Dumpling or Gyoza?

I had a craving for dumpling- as it is called during our visit to xi'an china- some time ago- the dumpling was simple- filled with meat- either mutton, beef or chicken + ginger and vinegar-
Xi'anese really like vinegar- the dumplings where boiled and eaten with black vinegar+chilly oil dip- eikk... (above was the dumplings we ate in xi'an)


experiment 261107 : Chicken dumplings

Been a while since i've made wanton @ dumpling @ gyoza
used to fried em with fish filling- this time i tried using minced chicken + longbeans + carrots + 'sengkuang' + a twist of ginger-for the experiment today- i steamed some of the dumplings & some are fried - frankly, the fried ones are better as they have better texture- the steam ones are a bit dry, maybe better if eaten with soup-



++++these were the dumplings that i made



Did you know that the Japanese Gyoza, originated from china?

but gyoza is mainly fried, not boiled - and they usually use prawn or fish for the filling

Wanton- is different in shape- like a money bag - some are fried or put in soup usually eaten with wanton mee- even dimsum is in the same family as the basic dumpling