Pork & Mango Potstickers - Steamy Kitchen Style 05.06.2010

So the very first recipe I decided to try from the new cookbooks is from The Steamy Kitchen cookbook; Pork & Mango Potstickers. I've never attempted potstickers or anything like them because they seem pretty involved. Jaden's recipe, tips, and photos really helped and made the assembly a breeze.

I started by getting all the filling ingredients ready, then I was ready to go. I began filling and pinching the little guys together at 6:15 and by 7:00 I had completed 60 of them! I did have a little less than 1/2 a cup of filling left over. I'm not sure if I didn't fill them quite enough, or if my package of wrappers wasn't right but I wanted to be sure I didn't overfill them. Potstickers spewing their insides out just wouldn't be pretty (but I'm sure they would still taste good!). 

Pretty simple ingredients. The only things I didn't have already were the mango and the pork. Got lucky with the pork and got it on sale, and saved the other half of the package for another batch.











Here they are all lined up. Well, this really isn't ALL of them. I kept some out to cook for dinner, and put these in the freezer. Now I have a bunch of individually frozen little dudes just waiting to be cooked!

I realize the photo isn't focused on the main subject, but that's just how it worked out, and since we ate them right away I don't have a better photo. Isn't it cute how they stand up like little crabs? Ooooooh, now there's an idea - potstickers with crab in them. Oh man that would be good. I also thought I'd try them with salmon sometime. Wonder what else I would put in the filling if I made them with crab? Any suggestions? Oh, and I forgot to mention, these are really really tasty! I highly recommend you try them.

I love cookbooks!

Some of you already know, I LOVE collecting cookbooks. Well, I'm on my way to collecting a couple more! My "boss" gave me an Amazon gift card as part of a bonus for doing such great work, so I'm ordering two cookbooks I've had my eye on for a while. :)

The first one is The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook, and the other is Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. I've flipped through The Steamy Kitchen a few times when we've been at the bookstore and drooled over the photos & delicious sounding recipes. Then last night we started watching Jamie's Food Revolution. We've been watching Jamie cook since he first came to the Food Network and have a couple of his cookbooks. I've dvr'd all the F.R. shows since it started but hadn't gotten around to watching any of them yet. I'm amazed at what the show has shown the schools to be serving the kids. Not having kids, I don't know what is served in public school lunchrooms, but I hope they aren't all as processed as what we've seen so far on the show.

See what the Revolution is all about. 

Anyway, back to my excitement over new cookbooks on their way to me! I hope they come quickly and then I'll try to review a couple of recipes from each one.