Pot Stickers

Pot stickers from Toronto, Hong Kong, Toronto again, Singapore, and my unworthy ones in Florida

Pot stickers.  How can you not love these?  how can you not go to the ends of the earth to try every variety?  The first time I had really good pot stickers was when I first moved to LA.  So magical, so transcendental.  I've been making my own for years but I still experiment and play with the fillings and try new ways to cook them.  I had some in Toronto a couple of years back that had a magical crust, which I've been trying to reproduce with moderate success.  But the ones I had in Hong Kong at Peking Shui Jiao Wang were so perfectly cooked I could cry.  


For New Years I figured it would be good to show you my attempts at making pot stickers and a few tricks I've learned.  Once you make your own you will never want to look at those frozen bags of dumplings in the store ever again never mind cook them.