4 xiao long Recipes

soup, water, chicken bones (wings/back/neck), virginia smithfield ham (or cured chinese ham if you can get it), cut into 4 pieces, pork skin & fat (you can ask your butcher for this, he ll most likely just give it to you. you could also use pork belly, or just a fatty cut of pork), ginger coins, garlic cloves, smashed with side of your knife, shaoxing wine (or dry sherry), agar-agar, powdered agar agar, unflavored gelatin, ground pork, peeled shrimp, deveined and minced finely, stalks green onion, finely minced, sugar, soy sauce, salt, white pepper, grated ginger (use rasp grater), shaoxing wine (or dry sherry), sesame oil, dough (makes about 40 dumplings), all-purpose flour (but please re-read the part above re: dough), boiling hot water, cold water, cooking oil, dipper, sambal (hot chili & garlic sauce), black vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, shaved ginger

white flour, yeast, sugar, salt, warm water, ground pork (tastes better if fattier), raw ground up shrimp (optional), fresh gingerroot, peeled and cut into tiny bits, egg, garlic cloves, peeled and sliced, green onions or 1/2 leek, sliced into tiny bits, star anise, dried japanese chilies, szechuan peppercorns (optional), cooking oil, soy sauce, salt

water, water (may need more), chicken parts (wings, backs , and necks), chinese-style cured smoked ham or 2 1/2 oz smithfield ham, cut into 4 slices, green onion , rough chopped (white parts only), peeled fresh ginger (1 inch diameter 1/2 inch thick), dried shiitake mushroom, garlic clove, flattened, soy sauce, shaoxing wine, unflavored gelatin, ground pork, uncooked shrimp, peeled deveined and finely chopped, green onion, minced (white parts only ), sugar, soy sauce, garlic clove, minced, salt, ground black pepper, peeled fresh ginger, finely grated, shaoxing wine, sesame oil, dumpling wrappers (3 inch square or round), head napa cabbage, leaves separated, black vinegar, soy sauce, very thin matchstick-size strips peeled fresh ginger