A few weeks ago, I became an aunt! My sister and brother-in-laws are new parents to a beautiful baby girl. My husband went up to visit them recently, so I sent him up with some frozen food options to stock their freezer, including some of these Mandu Korean Dumplings.
I thought dumplings would be a perfect freezer friendly meal that also doesn’t add much to the cook time. You can cook mandu straight from the freezer, no need to thaw!
This version has a mixture of ground beef, pork, and vegetables, but the recipe can easily be adapted to fit whatever you have on hand, or have a craving for.
Ingredients:
- 1.5 cups finely chopped green cabbage
- 1 medium sized zucchini, finely chopped
- 1 (4 oz) package sliced shiitake mushrooms, finely chopped
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 scallions, white and light green pieces finely chopped, dark green pieces sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 teaspoons minced ginger
- 1/2 lb ground pork
- 1/4 lb ground beef
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 packages dumpling skins (I found these in my local Asian grocery store)