Prepare the cabbage leaves: Begin by boiling a few cabbage leaves in water until they are soft, then drain them well and slice up into small pieces. Finely slice the 2 garlic cloves , the 1 spring onions and the 2cm ginger.
Prepare the dumpling fillings: Add your sliced vegetables and the 150g minced pork meat to a bowl, then mix well with the 1 tsp sesame oil and the 1 tsp soy sauce. Try to use an equal amount of pork as your combined vegetables. Put to one side for a short while to marinate and allow the flavours to infuse.
Make the gyoza dumplings: Now we can start making the actual gyoza. With a gyoza skin in the palm of one hand, spoon a small amount of the mix into the centre of the skin. No need to overfill here, simply add an amount approximate to a teaspoon's worth. Dip your finger in some water and moisten the edge of the skin to make it easy to seal
Fold the filled gyoza skin in half and pinch at the top to seal it: Now start folding over the skin on the side facing you and pleating it together to achieve an effect like a folding fan when it is open. The goal is to achieve a sealed wrap which has the pleated texture on one side, but is flat on the reverse side.
Cook the gyoza dumplings: When you have made as many as you need, heat up a little cooking oil in a pan and gently place the gyoza in it with the flat side facing down. Cook on a high heat until the bottom of the gyoza become crispy and golden.
Steam the gyoza dumplings: To finish cooking the gyoza, add a small cup of water to the pan so that the gyoza are half submerged. Place a lid on top of the pan and leave the heat on medium-high.
Make the gyoza crispy: Allow the gyoza to steam until the water has evaporated, then leave them cooking on the bottom a little longer to make sure that they become crispy and delicious.
Serve and enjoy: Serve the gyoza on a plate with the crispy side facing up and use a combination of 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp rice vinegar and 1 tsp La-Yu Chilli Oil to make a dipping sauce. Alternatively, you can skip this and use a ready made gyoza sauce.
