Christmas Vacation Steamed Veggie Dumplings!

Let's have steamed veggie dumplings for dinner!  Yeah, ok, sounds good, I said.  On my way to the market to shop for these 'steamed veggie dumplings', I was regretting my often overly accommodating nature.  But onward to the good ol' Stop and Shop I went in search of won ton wrappers, sure that I should at least be making this part by hand.  THANK GOD I settled on store bought wontons!!  

For the veggies inside;


dice very small;
2 Tbs ginger
2 cloves garlic
2 cups Napa Cabbage
1/2 red pepper
handful water chestnuts
4 baby corns from a can
shredded carrots, about 2
shredded celery, about 2 stalks
1/2 bunch parsley
1/2 bunch scallions
1/2 block firm tofu


in sesame or olive oil,
saute the ginger and garlic but do not brown
add cabbage and all other veggies 
cook until tasty (about 8-10 minutes)


1 package WONTON's from the cold case in the produce section at Stop and Shop


Smear a little water around the edges of the wrappers, dollop on about a teaspoon of your yummy veggie mixture and seal wrapper like a little package.  


You need a steamer for this part.  I have a bamboo one which I lined with some of the outer leaves from the Napa cabbage.  Make a layer of your veggies dumplings and steam for 10 minutes.


Now make the sauce;


1/4 cup soy sauce
2 Tbs rice vinegar
splash of roasted sesame oil
little spoonful of shredded ginger


When the dumplings are done, you will love them dunked in this little sauce.  We cruised through about 30 of these little numbers.  Eat while hot and enjoy.  


If we were in New York right now we would have ordered them from our Chinese take out place.  Since we are all here on the Cape I tried to make them from scratch.  Not really so hard in the end, bet you can do it too.  If you want to borrow my steamer you can.  


Oh, and now I've been reminded that "steamed vegie dumplings" were actually my idea from the get go!!  Geesh.