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Aushak Afgani Scallion Dumplings

Here's how you make Aushak Afgani Scallion Dumplings
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 60m
  • Cook: 60m
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • Sauce:
  • ¼ stick butter
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 2 cups onions, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 2 ½ teaspoons fresh ground coriander
  • 1 tablespoon ginger, minced
  • 2 cups water
  • 5 tablespoons tomato paste
  • Dumpling filling:
  • 1 leek, well cleaned, halved, chiffonade
  • 10 green onions, chiffonade, (reserve some for garnish)
  • 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded,minced
  • 1 clove garlic,
  • 1 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 package (8 ounces )wonton wrappers
  • 1 container (6 ounces)plain yogurt, for garnish
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: The sauce:

  • Step 2: Get the meat sauce going first.

  • Step 3: Melt butter, add bay leaf, sauté onions, shallot, then garlic.

  • Step 4: Add beef, breaking it up.

  • Step 5: When it starts to cook through break it up in smaller bits.

  • Step 6: Add the tomato paste

  • Step 7: Add freshly ground coriander, minced ginger and let it simmer a few minutes. Add a cup of water

  • Step 8: And then reduce to low heat, adding water as needed when dumplings are ready.

  • Step 9: Dumplings filling:

  • Step 10: Put on a pot of water to cook your dumplings.

  • Step 11: Clean and chiffonade the leeks and green onions.

  • Step 12: (Run them through the food processor)

  • Step 13: Reserve some green onions for garnish and combine the rest in a bowl with minced jalapeño, garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper.

  • Step 14: Mix well.

  • Step 15: To assemble

  • Step 16: Lay out the wonton sheets.

  • Step 17: Brush a little warm water around edges of each wrapper, portion out a teaspoon of filling per dumpling and then place another wrapper on top of each, excluding as much air as possible as you pressing tightly to seal.

  • Step 18: Salt water when it's boiling then gently drop in dumplings.

  • Step 19: Cook for about 1-2 minutes each (they should float ) and then remove,

  • Step 20: And drain.

  • Step 21: Plate a light bed of sauce then lay 2 or 3 dumplings on top.

  • Step 22: Dress with sauce.

  • Step 23: Season yogurt with salt and pepper to taste

  • Step 24: Place a dollop in plate's center, garnish with green onions

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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