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  Chinese Dumpling, Jiaozi
Jiaozi or dumpling is a traditional and popular food with a long history in China.
Jiaozi is the food that will no doubt appear on tables during Spring Festivals.
Jiaozi looks like shoe-shaped gold and silver ingots so when people eat it during festivals they really hope it could bring fortune and good luck to them, and this, of course, is their best wishes.
www.beijingtrip.com /feature/dumpling.htm   (228 words)

  
 Jiaozi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This dumpling consists of a ground meat and/or vegetable filling wrapped into a thinly rolled piece of dough, which is then sealed by crimping.
These are different from jiaozi; they are smaller and wrapped in a thinner translucent skin, and usually steamed.
According to folk tales, jiaozi were invented by Zhang Zhongjing, one of the greatest practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine in history.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jiaozi   (1015 words)

  
 Jiaozi - Dumplings for Lunch! - Chinese Food
In Chinese they are called Jiaozi, however in other Asian countries they have various different names.
Jiaozi can be fried, steamed, or even microwaved, but I grew up on them boiled.
Jiaozi are delicious with soy and vinegar, but you can serve them with any sauce you choose.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art46655.asp   (406 words)

  
 Jiaozi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Stir slowly, always in the same direction (if you change directions, the meat fibers don't stick together as well, and the jiaozi are more likely to fall apart when cooked).
This usually means creating"pleats" in one half and gluing them to the other (use a tiny bit of water if you need to), If they're not well sealed, they fall apart when cooking.
Add enough jiaozi to cover the base of the pot about 1.5 times (about 25 in a 12" diameter pot, about 50 in a good size wok).
www.globaldreamers.org /share/food/jiaozi.html   (438 words)

  
 Dumplings Recipes Index - Chinese Dumplings Recipes
The jiaozi is a Chinese dumpling which consists of meat and minced vegetables wrapped into a piece of dough.
The baozi is another Chinese dumpling, made with a thick leavened bun, compared to the thin noodle-like skin of jiaozi.
Jiaozi is the best food for family reunion in China.
www.chinesefooddiy.com /recipes_dumplings.htm   (328 words)

  
 Welcome new year with traditional Chinese potstickers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In fact, the potsticker style of Chinese dumpling is so familiar that it can be hard to see it as more than a menu mainstay or the backbone of the dim sum cart.
In northern China, a meat-filled version of the potsticker known as jiaozi (zhao-TZUH) forms an integral part of the lunar new year, the year of the rooster, which begins Feb. 9.
Families customarily prepare dozens of jiaozi on the eve of the new year and then eat them after midnight.
www.injersey.com /jerseyrestaurants/story/0,21535,1186976,00.html   (525 words)

  
 Happy Chinese New Year
Jiaozi, or dumplings with meat and vegetable fillings, is very popular at the New Year and at other festivals.
But the custom of making jiaozi a special dish during the Spring Festival, or the Chinese lunar New Year, started in the Ming Dynasty, some 500 to 600 years ago.
As the Spring Festival marks the start of a new year, people choose to eat jiaozi to connote their wishjes for good fortune in the new year.
greenfield.fortunecity.com /panthera/3/1.html   (342 words)

  
 Plate of the Day Food Blog - Chinese Dumplings Jiaozi Recipe Reviews Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Jiaozi can be eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Chinese dumplings are traditionally served steamed in a bamboo basket and dipped with a mixture of soy sauce and white vinegar or boiled with soup (as shown in photo below), or pan fried.
I Googled for Chinese dumpling recipes and came across this recipe for Jiaozi (餃子)–the correct name for the dumplings I’m hungry for.
www.plateoftheday.com /161   (929 words)

  
 Jiaozi, Pot Sticker - The Sambal Blacan Cookbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mix ingredients and seasonings, wrap and wet the edges with water and seal leaving no air inside the package, whole both ends and push toward the center to create nice folds.
Heat some oil in non stick pan, put in the Jiaozi when the pan begins to smoke.
When both sides are nicely browned, pour in a little water, cover and let it cook with the steam generated for just a couple of minutes.
www.makantime.com /cookbook/jiaozir.htm   (113 words)

  
 Plate of the Day Food Blog - Beijing Street Food - Jiaozi Baozi Reviews Info
Everything is entirely hand made - including the jiaozi and baozi wrappers which are rolled from their own dough flour mixture.
The jiaozi have this starchy texture that makes it a little chewier than you would get from most restaurants here in NY.
I think it has a lot to do with the fact that he hand rolls his wrappers vs. frozen or premade wrappers that are used in most commercial establishments in the USA.
www.plateoftheday.com /208   (513 words)

