First, boil the salt in water.
Jiaozi is stuck together. Don't break it by hand, it's easy to break the skin. You can boil a pot of water first, then add a proper amount of salt, and then put a lump of jiaozi into the water to cook, while slowly stirring the jiaozi with chopsticks. Jiaozi cooked with salt can accelerate the gelatinization and maturity of dumpling skin, increase the toughness of dumpling skin, and separate jiaozi cooked together.
But be careful not to cook for too long, or jiaozi will easily boil and break the skin. Generally, jiaozi will cook until it floats, then cover the pot and cook for a few minutes.
This method is effective for both fresh jiaozi and frozen jiaozi.
Second, freeze first and then break.
If you put jiaozi at room temperature or in a freezer, and jiaozi together, jiaozi will stick together easily.
It is suggested to separate the glued jiaozi and put them on a plate. You can sprinkle some flour on the jiaozi to avoid being sticky, and then put it in the frozen layer of the refrigerator. It takes about 1-2 hours to take it out. The dumpling skin has been frozen hard, but it is not particularly strong. At this time, gently holding two jiaozi, jiaozi can be separated, and the dumpling skin will not be broken.
Third, soak in cold water.
If jiaozi is placed in the frozen layer of the refrigerator, many jiaozi sticks together and freezes into a ball, which can't be broken even if it is forced, so it is suitable for cold water immersion.
Soak a whole piece of jiaozi stuck together in cold water, and change the water twice during this period, which can thaw and soften the dough stuck on the surface, and facilitate the separation from jiaozi one by one. However, because cold water is used, the whole jiaozi has not been thawed, which will not destroy the shape of the whole jiaozi, so the separated jiaozi is still intact, but it should be cooked in time after thawing.
What if raw jiaozi sticks to the plate?
1. Steamed on a plate
Raw jiaozi sticks to the plate. If you pull it directly by hand, it's easy to tear jiaozi. You can take the plate directly to the pot for steaming. After the dumpling skin is completely gelatinized and cooked, it becomes tough. At this time, pulling jiaozi by hand can easily tear it off the plate.
2. Take the plate and freeze it in the refrigerator.
Put the jiaozi and the plate into the freezing layer of the refrigerator and freeze for 1 hour. At this time, the dumpling skin is frozen hard, so you can break jiaozi off the plate by hand. Then put jiaozi in a fresh-keeping bag, seal it, put it in a freezing layer to continue freezing, and take it out when eating.