BBQ Beef Pot Stickers
1 cipolline onion, minced or 1 shallot, minced
1tsp garlic paste
1tsp chili paste
1tsp ginger paste
1 Tbs brown sugar
1 Tbs soy sauce
2 Tbs Hoisin sauce
1/2 cup cooked brown rice
1/2 lb 96 % lean ground beef
Combine all ingredients and refridgerate for 1 hour.
Use Gyoza pot sticker wrappers.
Spread 12 wrappers on a cutting board, wet swipe one side of the wrappers with water, place 1tsp filling in each, fold as usual. Repeat two more times for a total of 36 pieces. Freeze half if not needed.
In a nonstick pan with a tight lid:
Heat 1Tbs peanut oil to shimmer, add stickers to fill pan in one layer.
Brown (~2 minutes) and turn, cook for 1 minute more.
Add 4 Tbs water to edge of pan and immediately cover with lid.
Cook three minutes or until water is evaporated.
Remove to plate and drizzle with soy sauce to taste. Makes 36 pieces.


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Comments
The innards of these is very low fat, so the peanut oil is plentiful. It becomes part of a sauce when the soy sauce hits it, so no need to skimp on it.
They really are good. A lot of trial and error went before this incarnation.