Minced pork dumplings

The best, delicious, juicy, fragrant! Minced pork dumplings is one of the filling options for everyone's favorite dish. It is best to cook it at home from the freshest and highest quality meat with your own hands, and not buy ready-made. A couple of secrets will help make it softer and juicier.

Julia M.

Recipe author

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Pork

0.5

Onion

Garlic

Water

100

Spices dry

to taste

Salt

to taste

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 39 % 11 g

Fats 50 % 14 g

Carbohydrates 11 % 3 g

178 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h

Step 1:
How to make minced pork dumplings? Prepare the products. To prepare minced meat, it is best to take the brisket or the part where fat is present along with the meat. Due to the presence of lard, the minced meat will be juicier. Wash and dry the meat. Cut it into pieces of such size that they fit into a meat grinder.
Step 2:
Pass the meat through a meat grinder, setting a medium or even large grate — so the minced meat will turn out more textured and juicy.
Step 3:
Peel the onion and garlic and also pass through a meat grinder. You can just chop them finely, it's a matter of taste.
Step 4:
Combine minced meat, onion and garlic. Add salt and spices to taste. Choose spices according to your taste or availability. Mix it up.
Step 5:
Then pour some cold water into the minced meat. Add — mix, then add a little more and mix again. Make sure that the minced meat does not become liquid. This is necessary in order for the dumplings to be juicy. Mix the whole mass well. Then chop the minced meat a little in the basin. Just lift a little and throw it into the basin. This will give the minced meat density and uniformity.
Step 6:
Minced meat for dumplings is ready! As you can see — nothing complicated. Prepare the dough and make dumplings!

Dumplings are a favorite, traditional dish among the Russian-speaking population of the planet. This is a very easy-to-prepare dish, but, nevertheless, there are subtleties here. A good taste of ready-made dumplings, first of all, gives a properly prepared filling for them. Minced meat for dumplings requires special attention.

Note that the quality and taste of the finished dish largely depends on the proper defrosting of the ingredients. How to avoid mistakes and choose the best way, read the article about defrosting.

In addition to pork, any other meat can be used in this dish. Keep in mind that the cooking time, as well as the taste and calorie content of the dish will change. For example, beef is cooked longer than pork, and chicken fillet or turkey is less.

For cooking, it is better to use filtered or bottled water that is neutral to taste. If you use tap water, keep in mind that it can give the dish an unpleasant characteristic taste.