Vegetarian gyoza (dumpling). Crispy pan-fried Vegan Gyoza (Jiaozi) are Japanese Vegetable Dumplings, also called Potstickers. They're made with simple Homemade Dumpling Wrappers that can be made gluten-free, then filled with healthy veggies, and steamed until tender. This recipe is pretty easy and includes an easy to follow step-by-step instruction + video.

To give it a meaty umami flavour I used shiitake mushrooms and for a little more texture I went with bamboo shoots. Feel free to play around with different vegetables though! Vegetarian gyoza dumplings and I operate on a first-name basis. You can have Vegetarian gyoza (dumpling) using 24 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vegetarian gyoza (dumpling)

Prepare of Stuffing for gyoza-.
Prepare 2 of sweet potato (1/2 butternut squash).
You need 3 tbsp of minced ginger.
You need 1 tbsp of minced garlic.
You need 1 of large onion, chopped.
You need 2 cups of shiitake mushrooms, chopped.
It's 1 1/2 cups of cabbage, finely shredded.
You need 1 1/2 cup of carrot, finely shredded.
Prepare 1 cup of chinese chives (or garlic chives), finely chopped.
It's 1 tsp of white pepper.
You need 2 tbsp of sesame oil.
You need 3-4 tbsp of shaoxing wine or dry sherry.
Prepare 2 tbsp of soysauce.
You need 1 tsp of sugar.
It's to taste of Salt.
Prepare of Gyoza wrap-.
It's 1 pack of Gyoza wrapper.
It's of (Or check my homemade gyoza wrapper recipe).
You need 1 bowl of water (for wrapping).
You need of Cooking oil to cook your gyoza.
You need of Dipping sauce.
You need 3 tbsp of soy sauce.
It's 1 tbsp of white wine vinegar.
You need 1 of thumb size ginger (thin slices).

These are one of my go-to comfort foods and they're basically a vessel for all your saucy dreams to come true. If you have yet to make your own vegan dumplings, we've got you- there's a video tutorial to walk you through the folding process. Vegetarian Pan Fried Dumplings / Vegan Gyoza / Potstickers is a traditional Chinese or Japanese dumpling made with the filling of different vegetables of your choice. To substitute the protein from meat you can add moong bean sprouts or tofu or soya nuggets.

Vegetarian gyoza (dumpling) step by step

Roast your butternut squash and sweet potato: Cut butternut squash and sweet potato into quarters lengthways, seeds removed fro squash. Roast them in the oven on 180C/350F/Gas 4 for about an hour but take them out half way to urn them round and check. Once they cooked, leave them to cool down and scoop them out into a mixing bowl, mash them up until all mixed together..
In a big pan or wok, turn the heat onto medium high heat, add vegetable cooking oil in then add some garlic, carrots and spring onions. Stir fired them until it cooked then add mushrooms, roasted butternut squash and sweet potato in. Add some Chinese chives and cabbage then mix well. Seasoning with salt, pepper, soy sauce shaoxing wine, sugar and sesame oil. Keep stir fried them until the mixture cooked and the liquid all dry out. Leave it to cool down a little but before start to wrap them up..
Making dipping sauce, add soysauce, vinegar and ginger together. Transfer to dipping sauce bowl.
Time to wrap : Take a wrapper and place it in the palm of your hand. Add 1 tbsp of stuff into the middle. Dip one finger in a bowl of water and draw a circle around the outer 1/4” of the wrapper with your wet finger until it's wet all around..
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Fold the wrapper in half over the filling and pinch it in the center with your fingers then use your thumb and index finger, start making a pleat on the top part of the wrapper from the center toward the right and left (about 3 pleat each side). As you fold each pleat, press the folded pleat tightly against the back part of wrapper using your other thumb and index finger..
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Here’s how a finished gyoza should look like. Repeat until you run out of the filling or wrappers..
Cook the gyoza in batches. Heat a non-stick frying pan with 1 tbsp vegetable oil. Place you dumpling or gyoza any clockwise and fry them on one side only – don’t turn them over, you just want one crispy side. They should be golden brown after about 2 mins..
Add a small cup of water to the pan and cover with a steaming lid or a large sheet of foil with a few holes poked in the top. Cook over a medium heat for 3-5 mins until the water has evaporated and the dumplings or gyoza filling is cooked through. Set aside while you cook the rest. Serve them with dipping sauce.

Anyway, the vegetarian gyoza was incredible! The vegetable filling was perfectly spiced with ginger and garlic and served with a delicious dipping sauce. A year later, we returned to Minneapolis for another vacation and headed straight back to the Japanese restaurant to share a plate or two of the vegetarian gyoza. Gyoza is the Japanese name for the half moon-shaped dumplings served in Asian restaurants as an appetiser or side dish, and this recipe will show you how to make them with a mushroom-based vegetarian filling. Serve these bite-size flavour sensations with a little soy sauce alongside a main meal.