Potstickers with dipping sauce

Potstickers with Spicy Dipping Sauce  Recipe courtesy Martin Yan

Ingredients: Dipping sauce: 
 * 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
 * 1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
 * 1 tablespoon chili-garlic sauce
 * 1 teaspoon hot chili oil

Filling: 
 * 1/4 pound ground pork
 * 2 ounces uncooked shrimp, shelled, deveined, and finely chopped
 * 1 egg white
 * 1/4 cup minced water chestnuts
 * 2 tablespoons minced Chinese celery
 * 1 teaspoon minced cilantro leaves
 * 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger
 * 1/2 teaspoon sugar
 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
 * 1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
 * Dash ground white pepper
 * 24 potsticker wrappers
 * 3 tablespoons cooking oil
 * 2/3 cup chicken broth or water

Directions: Dipping Sauce: 1. In a medium bowl, combine the soy sauce, vinegar, chili-garlic sauce and hot chili oil. Mix well and reserve.

Filling: 2. In a large bowl, combine, the pork, shrimp, egg white, water chestnuts, celery, cilantro, ginger, sugar, salt and sesame oil. Season with a little pepper and mix, stirring rapidly in 1 direction until the mixture is well combined and spongy.

Potstickers:  1. Working in batches, lay 4 potsticker wrappers on a clean surface. Keep the remaining wrappers covered with plastic wrap to prevent drying. 2. Put a heaping teaspoon of filling in the center of each of the 4 wrappers. 3. Brush the edges with water. 4. Fold the wrappers in half over the filling, pinching the edges together to form semi-circles. 5. Put the potstickers on a baking sheet seam-side up and cover with a clean towel. 6. Repeat until all the potstickers have been formed.

Cooking: 1. Heat a large skillet over medium. 2. Add about 1 1/2 tablespoons of oil. 3. When the oil is hot add half the potstickers, seam-side up. 4. Cook the potstckers until the bottoms are golden and crisp, about 4 minutes. 5. Add 1/3 cup broth. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook until the liquid is absorbed, 5 to 6 minutes. 6. Transfer the cooked potstickers to a platter. 7. Repeat, cooking the remaining potstickers. 8. Serve the potstickers warm accompanied by the dipping sauce.