  
 ESL Cafe's Idea Cookbook - Jiaozi Parties!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
I've been teaching in China for the last 4 years at at least 3 different schools and at every school I've had a jiaozi party.
For those of you who don't know what jiaozi is, it's Chinese dumplings.
Students would come over to my house not only to make and eat jiaozi or to make a mess, but also to do something outside the classroom.
www.eslcafe.com /idea/index.cgi?display:974344041-20622.txt   (81 words)

  
 Craft dumplings for Chinese New Year (printable version)
In northern China, the shrimp-filled postickers known as jiaozi form an integral part of Chinese New Year, which begins this year on Jan. 22.
But in northern China, a meat-filled version of the potsticker known as jiaozi (“zhao-TZUH”) forms an integral part of the Chinese New Year, which begins this year on Jan. 22.
Learning to make jiaozi — especially pleating the edges — can be challenging at first, but the experts shared some tips to prevent soggy skins, mushy fillings and overstuffed dumplings whose bellies burst, spilling their precious cargo into the cooking pot.
www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=61439   (1143 words)

  
 Jiaozi Party in Chengdu, Sichuan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Here Bernice and I are enjoying a bowl of Jiaozi, dumpling filled with cabbage and pork, and seasoned with garlic and ginger.
We have been fed jiaozi from one end of China to the other.
He is a specialist on optic lens and had written a computer program on lens design.
www.paulnoll.com /China/Work/Acsi-jiaozi-party.html   (96 words)

  
 Jiaozi (or Gyooza) : Oxford Healthy Living Supper Club
Water the hem of the pasta sheet prior to placing the ingredients so that it will stick.
Put a small amount of oil in a frying pan, and fry the jiaozi at medium heat until the bottom gets slightly coloured.
Pour in hot water, place a lid on it and steam for 3 minutes.
www.ivu.org /hlsc/recipes/jiaozi.html   (175 words)

  
 Wanbro » Blog Archive » Lies, lies, all lies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Scaling up these findings, it’s true to say that precisely no-one in the whole country actually bao-ed jiaozi, either because they thought it was too much trouble, they didn’t think they looked as good as the frozen ones, or because they were simply too incapacitated to do anything.
No-one can possibly enjoy bao-ing a jiaozi, and the only reason they eat so many of them is because KFC is closed for the duration.
Bao-ing your own jiaozis is fun for about ten minutes, even here in London - the problem is my (Chinese) wife expects me to enjoy the process for at least two hours.
www.wanbro.com /blog/?p=562   (676 words)

  
 Beijing Opera, Beijing Duck Dinner, Beijing Jiaozi Banquet
There is a legend about the origin of the Jiaozi.
In the later years of Eastern Han Period (Dong Han) an official called Zhang Zhongjing invented a kind of food to help poor people keep warm in cold winter.
They hope those who get sweets could have a sweeter life, those who get dates and chestnuts could have babies early, because date (Zao) which is homonymic with early in Chinese, so are chestnuts (Zhenzi).
www.beijinghighlights.com /cityguide/evening.htm   (675 words)

  
 MIT Sloan China Trip 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In this region, people generally prefer wheat products such as noodles, steamed dumplings (mantou or baozi) or jiaozi which are small pockets of dough filled with meat or vegetables, similar to the Italian ravioli; they are eaten boiled, steamed or fried.
When times were bad, jiaozi were eaten on special occasions, especially during Chinese New Year, when the entire family help with the lavish preparations.
Even today, this dish is prepared in a traditional manner, each piece of dough is still rolled out with a special rolling pin and filled by hand.
web.mit.edu /chinatrip/sp99/food.htm   (600 words)

  
 BBC - Nottingham - News - How to make Chinese stuffed dumplings
Making the dumplings is part of the fun of the occasion, and starts with preparing the dough, which is then rolled out into small parcels.
The parcels are stuffed with a mixture of minced pork or other meat, finely chopped vegetables, oil, salt, water and soya sauce.
These jiaozi have minced pork and a combination of green bean and celery.
www.bbc.co.uk /nottingham/spotlight/2001_chinesenewyear/jiaozi.shtml   (451 words)

  
 Xian Special Dishes | Chinese Food Menu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Jiaozi (Dumpling) feast is made of the selected fine ingredients, inviting and unconventional in appearance with a great variety of fillings, with delicate tastes and rich in nutrition.
Xian jiaozi Feast Restaurant is located at No. 229 Jie Fang Road.
De Fa Zhang Jiaozi Shop is located at the North of Zhong Gu (Clock and Drum) Tower.
www.chinahighlights.com /travelguide/menu/xian_dish.htm   (495 words)

