I often eat dumplings at home, is it necessary to prepare a meat grinder?

To make dumplings and wontons, you must first process the meat into meat filling. This step is the main work and the most important. There are two ways to process meat into meat fillings: chopping by hand with a knife or mincing the meat with the help of a meat grinder. Although the final result is the same, the meat filling produced by the two methods of mincing meat is different. Are the dumplings and wontons the best? I think this is what everyone is most concerned about, but the answer is obvious. Meat minced by hand with a knife is definitely the most delicious.

Although hand-chopped meat is more delicious, there are many disadvantages to hand-chopped meat, such as loud noise. When making dumplings upstairs, the sound of chopping meat can be heard throughout the building; It's too tiring. If you chop three to five kilograms of meat at a time, it's a big project. It can make your back hurt and your wrists can't be lifted. If you open a shop and do business, the amount of meat will be larger, and it will all be chopped by hand. Meat, that would really make people fall down.

Chopping meat fillings by hand is too tiring, so in order to reduce labor intensity, whether you are making dumplings and wontons at home or opening a shop, the best option is to use a machine to mince the meat, which saves time and effort. If you don’t have a meat grinder yourself, places that sell meat have them. You can just ask the butcher to grind them for you.

Meat grinders all use auger technology: the combination of the auger barrel, auger, and reamer grinds the meat into minced meat. Use the rotating reamer to mince the meat, use the auger of the screw rod to squeeze the meat out of the meat grinder, and process it into granular meat fillings of varying sizes according to the size of the holes in the discharge port. Although the meat grinder saves time and energy, its disadvantage is obvious, that is, the meat minced by hand is not as delicious. This is why many people would rather work harder and mince the meat by hand.

Due to the high-speed operation of the machine and the high temperature of squeezing, the meat mincing minced with a meat grinder has a slightly worse aroma and taste than that minced by hand, but in order to save time To save effort, we have to use a machine to grind meat. Although the meat minced by a meat grinder is slightly inferior, it can be adjusted in the following three aspects to make the meat more fragrant and reduce the disadvantages of machine minced meat. , and finally make the dumplings and wontons meaty and taste better.

Pork is generally used to make dumplings and wontons, so we will take pork as an example to illustrate.

1. Control the fat-to-thin ratio of pork

1. Dumplings

The fat-to-thin ratio of dumpling fillings is generally seven lean to three fat, eight lean and two fat. Dumplings made from pork that is too lean will be dry and woody, while dumplings made from pork that is too fat will be too greasy.

With the correct proportion of fat and thin meat, the dumplings are delicious and the pork has an attractive aroma.

2. Wontons

Wontons are divided into large wontons and small wontons. The meat filling of large wontons is basically the same as that of dumplings. Let’s focus on the ratio of fat to thin meat filling in small wontons.

The ratio of fat to thin meat filling in small wontons is best controlled at 1:9, so that the meat filling will be meaty, not too hard in taste, and can be lumped together.

Of course, some people use whole lean meat to make ravioli. I think it loses the meat flavor, and more processing is required to make the meat filling not dry or woody, so it is not recommended to use whole lean meat. Use the meat to make small ravioli fillings.

The ratio of fat to lean meat filling in small wontons is well controlled, so that the small wontons will be meaty and chewy when eaten.

Second, control the particle size of the meat filling

The machines that can grind the meat filling are roughly divided into three types: wall breaking machine, which is also a cooking machine. The meat filling is too thin and too minced, so it is not recommended to use it;

A manual meat grinder operates on the same principle as an electric meat grinder, except that it does not have a motor and grinds out the meat filling by hand. The advantage of a meat machine is that it is slow and can be used to chop meat by hand, but it is obviously too tiring. If you are grinding about a pound of pork at a time, it is recommended to use a manual meat grinder. If the amount of meat is large, don't consider it.

The electric meat grinder is the larger machine we see in places where meat is sold. It is highly recommended to use this machine for mincing meat. Note that friends who have seen the operation of this kind of meat grinder must pay attention to the sieve holes through which the meat filling comes out. In fact, the sieve holes can be large or small and can be replaced according to needs.

1. Try to twist the meat filling for dumplings into small particles, about the size of mung beans, not too thin. This kind of meat filling will have more texture and will have a meaty aroma after entering the mouth.

I usually cut the pork into thin strips first, then grind the pork twice with a larger mesh. Basically, the meat filling will meet the requirements.

2. When making small wontons, you can mince the meat filling. Many people make small wontons by grinding the pork into minced meat shape. The pork becomes pulpy and loses the grainy texture. This kind of meat filling is not suitable for eating. It doesn't smell like meat, and sometimes you even feel that what you are eating is not pork. Therefore, the meat filling of small wontons can be minced a little finer than the filling of dumplings, but it should not be minced into a pulp.

I own a dumpling and wonton shop. The pork filling used in the dumplings and wontons is ground in the same way. I use a meat grinder with a large mesh to grind the meat twice, grinding the meat slowly and minimizing the use of the machine. High-speed operation has a negative impact on the meat filling, but the effect has always been very good, and the meat has a strong aroma.

The fascia must be removed from the pork before entering the meat grinder. Don’t think that the fascia will be minced by the meat grinder and it will not be eaten. The minced fascia will also affect the taste. Don’t be lazy. oh.