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    How to Make Gyoza Wrappers From Scratch-Japanese Taste

    How to Make Gyoza Wrappers From Scratch

    by Ayumi Matsuo

    Dumpling Make ahead

    Making gyoza, or Japanese dumplings at home can be a fun project to involve your family or friends in. In another recipe, we showed you how to make the filling for gyoza from scratch. This time, we'll share a recipe on how to make the wrappers from scratch. 

    If you're unfamiliar with gyoza, they are the Japanese take on dumplings or Chinese jiaozi. It is a staple menu item in ramen shops and Chinese restaurants across Japan. Many grocery and convenience stores even sell frozen gyoza, which can easily be fried up at home. 

    However, the tastiest gyoza are always the ones made from scratch! While you can use pre-made gyoza wrappers sold in the refrigerated section of Asian grocery stores, making them from scratch just makes the gyoza a bit more special.

    If you want to make gyoza at home, check out our gyoza filling recipe and pair it with this recipe for the wrappers. We hope you'll enjoy making tasty gyoza at home!

    Overview

    Prep time: 10 mins

    Cook time: 30 mins

    Total time: 40 mins

    Total servings: 4

    Difficulty: Easy

    Ingredients
    • 200g All Purpose Flour
    • 140g Hot Water

    Expert's Tip

    Shimomura Gyoza Shaping Mold Set (Japanese Dumplings Maker Kit)

    This unique tool is very useful and convenient for wrapping gyoza. Simply place the gyoza wrapper onto the yellow mold, measure and place the filling into the center with the included spoon, and close the mold to make perfectly shaped gyoza. This tool may be useful if you are making gyoza for the first time or are making it with kids!

    Instructions

    1) Gathering the Ingredients

    Gather the ingredients you'll need to make gyoza. 

    Note: This image includes both the wrapper and filling ingredients. 

    Adding the hot water to the flour Mixing by hand Finished dough
    2) Making the Gyoza Wrapper Dough

    Add the All Purpose Flour to a large bowl. Stream in hot water (around 80℃) little by little. At this point, you want to use chopsticks or spatula as the water is very hot. Once all of the hot water has been added, knead the dough with your hands until it becomes soft and smooth. Cover, and allow it to rest for 20 minutes. You can work on your filling for the gyoza while your dough is resting.



    Turning the dough into two cylinder-shaped pieces Cutting each cylinder into 10 pieces 1 wrapper Beginning to roll the wrapper out into a disk Continuing to roll the wrapper out Finished rolled wrapper
    3) Forming the Gyoza Wrappers

    Sprinkle a mat or board generously with some flour (not including the recipe amount) and transfer the gyoza dough from the bowl. Divide the dough into two equal portions and stretch them into long, cylindrical pieces. Then, using a bench scraper, cut 10 equal portions out of each cylinder. Take each cut out piece and roll it into a ball. Then, using your fingers and a rolling pin, roll it out to about 12 cm circle. (Sprinkle the wrappers with flour each time if they seem to be sticking together).


    Using the Wrappers Finished wrapped gyoza Finished cooked gyoza
    4) Using the Wrappers

    Now, your wrappers are ready to be used for making gyoza! Check out our other gyoza recipe to use these wrappers in making the ultimate gyoza. 

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