Pot stickers are open and sealed. Traditional pot stickers are open, fried pot stickers look like spring rolls, but in some places, pot stickers are sealed, just like slender fried dumplings. Open pot stickers are easier to cook and the skin tastes better; The sealed pot is soft and crisp, and the filling is soft. When bitten, they have strong soup, each with its own characteristics. Generally, northerners eat more open pot stickers and southerners eat more sealed pot stickers. Let's see how to make an open pot sticker. 1. Is the fried dumpling open?

There are both open and closed.

China is a vast country. When a food is developed in other areas, great changes may take place. This is the case with pot stickers. The traditional fried dumpling is to wrap the traditional dumpling stuffing on the dumpling skin. The dumpling stuffing is not kneaded into the shape of jiaozi, but simply stuck on the opposite side, with frying pans on both sides. The fried fried fried dumpling looks like spring rolls.

In some places, the pot stickers are sealed. When wrapped, they are sealed on both sides like jiaozi, but unlike jiaozi, they are usually slender.

2. Which is better, the opening or the sealing of pot stickers?

Although both open pot stickers and closed pot stickers are pot stickers, there are still some differences in taste:

1, open pot stickers generally have a large filling, so make them open, which makes them easier to cook. Although the soup will be lost when the pot paste is opened, the flavor of the stuffing will remain in the pot and stick to the skin, which makes the skin (especially the bottom) of the pot paste particularly tasty if it is fried dry.

2. Sealed pot stickers also have their own unique characteristics. They are golden all over, similar to frying jiaozi. The taste is characterized by soft on the top and crisp on the bottom, soft filling, thick soup with a bite, sweet, salty, crisp and chewy.

Generally speaking, open pot stickers and closed pot stickers have their own characteristics, which are not necessarily better, mainly depending on what type you like to eat. Generally, the north eats more open pot stickers, while the south eats more closed pot stickers.

Third, the practice of boiling pot stickers

Opening the pot stickers is fragrant, crisp and delicious. Friends who like pot stickers can make them at home:

1, raw material preparation, stuffing can be adjusted according to your own preferences, and the skin can be made of dumpling skin.

2. Next, start making pot stickers. The wrapping method of open pot stickers is very simple. Stretch the dumpling skin horizontally, put in the stuffing, fold it in half in the middle and pinch it, but don't pinch the sides.

3. Then you can fry the fried dumpling. When the pot is hot, put in the pot paste, pour in clear water to make the water reach 1/4 of the pot paste, fry over medium heat until the water evaporates, then open the lid and pour in cooking oil, and turn to high heat to fry until the bottom of the pot is crisp.