Are you looking for an authentic and flavorful Chinese dish to impress your family and friends? Look no further than Bonnie's Chinese Pork Roast and Dumplings. This classic Cantonese dish features tender pork belly roasted to perfection and served with savory dumplings and a rich gravy. The pork roast is marinated in a blend of Chinese five-spice powder, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic, giving it an aromatic and savory flavor. The dumplings are filled with a mixture of ground pork, shrimp, and vegetables, and are steamed until fluffy and tender. The gravy is made with the pork roasting juices, chicken broth, and cornstarch, and adds a delicious umami flavor to the dish. Follow our step-by-step recipes for the pork roast, dumplings, and gravy to create this unforgettable Chinese feast.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
PORK AND DUMPLINGS
No one makes this succulent pork roast and hearty old-world bread dumplings with gravy quite like my mom does. She learned how to prepare dishes like this one when she was a young girl in Austria. For my sisters and me, this is truly a taste of home. -Lisa Radelet, Boulder, Colorado
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 2h15m
Yield 8-10 servings (16 dumplings).
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Combine the salt, garlic powder and pepper; rub over roast. Place roast fat side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours or until a thermometer reads 160°., Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine rolls and milk. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. , Stir 1 cup flour and eggs into roll mixture. Shape into 2-in. balls. In a soup kettle or Dutch oven, bring 3 qts. of water to a boil. Add dumplings. Boil, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes or until a thermometer inserted into a dumpling reads 160°. Remove to a serving dish with a slotted spoon; keep warm., Remove roast to a serving platter; keep warm. Strain pan drippings. Add enough broth to drippings to measure 1-3/4 cups. Pour into a small saucepan. Place remaining flour in a bowl; stir in cold water until smooth. Gradually stir into broth mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with roast and dumplings.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 437 calories, Fat 13g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 168mg cholesterol, Sodium 719mg sodium, Carbohydrate 37g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 41g protein.
BONNIE'S BAKED PORK CHOPS ( LICK THEM CHOPS GOOD!)
This is how I cook succulent center cut pork chops. They turn out so tender and juicy with a beautiful sear on the chop, and this one pan method is a total breeze when it comes to the clean up, and preparation couldn't be easier. Enjoy!
Provided by BonniE !
Categories Pork
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- 1. Line pan with foil. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. No need to turn the chops. Cooking time is 12-15 minutes depending on size of the pork chop. Cook to 145 to 150 degrees with an instant read thermometer. Lightly tent with foil for five minutes before serving. The time listed is for a medium size pork chop.
- 2. Choose centercut, and bone in pork chops one inch thick. The chops should be at room temperature. (Cold meat lengthens cooking time.)
- 3. Cut into the fat with a sharp knife at the sides of the chop so it won't curl up as it cooks. Avoid cutting into the meat.
- 4. MAKING THE RUB INGREDIENTS: 1 tablespoon chili powder 1tablespoon garlic powder 1/2 tablespoon dried onions ground to powder 1 tablespoon salt 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/2 tablespoon brown sugar 1 tablespoon perfect pinch steak or Montreal seasoning 1 tablespoon paprika Combine all ingredients and mix well. Place in a shaker bottle.
- 5. Brush the chops on both sides with melted butter.
- 6. Add rub to the chops.
- 7. Sprinkle with thyme and bake. Use a meat thermometer to check the internal temperature near the bone. (No need to turn the chops.)
- 8. Here is how they look after cooking.
- 9. Enjoy!
CHINESE PORK DUMPLINGS
When I was growing up, my family made dumplings together every Sunday morning. It's a wonderfully interactive way to start the day. Dumplings are economical and simple to make and they taste especially great with the family by your side.
Provided by Anita Lo
Categories main-dish
Time 40m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- The filling: Place the cabbage in a food processor, add 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pulse until finely chopped but not puréed. Wrap the chopped cabbage in a clean kitchen towel and squeeze to remove juices, then transfer to a large bowl. Add ginger, garlic, scallions, and, if desired, garlic chives. Add the shrimp and pork and season with 1/4 cup soy sauce, sesame oil, and salt and pepper. Mix together by hand.
- Taste the filling by poaching or frying a small amount, and adjust seasonings to taste. To prepare the dipping sauce, combine soy sauce, rice vinegar, scallions, and toasted sesame seeds in a small bowl.
