what you’re gonna do, is you’re gonna take a little bit of flour, sprinkle
it on whatever work surface you’re using, this is so the dough won’t stick.
Now you’re gonna pour the dough right in the middle, here we go!
Now we’re gonna knead the dough, with our hands, for about 3-5 minutes
until it becomes very soft. You’re just gonna push with the palm, pull it
up over, and push again.
Our dough is nice and smooth, and now I’m just gonna pick it up and
put it into a clean bowl, right here. And I’m gonna place a paper towel
over the top, so it’s not fully exposed to the air.
And we’re gonna set this off to the side and make our filling.
To make our filling, we are gonna be combining all of these ingredients,
I am going to be adding them to our chicken, in this bowl, starting with
my green onion! Come here little onions!
And a little garlic.
Get in there! Oh yeah I want all that garlic!
Get in there! No garlic left behind!
And no green, come on! Yeah!
Now a pinch of salt, I’m gonna be doing 2 pinches because I have very little
fingers. Soy sauce, pepper, and sesame oil!
Oh this smells so good! Oh my goodness!
Now I’m just going to take a spoon, mix everything together until
it’s well combined. I’m like, starting to drool!
Da-dew! Now our filling is ready, I’m gonna pop this into the fridge and
while it’s in the fridge we’re gonna roll out our dough that we just
made and we’re gonna cut out and make our dumpling wrappers.
Got my dough, and now we are gonna roll it out. Again I’m gonna sprinkle
a little bit of flour on the work surface.
Unlike a cookie, we’re gonna be rolling it very flat. About 1/8th of an inch.
Just use your arm muscles, make it nice and flat, try to get it as even
as possible. Got our dough rolled out thin and now we are gonna take
our cookie cutter and cut out a bunch of circles.
Now you’re gonna remove the excess dough and I’m going to re-roll it so
that we can cut out some more circles!
I want to make as many dumplings as possible.
Because I’m kind of like Po, I love dumplings, so…
Po can eat 50 at once…
And so can I!
Got all of our circle wrappers cut out, and now I am going to transfer
them over to a sheet lined with parchment paper.
I’m just using a little baking sheet over here, so you’re just gonna pick ‘em up
and ploop! Once you’ve filled up the tray, you’re just gonna place another
piece of parchment paper on top, and keep layering ‘em, you can stack ‘em up!
We’ve got our filling, we’ve got our dough wrappers and now, it’s time
to assemble them!
This part’s really easy! You’re just gonna take a tablespoon scoop, and
you’re just gonna scoop, I like to like, pack it in there.
So I’m just gonna place it right in the center, and scoop it out!
Another helpful tip is you don’t want to over-fill the filling,
it’s so good, I know! It’s tempting to put a lot of filling in there.
But you don’t want to over-fill it so that you’ll be able to close
your dumpling.
Alright, now I’m gonna show you how to close your little dumplings.
I put it in my left hand, and then with my right hand I’m gonna make a pinch.
And now using my thumb, I’m gonna press against my pointer finger, and I’m
making a pleat, just like that. Then you’re gonna work all the way
around the dumpling. You’re just gonna put your thumb, pointer finger,
make a pleat, and pinch. Then when you’ve got it all connected, now you’re
just gonna place it down, and I like to give it 1 more twist,
all the way around!
And now you’re gonna do this to the rest of your dumplings.
We’ve got our dumplings made, and now it’s time to cook them.
We’re gonna take our dumplings, steamer, cabbage, pot and,
I have a little ring adapter to make my steamer fit on my pot.
There are different ways to cook dumplings, you can either boil them
or steam them. Today, I’m going to steam them!
So we’re gonna take all of these, head over to the stove!
First we’re gonna fill our pot with about 1 inch of water.
Then we’re gonna turn the stove heat onto high, place the steamer
ring on top of the pot, and while the water is heating up, we are going
to line the steamer with cabbage leaves so that our dumplings don’t stick
to the bottom. You can also use any other type of lettuce, instead of
the cabbage, just remember to evenly space the dumplings inside, making
sure you don’t over-fill.
Once the water is boiling, place the steamer on top of the pot and
steam for about 7 minutes.
Once they’re done cooking, remove from the heat, take them back over
to the baking station, they are ready to serve, but we’re gonna make
a dipping sauce.
Over here, our dumplings are cooked, I’m keeping them in the steamer to
keep them warm, and now we’re gonna make a dipping sauce.
I’m just gonna make something really simple, I’m gonna use mostly
soy sauce, so you’re just gonna pour some soy sauce into this little bowl.
And everyone’s different, they like different sauces, this is what
I like to do.
Then you’re gonna take a little bit of sesame oil, just a little bit.
Little bit of salt, little bit of pepper, and here I’ve got a little baby whisk.
Just gonna whisk it up!
I’ll just take a little taste. Mmm! Yes!
Ta-da! Here are the Kung Fu Panda Dumplings that we made today!
I hope you guys liked them, this recipe is so good!
We made home-made chicken dumplings, that were themed after the movie!
OM-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum!
I’ll be taking lots of pictures of these and posting them on Instagram,
Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook! And if you guys make these, please take
a picture and send it to me! Because I love seeing your creations!
It just makes my day!
And, if you have any other ideas for any other Nerdy Nummies,
please let me know, leave me a comment down below and I will do my
best to make it happen!
Alright, thanks again you guys, bye-bye!
And now the moment I’ve been waiting for, get to have some dumplings!
And I made so many of these I can make a snack-lace!
Mmmmm!
Mmmm-mmmm-mmmm!
I can see why Po eats 50 of these at a time!
Sometimes I wish I was a panda…
I could eat all day!