Fried Lamb Dumplings

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 350 g ground lamb
• 3 green onions, sliced thinly (scallions)
• 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 3 teaspoons low sodium soy sauce
• 5 water chestnuts, chopped (optional)
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 45 wonton wrappers
• oil (enough to deep fry the dumplings)

Recipe

• 1 place the lamb mince, green onions, hoisin sauce, soya sauce, water chestnuts and egg into a bowl.
• 2 stir until combined.
• 3 lay a wonton wrapper on a flat surface and brush a little water around the edge of the wrapper.
• 4 place 2 teaspoons of the lamb mixture in the middle of the wrapper.
• 5 fold over to enclose the filling in a trangle shape and pinch the edges together to seal.
• 6 repeat with the remaining mixture and wonton wrappers.
• 7 note:make sure you pinch the dumplings well.
• 8 if air is in the wrapper, when they are deep fried, they will open up.
• 9 heat the oil in a pan, and deep fry the dumpling till golden brown (note: do not put too many in at once, the heat of the oil will drop too drastically).
• 10 you can serve this with sweet chilli sauce.