- To wrap, place 1 tablespoon of filling into the center of a dumpling wrapper. Wet the wrapper's edges, then fold in half to form a taco-like shape. Make a pleat on the side facing you about 20 degrees from the apex of the half-circle and seal with your fingers to the back of the skin. Repeat on the other quarter, in mirror fashion, and seal the dumpling completely, trying to eliminate any air pockets. Repeat until all filling is used.
- To pan fry, heat oil in a large, nonstick pan over high heat. Add the dumplings in one layer so that they do not overlap. Add water to come halfway up the dumplings, and cover the pan. Reduce the heat to medium-high and cook until all water is evaporated and the bottoms are browned and crispy, about 10 minutes. Alternatively, the dumplings can be steamed until cooked through, about 5 minutes in a steam basket.
- Transfer the dumplings to a plate and serve with a dipping sauce.
CHINESE STYLE PORK DUMPLING
Provided by Food Network
Time 4h20m
Yield 25 to 30 dumplings
Number Of Ingredients 33
Steps:
- For the pork rub: Stir salt, granulated sugar, garlic powder, black pepper and white pepper together in a bowl.
- For the braising liquid: Combine the lime juice, sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, wine and 1 tablespoon water together in a bowl.
- For the braising spices: Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Add coriander, fennel, Sichuan peppercorns, cloves, anise, cardamom and cinnamon stick to a muslin bag or tea strainer.
- For the filling: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Slice shoulder into small chunks. Apply 1 1/2 cups rub to all pieces and place in an oven-safe pan. Add braising liquid and braising spices.
- Cover pork with foil and braise for 1 hour, then turn oven to 275 degrees F and continue to braise for another 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Remove pork chunks from braising liquid, then cool and shred. (Reserve liquid for anything your heart desires.)
- Combine rice vinegar, sesame oil and soy sauce with pork. Add cabbage, carrots, garlic, ginger, green onions and cilantro and let cool.
- For the dumpling dough: Combine demerara sugar, yeast, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixer or mixing bowl.
- Add flour and 3/4 cup water and mix until smooth, about 10 minutes.
- Divide dough into twenty-five to thirty 1.7-ounce balls.
- Roll into rounds with a rolling pin and place on lightly floured parchment paper. Lightly stretch edges of dough rounds, leaving center as firm as possible. Place a dough round flat on your palm. Use an ice cream scoop to scoop compacted filling in center. Using your free hand, pinch 1 inch or so of the edge of the round together between thumb and index finger. The dough between the pinch should fold together. Use middle finger to pinch another 1 inch or so section of the edge of the dough round. Pull index finger from where it is and pinch another section of dough to the clump of pinches you've started in a finger-walking motion. Switch between middle and index finger of main hand as you "walk" your fingers around the edge of the dough. The key is to pinch, not twist! Use thumb of other hand in a spatula motion to help corral filling within round. Keep as much of the rim of the dough round as clean as possible, as the more dry the dough is, the easier it will stick to itself when pinched. Perform 7 to 9 total pinches until there is a clump of pinches at the center/top of the now mostly formed dumpling. Bring all pinches together into one, central pinch, then flatten. Flip over so top of dumpling is smooth and base of dumpling is where the pinched folds are. Place dumpling in a cupcake wrapper. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.
- Put wrapped dumplings into a steamer and cook until it looks flat in texture, not shiny, 10 to 13 minutes.
ED & SANDI'S PORK ROAST AND DUMPLINGS W/ SAUERKRAUT
This is one of my favorite meals handed down from my Italian/Czech grandparents to my father to myself. The latter two individuals are still alive, so we're claiming credit for it. (Who's gonna argue?) It rates scary on the health-O-meter, but who cares?! It's delicious! Hey, if you want to go exercise, donate to the IRS or volunteer at your local library to alleviate your guilt, go right ahead. I want you to know that I'm usually very stingy with this recipe. Course, that doesn't mean you'll like it, but that's not MY fault! Oh, and just so you know, these are very firm and dense dumplings, not light and fluffy. We prefer these stick-to-your-bones babies. And each bite you take MUST have a bit of sauer kraut, pork and dumpling on it....it's the LAW. Number of servings is approximate.
