Guotie (Chinese pan-fried dumplings)

When you don’t want something, you see it everywhere; then when you want it, you can’t find it. That was what I encountered for guotie (a.k.a potstickers or gyoza) wrapper. I saw it on the supermarket shelf one day, got the inspiration, went home and researched more on the cooking method, but couldn’t find the wrappers at another supermarket the following day. Despite my thwarted attempt, my enthusiasm wasn’t dampened and I did manage to get the dumpling wrappers in the end.

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