中文菜谱：迷你黄金蛋饺 & 2019年夜饭
Febrary 4th is the date for traditional Chinese New Year in 2019. On this day, most Chinese families get together from all over the places to celebrate the beginning of a new year. It is kind of like Thanksgiving in America, but longer and more festival.
On the last evening of lunar year, it is also a tradition to make serve a marvelous feast which could take up to weeks’ preparation.
Now since we are living in the United States, we still celebrate Chinese New Year, just on a smaller scale. I still make some traditional Chinese food on this day. Egg dumplings are one of them.
Egg dumplings are a must for New Year’s feast. The beautiful golden color resembles gold and more money incoming in the New Year. The shape of flower means good luck and blessing in the New Year too.
Ingredients：
180 g ground pork
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 to 2 teaspoons rice cooking wine
1/2 teaspoon oyster sauce
2 to 3 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
1/4 cup chicken stock/ water
5 large eggs
salt to taste
vegetable oil for cooking
Directions ：
Add ground pork to a medium bowl, along with ground ginger, rice cooking wine, oyster sauce, soy sauce, ground white pepper, and salt. Whisk clock-wise with a pair of chopsticks.
While whisking, add a tablespoon chicken stock/ water. Whisk until the liquid is absorbed before adding more.
Add a pinch of salt to the eggs and beat them until smooth.
I use a cast iron pancake puff pan to make egg dumplings. It is super efficient because I can make 7 of them at a time.
Heat the pan over medium low heat. Spray with oil. Add a couple teaspoons of beaten eggs to each hole. Swirl around a little bit.
Add teaspoon ground pork filling to each of them.
Fold them over.
Once egg dumplings can hold their half moon shape, remove from pan.
Repeat the process until all done.
Assemble all egg dumplings in a plate like a big flower.
Add to a steamer. Steam dumplings over high heat for about 6 minutes. The steaming time may vary with dumplings’ sizes and shapes.
They can be served hot or cold. Aren’t they pretty?
The rest of our New Year feast also includes boiled free range chicken with dipping sauces.
med bass with ginger and oyster sauce
Purple daikon salad
Cucumber salad
Spinach and tofu salad
Steamed sweet rice with nuts and red beans paste