  
 Jiaozi Party in Chengdu, Sichuan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
After Paul's lecture to the scientists at the optic unit we are having a jiaozi party.
We have jiaozi, peanuts, oranges, candy, beer, and orange soda pop.
Paul wore his Stetson Hat for them and showed the movie "True Grit", starring John Wayne.
www.paulnoll.com /China/Work/Acsi-jiaozi-party-2.html   (77 words)

  
 TriniView.com - THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON
Teacher Jin, her husband Lao Wu, daughter Xin Xin and niece Jessica have prepared what turns out to be a costly feast: duck, chicken, pork, shrimp, "thousand year" eggs, salad, hamburger, jiaozi, wine, beer, honey drink and Lao Wu's speciality, candied potato.
After the meal we eat the traditional tangerines and melon seeds and I have my first cup of red tea, which is actually fl tea but in China is called 'red'.
There are equal amounts of spoken Cantonese and Mandarin with a smattering of English.
www.triniview.com /China/Theyearofthedragon.htm   (977 words)

  
 Grandma's Kitchen: Jianbing Guozi and Jiaozi
Another dish may be more familiar to you: jiaozi, also known as dumplings or potstickers.
The best way to make jiaozi is with a crowd of your friends.
Splash a little rice vinegar over your plate of jiaozi, take a bite, and then take a nibble of a garlic clove.
www.jadedragon.com /archives/cooking/jianbing.html   (868 words)

  
 Shin Shin Lin
Jiaozi (Chinese dumpling) is a traditional Chinese food, which is essential during holidays especially in Northern China.
Chinese dumpling (Jiaozi) is one of the most important foods in Chinese New Year.
Since the shape of Chinese dumplings is similar to ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots, they symbolize wealth.
www.shinshinlin.com   (520 words)

  
 SonMan Is In China! (Year Two): On Sonny, God & Jiaozi
And another voice “I want to eat jiaozi!” Suddenly, a huge airplane is nearer and nearer.
Sonny is waving his hand in the airplane and in his other hand, there is a soccer ball of strange shape.
Now I guess maybe I look forward to Christmas, so I always think I can fly to it because I was born in pig year.
ndnchinaman.spaces.live.com /Blog/cns!9EC78EB3BB451B68!1390.entry   (400 words)

  
 Beijing Typical Food
As China's economy develops and more people move around, this trend may change, but it is a good rule of thumb to understand Chinese cuisine.
For example one can find Jiaozi (small boiled dumplings stuffed with meat or vegetables) in many places throughout China, but if you travel to Beijing or Harbin in Heilingjiang province or anywhere in Northern China, you may find many more people eating Jiaozi and eating many more varieties of Jiaozi than elsewhere in south China.
Along with Roast Duck and Hot Pot, Barbecue is another most famous food in Beijing, which can be traced to ancient nomad in northern China.
www.mybeijingchina.com /special/typical_food.htm   (1362 words)

  
 Chinese Restaurants
Certainly, the best place in town to sample them is the Harbin Jiaozi Restaurant.
This place does get really busy at lunchtimes and early evening, but is worth visiting for their large range of jiaozi (pork, beef, lamb etc, in various combinations).
The Harbin Jiaozi Restaurant lies on the side street running down to the river opposite the southern end of the Wuxing Pedestrian Street
www.liuzhou.co.uk /ll/eat_chinese.htm   (615 words)

  
 JiaoZi
This usually means creating "pleats" in one half and gluing them to the other (use a tiny bit of water if you need to), If they're not well sealed, they fall apart when cooking.
Note: if you stop it before the third boil, the meat will not be cooked through.
After you've boiled them, you can fry them.
dinnercoop.cs.cmu.edu /dinnercoop/Recipes/karen/JiaoZi-duplicate.html   (582 words)

  
 ThingsAsian | Recipe: Jiaozi - Dumpling: China , Beijing : Food : ThingsAsian
The preparation of Jiaozis is a labour intensive effort.
Place 1 heaping teaspoon of filling on the centre of each round, then fold dough and pinch shut in half moon or any other shape desired.
Immediately, deep fry Jiaozis or steam on bamboo trays; or bring water in a saucepan to boil, then add Jiaozis and cook for 10 minutes over medium/high heat.
www.thingsasian.com /stories-photos/3369   (342 words)

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