Provided by Sandi From CA
Categories Pork
Time 3h
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- DUMPLINGS: Mix and knead flour, prepared instant potatoes and eggs. (See photo #2) Go on, fondle that mass! Add a little water if too dry or flour if too wet. The dough should no longer be sticking tenaciously to your hands or the board as you knead. Be careful not to add too much flour or your dumplings will be too hard. Use your culinary expertise. If, by chance, you have none, welcome to the club. Form dough into a loaf (See photo #3) and set aside. Go put the next load of laundry in the washer and neglect, as usual, folding the dryer load until someone complains so loudly, you have no choice but to submit.
- PORK ROAST: Place sliced and now screaming garlic into slits you've cut all over roast. Season with the sage and half of each of the following; caraway seeds, salt, pepper and onion powder. Push the laundry out of your mind. It really has no business intruding on your kitchen time, now does it.
- Sear in skillet on all sides. Remind yourself to use the splatter guard next time you do this and turn the stereo up louder to muffle the sounds of self-flagellating irritation ricocheting through your head as you count the newly forming grease blisters on your hands and forearms.
- Put into baking pan and cook at 450 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Unless the roast has quite a bit of fat attached to it, add several pats of butter on and around the roast. Remind yourself that there are others in the house who, if they really appreciated you, would be doing that laundry.
- Lower heat to 375 and cook for 1.5 hours. Lower again after that to 250 for 15 to 30 minutes to finish. Meanwhile, QVC wants you to know.... "You're worth it!" (the diamond earrings...Give in.).
- Check the roast occasionally and baste with rendered fat, adding butter if needed, but don't tell your doctor or at least don't mention our names.
- RESUME DUMPLING PRODUCTION WHILE ROAST COOKS: Cut across loaf of dough at 1" intervals (see photo #4). Roll into cylindrical shapes about 1" in diameter x 3-4" long.
- Boil several at a time, but don't overcrowd, in a large pot until they float like -- well, like things that float. Make sure they don't stick to the bottom while boiling. Cut into a cylinder to check for uniform doneness. The color/shade should be the same throughout the thickness of the dumpling. Remove the remainder of the dumplings and cut each into 1/2" slices, setting them aside in large bowl. Finish boiling/slicing all dumpling cylinders.
- What laundry?.
- MEANWHILE: Cook the drained sauerkraut with salt, pepper, the remaining caraway seeds, (we like LOTS!) and dried onion flakes on medium heat with 1 tablespoon butter until lightly browned, stirring occasionally. If your mother in law is present, notice how she periodically cuts her eyes toward you in the kitchen -- in essence, "back seat cooking". If she tries to take over, asking if she can "help you", suddenly remember the laundry. Laugh internally as she slumps toward the laundry room.
- Check for doneness by cutting into roast. Don't worry about losing any juices - you have butter, one of the major food groups, on your side. Resist the temptation to ram your incisors into roast before it's plated.
- Serve roast sliced. Use roast juice over sauerkraut and dumplings. Or, for the less socially correct, bathe everything on your plate in good, old-fashioned FAT! Yum!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 712.6, Fat 19.7, SaturatedFat 8.4, Cholesterol 187.8, Sodium 1130.6, Carbohydrate 69.7, Fiber 7.4, Sugar 2.4, Protein 60.9
Tips:
- For the best flavor, use a pork shoulder roast with a good amount of marbling.
- Be sure to brown the pork roast well on all sides before braising it. This will help develop a rich flavor.
- Use a variety of vegetables in the braising liquid, such as carrots, celery, and onions. This will add flavor and depth to the dish.
- Simmer the pork roast for at least 2 hours, or until it is fall-apart tender.
- Serve the pork roast with rice, noodles, or dumplings. You can also use the braising liquid to make a gravy.
- For the dumplings, be sure to use a wonton wrapper that is thin and pliable.
- Fill the dumplings with a variety of fillings, such as pork, shrimp, or vegetables.
- Fold the dumplings tightly so that they don't come apart during cooking.
- Boil the dumplings for 3-4 minutes, or until they are cooked through.
- Serve the dumplings with a dipping sauce, such as soy sauce or chili oil.
Conclusion:
Bonnie's Chinese Pork Roast and Dumplings is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal. The pork roast is tender and flavorful, and the dumplings are light and fluffy. This dish is sure to be a hit with your family and friends.
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